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ILAB
ILAB President’s Report: 2024-2025
06 Aug 2025
At the 2025 ILAB Presidents’ Meeting in Melbourne, the ILAB President's annual report was distributed and read out, reflecting on the League’s…
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The 2025 ILAB Presidents’ Meeting & Symposium: A Memorable Gathering of the International Rare Book Trade in Melbourne
05 Aug 2025
From 27 to 30 July 2025, Melbourne was host to a truly memorable ILAB Presidents’ Meeting, marking the first time the international rare bookselling…
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Melbourne Rare Book Week and the 2025 ILAB Presidents Meeting: A week of rare book events is about to start!
24 Jul 2025
Australian and international booklovers and rare booksellers are now on their way to Melbourne, as the city becomes a centre for the rare book world…
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Georg Schneebeli 2025
Booksellers Worldwide
"Hardly anyone finds their way into this business by chance"
04 Jul 2025
Georg Schneebeli, new president of the Swiss antiquarian booksellers' association, shares his path into the rare book trade, current priorities for…
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ILAB at the RBMS Conference in New Haven
01 Jul 2025
Strengthening Ties Between the Trade and the Library World
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International Trade
ILAB supports CINOA's international advocacy efforts for the arts and antiques trade
23 Jun 2025
Earlier this month, on June 4th and 5th, ILAB once again participated in the annual meeting of CINOA — the international art and antiques trade…
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Booksellers Worldwide
Joie de Livre or "I’m looking for surprises"
18 Jun 2025
In May of this year, New York bookseller Heather O'Donnell of Honey & Wax was interviewed by The New York Review of Books, for a "glimpse into the…
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Posters Paris 2025
Book Fairs
From Illuminated Manuscripts to Avant-Garde and Modern Book Art: The Paris Salon du Livre Rare opens tomorrow
11 Jun 2025
The posters are all over town! Open from 13 to 15 June 2025, the Salon du Livre Rare & des Arts Graphiques will attract once again book lovers from…
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The 2025 ILAB Presidents Meeting in Melbourne – A Celebration of Rare Books Down Under
09 Jun 2025
This year's ILAB Presidents’ Meeting, the annual gathering of ILAB's member associations, takes the ILAB Committee and presidents of ILAB's national…
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David Ruggles Prize
Collecting
ILAB proudly supports the David Ruggles Prize - encouraging and supporting young book collectors of colour
03 Jun 2025
ILAB is delighted to announce a donation and its support of the David Ruggles Prize, an annual award established to encourage and support young book…
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Inspecting some antiquarian tomes at the ILAB Amsterdam Congress 2024
Association
Binding the book trade together: how associations work to protect and promote dealers - Part 3 of 3
30 May 2025
And here the final extract of this larger interview, featured in the recently published "Books, Maps & Print Supplement 2025" of the Antiques Trade…
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NY Book Fair 2024
Association
Binding the book trade together: how associations work to protect and promote dealers - Part 2 of 3
28 May 2025
"...more young collectors, and greater diversity overall": The recently published "Books, Maps & Print Supplement 2025" of the Antiques Trade Gazette…
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