Article Search Results

The idea that the ABA could organize book fairs to give provincial antiquarian booksellers (of which there was still at least one in most of…

From Canada to the Kilimanjaro, from Moscow to Buenos Aires and back to Vancouver. "I guess my claim to fame is that I've visited over 4000 used …

Before I address the costs and benefits, a short review of just what ILAB is, how it is governed, and how each member nation is represented seems…

Bologna will host an event very important for all of us, the International Congress of the ILAB, from September 20th to 26th, 2010. After more than…

"Just think of me as a black hole into which you can throw offers of everything in this area and I will buy all I don't have".

The books I like most are associated with the Arts and Crafts Movement, whose members were highly innovative individuals who bucked the trend. They…

Book collectors have to learn a trade jargon that is made extra difficult by two facts: first, it comes from several related, but different, trades…

Three booksellers from the edges of Britain introduce themselves and describe how the ABA assists their businesses: Charles Cox (River House,…

During the last 15-20 years Russia has experienced a significant increase of public interest in collecting antiques, including old and rare books,…

Unlike most European countries, where the professional associations of antique book dealers play the role of the educational centers in the field of…

It's hard to know where to start with a book like this. Perhaps this way. I saw it listed in a catalogue and bought a single copy to see if I liked…

When Leslie asked me to talk to you about books, and my bookselling career if bookselling can be called a career I decided that, this being the…