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ILAB Provenance Symposium at Grolier Club New York
27 Mar 2019
On March 5th, 2019, ILAB brought together a range of experts and scholars from the antiquarian book trade, libraries and surrounding businesses to…
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Book Fairs
When the book trade meets in New York
27 Feb 2019
Booksellers from all continents are busy preparing one of the main events of the book trade each year. The New York Antiquarian Book Fair and a…
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Book Fairs
Le Salon du Livre Rare et de l'Objet d'Art Paris attire de plus en plus d'exposants
12 Feb 2019
Sous la nef du Grand Palais, le Salon du Livre Rare va accueillir 27 nouveaux exposants soit au total 160 exposants dont 43 venant de 14 pays…
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Shipping and Logistics
Teurer, komplizierter, ausschließlich mit Nachteilen behaftet (GERMAN LANGUAGE)
11 Feb 2019
This article was first published on the blog of the German trade publication "Aus dem Antiquariat" and discusses the new international shipping…
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Book Fairs
Globe Theatre partners with Firsts London - London's Rare Book Fair - Exhibition of rarely seen works at 2019 fair
10 Feb 2019
Playwrights and Philanthropy: Shakespeare's Globe becomes 2019 Charity Partner for Firsts - London's Rare Book Fair and the world's largest…
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Booksellers Obituaries
Obituary: John Chidley
30 Jan 2019
By Alastair Carmichael: It is with great sadness that we have to announce the death from cancer of John Chidley, bookdealer extraordinary.
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Book Clubs
A Book Lover's Haven Turns 100 (The New York Times)
23 Jan 2019
After extensive renovations, the Grolier Club New York has opened again to the public. The New York Times spoke to director Eric Holzenberg.
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Press Articles
BBC News: The booming trade in second-hand books
06 Jan 2019
As 2018 came to an end, the BBC featured a rising trend in collecting antiquarian material and how the internet has changed the trade. "The rise of…
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Bibliophily
25. ANTIQUARIA-Preis für Buchkultur 2019 - German Award for Book Culture announced
16 Dec 2018
The prize, endowed with 10.000 Euro, donated by the association Buchkultur e.V., the city of Ludwigsburg and Wiedeking Stuttgart Foundation, will be…
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Renaissance
Leonardo da Vinci's notebook "Codex Arundel" at the British Library
09 Dec 2018
"This is to be a collection without order, drawn from many papers, which I have copied here, hoping to arrange them later each in its place,…
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Book Trade History
Books and Bombs - Book City Leipzig on 4th December 1943
28 Nov 2018
The German Book and Writing Museum of the German National Library commemorates the destruction of the Leipzig booksellers' quarter 75 years ago with…
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Book Fairs
52nd California International Antiquarian Book Fair meets the Wizard of Oz
28 Nov 2018
The 52nd California International Antiquarian Book Fair 2019 will feature again the collections and rare treasures of nearly 200 booksellers from…
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