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Booksellers Worldwide
ILAB to sponsor stand for three booksellers at Rare Book Fair Stuttgart in June - Apply Now!
24 Jan 2023
New date & new location and a sponsorship opportunity for newer ILAB booksellers at the upcoming Stuttgart Rare Book Fair in June!
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Emma Wesley 2022
Booksellers Worldwide
"Replicas are often not the answer" - Christmas at London's Cecil Court
20 Dec 2022
Cecil Court in London, a magical little street just off Leicester Square and for many a true sanctuary in one of the busiest parts of London. What a…
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Books about Books
From our desk: Holiday reading for bibliophiles - Part II
16 Dec 2022
Many publications of recent months deserve to be known to a wider audience. We selected a few more, published in the US, Spain, Italy, Germany and…
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Daniel De Simone appointed as new Secretary of the ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography
14 Dec 2022
Longstanding jury member, antiquarian bookseller and librarian Daniel De Simone is following Fabrizio Govi into the role of Secretary of the ILAB…
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Books about Books
From our desk: Holiday reading for bibliophiles - Part 1
08 Dec 2022
Before everyone disappears for a cozy Christmas holiday with snow and gluhwein or our colleagues in the Southern hemisphere to beaches and summer…
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ILAB Booksellers Worldwide
"Try to find global solutions led by an association that represents all its members": In conversation with Mario Giupponi, recently elected ILAB President
04 Dec 2022
In September 2022, Mario Giupponi was elected by the 22 national associations' presidents succeeding Sally Burdon in the role of ILAB President.…
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YABS Scholarship 2022
Education
A Scholarship to the York Antiquarian Book Seminar: "... the biggest enlightenment of my 'book career'
28 Nov 2022
Oğuz Selim Başar, bookseller from Istanbul, received the 2022 ILAB Scholarship for the York Antiquarian Book Seminar (YABS). A wonderful opportunity…
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Forgery
From the ILAB Archive: Collecting Rare Books and First Editions - Famous Literary Hoaxes (Part Two)
21 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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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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