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The fifth part of the series of 25 booksellers’ biographies from Ernst Fischer’s biographical handbook "Verleger, Buchhändler & Antiquare aus…

"Years ago, a rare-books dealer browsing at an estate sale in Rochester came across an unusual manuscript, dated 1858. The family selling it said…

John Ledyard is a strange and fascinating American original. In 1772 he attended Eleazer Wheelock's Indian School, which would later become Dartmouth…

The poem that gave us Santa Claus as an American tradition was first published anonymously in the Troy (NY) Sentinel in 1823. For generations, the…

The holidays are fast approaching, and the spirit of the season can be seen everywhere! This time of year, we often turn to favorite books like…

"Textile bindings were produced primarily by professional embroiderers, but were also made by individual female owners. They were very much in vogue…

A global "ILAB School" without borders: The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers offers internships to students and beginners in the rare…

My internship in Spain is over – six weeks, spent in this beautiful country, has ended up and I am back to Russia to my family. These two weeks in…

A spectacular discovery! Previously unpublished letters written by the author of "Frankeinstein" Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley between the years 1831…

More than a year has passed since the discovery of thefts from the Girolamini Library in Naples (Italy). The former library director, Marino Massimo…

Travis McDade, author of an article on The Professionalization of Library Theft, published on the ILAB website, and of a recently published book…

Simone-Lucie-Ernestine-Marie de Beauvoir is remembered as an eminent French philosopher, writer, and feminist. She is best known for her books, She…