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Book Fairs
"Connecting Western dealers and Asian collectors" - Speaking to Christopher Bailey ahead of FIRSTS HONG KONG
20 Nov 2024
Two weeks before the launch of FIRSTS HONG KONG, a new fair in the ILAB calendar, we spoke to Christopher Bailey of Picture This Gallery who ran a…
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19th ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography
ILAB calls for submissions for the 19th ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography 2026
19 Nov 2024
Authors, publishers, academics, scholars, and the book trade are invited to submit works published between 2022 and 2026 for the ILAB Breslauer Prize…
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Videos of the ILAB 2024 Symposium in Paris now online
18 Nov 2024
The 2024 ILAB Symposium was a great success, with over 100 rare booksellers, librarians but also collectors, academics and art professionals from a…
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ILAB's engagement with the European Commission Art Market Expert Group in 2023/2024
15 Nov 2024
In December 2023 as well as January and May 2024, ILAB was invited to extensive meetings at the European Commission to discuss cultural policies and…
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ILAB Medal to Sally Burdon for exceptional service to the League
13 Nov 2024
At the Amsterdam ILAB Congress on October 17, 2024, past ILAB President Sally Burdon was awarded the “ILAB Medal”.
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Book Fairs
All eyes on Boston this weekend "A shift in the diversity of its membership and the material it promotes"
08 Nov 2024
The Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair (BIABF) celebrates its 46th year at the Hynes Convention Center in Downtown Boston, this weekend from…
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Congresses and Meetings
Final day at the 2024 Amsterdam Congress - Collection visits and a memorable gala dinner
01 Nov 2024
ILAB Congresses date back to the early days of ILAB and have always been a highlight for antiquarian booksellers. Since the founding days of ILAB,…
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Book Fairs
The popular Chelsea Rare Book Fair opens Friday in London
30 Oct 2024
The ABA Chelsea Rare Book Fair opens this Friday at its usual beautiful venue, the historic Chelsea Old Town Hall on the Kings Road in one of…
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Congresses and Meetings
Day 2 of the 2024 ILAB Congress: Smaller collections around Amsterdam & Treasures at the Dutch Maritime Museum
29 Oct 2024
Days in Amsterdam begin - at least for all congress participants this October - if not on a bike, then on a boat! A day of visiting smaller and…
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Congresses and Meetings
77 years and counting: Amsterdam at the heart of ILAB & A day at the Rijksmuseum
28 Oct 2024
Amsterdam has a special place in the history of ILAB, as it was here that the idea of an international organisation for the rare book trade was born,…
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Book Fairs
Rare books in Milan: The largest fair for rare and antiquarian books in Italy opens today!
25 Oct 2024
Antiquarian booksellers and booklovers meet this weekend at Milan's Villa Necchi Campiglio
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ILAB Presidents' Meeting 2024 in Amsterdam elects new President Angus O'Neill and Committee
23 Oct 2024
Last week, during the ILAB Ordinary General Meeting on 14 October 2024 in Amsterdam, the presidents of ILAB’s 22 member associations elected a new…
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