The Dutch Antiquarian Publishers' Association, NVvA has just published their joint catalogue and welcomes booksellers and collectors this weekend to its annual fair in Amsterdam!
Die Ausstellung "Wie ein fruchtbarer Regen nach langer Dürre" läuft noch bis Februar 2019 an der Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg.
Vor 100 Jahren kam es in der Buchherstellung und -gestaltung zu zahlreichen Neuanfängen und Wiederentdeckungen, die maßgeblichen Einfluss auf die moderne Typographie hatten. Die Entstehung und Ausprägung der Buchkunstbewegung vor allem in Deutschland in der Zeit um 1900 bis in die 1930er Jahre ist das Thema der Ausstellung.
Die Universität sprach mit Kurator, Dr. Jürgen Franssen.
The rare book trade lost one of its most active members earlier this year. Besides his achievements as a remarkable bookseller of Americana material and the respect he gained in the bookselling community, William Reese is also remembered for his series of essays on the rare book market and Americana which were published in 2018. In a tribute to Mr Reese, ILAB will publish two chapters of his book over the next few weeks on this website with the permission of William Reese & Co.
The Paris Review, 7th September 2018: In 2017, Honey & Wax Booksellers established an annual prize for American women book collectors, aged 30 years and younger. The idea took shape when Heather O’Donnell and Rebecca Romney, the bookstore’s owners, observed that “the women who regularly buy books from us are less likely to call themselves 'collectors' than the men, even when those women have spent years passionately collecting books."
The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA), member association of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, ILAB has just announced a new book collecting prize for young collectors, recognizing the next generation of bibliophiles! Deadline: 1 December 2018!
With the permission of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) who initiated and have organised the festival since 2011, we repost an extract of the 2018 report by Professor Chris Browne, Programme Director of Melbourne Rare Book Week.
For 70 years, the motto of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers has been "Amor Librorum Nos Unit" - "The Love of Books unites Us". We look at some recent publications from Argentina, Italy, Austria and the United Kingdom.
William Henry Ireland forged Shakespeare, and the Russian secret police fabricated records from a secret society. Literary hoaxes can be entertaining, dangerous, or humiliating. Today is our final installment on famous literary hoaxes. (Be sure to check out Part One and Part Two.)
At present the antiquarian book trade appears to be more resistant than many sectors to the economic downturn of recent times. An impressive 143 dealers have already signed up for the 53rd London International Antiquarian Book Fair at Olympia from 3-5 June 2010. The works on display at the fair cover a vast range of collectors' interests, including fine books from the genesis of European printing: prints, fine bindings, illustrated books, manuscripts, maps, first editions and ephemera. Collectors will find the world's leading antiquarian booksellers with their unparalleled choice of stock.
Le 17e Prix sera décerné en 2018 à une ou plusieurs œuvres publiées en toute langue n'importe où dans le monde entre Avril 2013 et Avril 2017. Toute œuvre candidate doit être publiée et accessible sur le marché. Le jury examinera tous les ouvrages relatifs au vaste domaine de la bibliographie (énumérative ou textuelle, histoire du livre, reliure, papier, typographie, catalogues de bibliothèques, catalogues d'un auteur ou d'un typographe, etc.). Le jury ne prendra pas en considération des livres électroniques ou des catalogues de livres destinés à la vente ou des traductions d'œuvres déjà publiées. Les livres peuvent concourir à tout moment, au plus tard fin avril 2017. Pour cela, il suffit d'en envoyer un exemplaire au Secrétaire du Prix, Fabrizio Govi.
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol has become a beloved part of the literary canon – and for many an indispensable part of the holiday season. The story embodies the goodwill associated with the Christmas season – and it has the Victorians' favorite elements of a good Christmas story: ghosts. Dickens wrote other Christmas tales that also incorporated phantoms and ghosts, as did his Victorian cohorts. But why this obsession with ghosts at Christmas time?
