ILAB’s youngest fan... lives in Germany. Eight year old Gloria drew this picture while her father was browsing the ILAB site. It lies in the family: Her father is ILAB bookseller Götz Kocher-Benzing, her grandfather was former ILAB President and long-time Secretary of the ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography Dr. Frieder Kocher-Benzing. Gloria, we hope to meet you at one of the future ILAB Congresses and Book Fairs!
Switzerland 2012 - 40th ILAB Congress & 24th International Antiquarian Book FairThe Swiss Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (VEBUKU) and its president Alain Moirandat are proud to host the 40th ILAB Congress in Lucerne and the 24th International Antiquarian Book Fair in Zurich from September 22nd to 30th, 2012. Check out the amazing programme and register for the Congress and the Fair!
"If you love rare books and want to own a lot of them there has never been a better time to be alive."1,165 ILAB dealers use commercial databases to sell rare and fine books, prints, manuscripts and autographs. The ILAB Metasearch now searches 1,158 of them! An interview with Jim Hinck about the advantages of the ILAB Metasearch and the future of the online book trade.
"Out of the classroom and into the world" - ILAB InternshipsILAB has launched an internship program for young antiquarian book dealers. Alena Lavrenova and Anastasya Zhikhareva, two young antiquarian booksellers from Russia, spent four weeks in Austria, Hungary, Germany and the Netherlands. Read their exciting reports and join our new Facebook Group!
Why visit one book fair if you can visit two?Check out the latest ILAB Newsletter featuring the upcoming antiquarian book fairs in California and in Stuttgart. Everything you need to know (or not to know) about rare books and the rare book trade. Click above right to subscribe!
ILAB Booksellers on Video"A wonderful snapshot of the rich history of both the ABAA and the rare book trade" - ILAB is proud to present the video archive project by Michael Ginsberg and Taylor Bowie. Recently added: interviews with ABAA President Sarah Baldwin, John Thompson and Roger Gozdecki.
Rare Booksellers' Firsts - A Cover StoryBooksellers’ firsts are as rare as some rare books. Often printed and produced with much love and energy, yet on cheap paper and for a still small company of customers, they are “used” – and thrown away. Part 2 of ILAB's cover story reflects the history of the trade in Europe since the late 19th century with first catalogues by Heribert Tenschert, A., B. and H. Rosenthal, E.P. Goldschmidt, Manfred Nosbüsch, ILAB Past President Michael Steinbach, and many others.
ILAB keeps you informed about new cataloguesOn the ILAB site you can browse nearly 800 catalogues of rare and fine books, autographs, first editions and manuscripts offered by ILAB dealers. More catalogues are uploaded every day. Once you have logged into your account (link on top right hand corner of the page), just click on "Catalogs in my fields of interest" and follow the procedure! GlossaryGlossary terms
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Collection complette des oeuvres de Mr. de Voltaire
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LA FRANCE CHRETIENNE DANS L'HISTOIRE. Ouvrage publi
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Werke - 3 volumes -Erster Band, Schriften zur Philosophie; Zweiter band,...
Buber, Martin (1878-1965)
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Jean-Henri Fabre: the man who loved bugs
Jean-Henri Fabre loved to study bugs as a boy. He grew up poor in the south of France, gained a teaching certificate at age 19, and went on to become a physicist, chemist and botanist. But, he always came back to the insects. Small wonder that he became a noted entomologist. Indeed, he is considered the father of modern entomology.
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Taking a Gamble: On Being Wrong III
Here’s something that has hung on the wall of every office I’ve had for the past five years (that four offices, in case you’re counting). It’s a single sheet; text and image on one side, text alone on the other. I have two more much like it. But I don’t keep them up because I am interested in polo or Middle Eastern art. Or even because I like the images. They serve as a reminder.
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A Bibliography of Unauthorised American Editions of The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter 1904-1980
John Turner’s new bibliography is an essential guide for any devotee of Beatrix Potter and Peter Rabbit and of illustrators of children's books during this period. Illustrated with eight pages of color photographs, it contains over 300 entries published between 1904 and 1980.
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55th London International Antiquarian Book Fair 2012
The dates for the 55th London International Antiquarian Book Fair have been announced and for the first time, the fair will take place in May: Thursday May 24, Friday May 25 & Saturday May 26, 2012. Organised by the ABA (the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association), the Fair will move to a new location - the larger National Hall at Olympia (London W14) with all stands on one level. This move follows on from the success of the 2011 Fair, which saw more stand space sold than ever before and it became evident that the Fair had finally out-grown Olympia 2.
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Finest Handmade Papers in the World
In 1952, Stevens-Nelson Paper Corporation published what it called "a catalogue of the finest printing and art papers in the world." It was less boast than just a simple statement of fact. Indeed, the company had enlisted the help of small handmade paper shops across the globe.
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“You’ve got to keep rolling the dice”
"I didn’t decide to become a bookseller; I fell into it by accident. In my early 20s I was determined to be an artist and that’s what I was until I reached about 25. Then I started helping a friend with a stall outdoors on the Portobello Road on Saturdays and, after a while, I got my own pitch. I happened to do better with the stall than I was doing at painting and I enjoyed it more than painting to a point. Then I started having children and so needed money, and I realised that I was doing more bookselling and less painting and I was actually enjoying it. The day I realised that, I stopped painting and just started focusing on bookselling." - Shelf Fullfillment, the new blog of the ABA, starts with a very interesting series of interviews by Beatie Wolfe.
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