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Forgery
From the ILAB Archive: Collecting Rare Books and First Editions - Famous Literary Hoaxes (Part One)
18 Nov 2022
ILAB has published articles on the rare book trade, book collectors and book collecting for over 15 years. These interesting insights into our trade…
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Booksellers
"I am a passionate bookseller and I am convinced that our profession also needs a representative who fights for its continuity"
15 Nov 2022
A new German online platform for rare books, ongoing legal challenges and an association's lobbying work, moving the annual Stuttgart fair to a new…
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Boston Poster 2022
Book Fairs
The 44th Annual Fall Gathering for Book Lovers: The Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair returns - November 11-13, 2022
10 Nov 2022
The Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair (ABAA/ILAB) is making its much-anticipated return to the Hynes Convention Center in downtown Boston…
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Congress
"The books did speak, loudly." Kim Schwenk of Lux Mentis Booksellers recalls on the ILAB Congress in Oxford
08 Nov 2022
"I walked the halls of cold stone, peeking creatures and whispering trees. The books did speak, loudly – as did the whispering trees. The books,…
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Bernard Breslauer Archive
The history of the ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography
30 Oct 2022
55 years of honouring outstanding work in the field of bibliography and book history
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Booksellers Book Fairs
"We all benefit from the bilingual heritage of our country and a rich and diverse publishing history"
26 Oct 2022
Robert Wright, bookseller in Ontario and President of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of Canada, ABAC, spoke to ILAB about the upcoming fair…
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Prize SLAM Winners
SLAM Prize for Bibliography
French booksellers' association announces winner of the SLAM Prize for Bibliography 2022: Congratulations to Yann Sordet
13 Oct 2022
Yann Sordet, Director of renowned Paris Bibliothèque Mazarine, author and scholar and also longstanding jury member of the ILAB Breslauer Prize jury,…
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Booksellers Worldwide
The VDA "Schaufenster": German antiquarian booksellers launch online platform!
04 Oct 2022
October sees the launch of a new online platform by the German antiquarian booksellers’ association, VDA, to browse, search and buy antiquarian…
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Notes from an Archive: The Book Collector and the ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography
28 Sep 2022
On the occasion of the 18th Breslauer Prize for Bibliography, ILAB published a Festschrift in cooperation with The Book Collector to celebrate the…
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Booksellers
Rare Book Week makes the world descend on UK
26 Sep 2022
Booksellers and Bibliophiles from all around the world descended on Oxford and London in early September to share their love of books and buy and…
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New ILAB Committee
ILAB
Introducing the new ILAB President & Committee
23 Sep 2022
On 9 September 2022, the presidents of ILAB's member associations met at the 2022 ILAB Presidents' Meeting in Oxford and elected a new ILAB President…
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Prize Winners since 1967
22 Sep 2022
A list of all winners of the ILAB Prize for Bibliography
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