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Security
Some tips from booksellers to booksellers on credit card security: BE VIGILANT WITH NET ORDERS!
01 Nov 2019
Internet fraud is a serious concern for every bookseller these days. As a result of a number of reported scams which affected ILAB booksellers…
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Provenance
"Fair and just?" The German arts and rare book trade discuss provenance and restitution
23 Oct 2019
A report by Dr. Barbara van Benthem about a highly interesting seminar, organised by the German umbrella organisation for the arts trade, IG…
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Booksellers Booksellers Anecdotes
PODCAST by Slightly Foxed Magazine: Speaking to Chris Saunders of Henry Sotheran's on the joys of the antiquarian book world yesterday and today
15 Oct 2019
The editors of the UK literary magazine Slightly Foxed recently spoke to Chris Saunders of Sotheran's London, the world's oldest antiquarian bookshop.
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ILAB
Letters & Wine - The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers encounters the Beauty of Georgia
14 Oct 2019
"I felt strong enough to lift a mountain" declared Alexandre Dumas after a visit to Georgia in 1858. Presidents of ILAB's member associations…
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Booksellers
"The Booksellers" - A Tribute to New York's Book Trade is out!
10 Oct 2019
Years in the making, the documentary on New York's book trade premiered this week at the New York Film Festival and is off to a fantastic start!
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Articles John Lawson
Obituaries
John Lawson - Obituary by Nicolas Barker
07 Oct 2019
It is with great sadness that we have to announce the death of John Lawson, who served as ILAB Vice President from 1979 - 1981 and as ILAB President…
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Book Fairs
Amsterdam 2019 & The new Joint Dutch Catalogue
03 Oct 2019
One of Europe's highlights in the fair calendar, the Amsterdam International Antiquarian Book & Map Fair opens this weekend!
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Women
LOOKING SKYWARD - Mulvihill Collection Acquires Mary Somerville's QUEEN OF SCIENCE - With Apparatus & Image Gallery
22 Sep 2019
LET ME TELL YOU A STORY. Well, it felt like a story at the time, and not without a whisper of magic. Celtic magic. Book collectors, after all, are…
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Education for Booksellers
Update from the ILAB Mentoring Programme - A report by mentored bookseller Gregor Gumpert
19 Sep 2019
Have you recently become a bookseller? Would it help if you could get regular advice from an experienced ILAB antiquarian bookseller in your field?…
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Early Printing
Landmark exhibition at Princeton University Library: Gutenberg & After: Europe's Earliest Printers 1450-1470
18 Sep 2019
Princeton University Library announces landmark exhibition of fifteenth-century books showcasing rare collections on early European printing from…
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Shakespeare
Significant archival discovery at Free Library Philadelphia
18 Sep 2019
The UK Guardian has picked up on one of the most significant archival discoveries of recent times; a first folio with hundreds of annotations by John…
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Booksellers Worldwide
Douglas Stewart - New President of ANZAAB, The Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers
16 Jul 2019
ILAB congratulates Australian bookseller Douglas Stewart on his appointment as new President of the Australian and New Zealand booksellers…
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