Old and Rare Books. From ILAB: the one stop FREE App for all lovers of rare books

The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB)  has launched an ILAB Mobile App which is now available in the Apple Store and the Android Market. Search for “ILAB rare books” or “International League of Antiquarian Booksellers” to find the free App ready to install on your phone.

Switzerland 2012 - 40th ILAB Congress & 24th International Antiquarian Book Fair

The 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!

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This special issue of the ILAB Newsletter is made up of the most successful articles on our website. We want to use it as a way to attract as many customers as possible. Please, send this Newsletter to your friends, colleagues, and customers!

Sid Lapidus and Jay and Jean Kislak - ABAA and ILAB Patrons of Honour

The ABAA and ILAB are delighted to announce that  Sid Lapidus and Jay and Jean Kislak have been awarded the ABAA and ILAB Patron of Honor. Read more ...

"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 Internships

ILAB 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!

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.

ILAB keeps you informed about new catalogues

On the ILAB site you can browse a thousand 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!

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  • Rare Book School Summer Course IV

    16 Jul 2012 - 20 Jul 2012

    Rare Book School Summer Course IV

    Rare Book School (RBS) was founded in 1983. It provides continuing-education opportunities for students from all disciplines and levels to study the history of written, printed, and born-digital...

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Rare Book Gallery

  • Werke - 3 volumes -Erster Band, Schriften zur Philosophie; Zweiter band,...

    Buber, Martin (1878-1965)

    Bookseller: Fishburn Books

    Werke - 3 volumes -Erster Band, Schriften zur Philosophie; Zweiter band, Schriften zur Bibel; Dritter band, Schriften zum Chassidismus
    Munich Kosel Verlag - Heidelberg Vaerlag Lambert Schneider 1962-1964 3 volumes, original cloth, leather labels with dj. 8vo. 1128 + 1235 +12

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    Price: 195.00 GBP

  • Sagenbuch des Preussischen Staats I-II

    Grässe, J.G.Th.

    Bookseller: C. Hagelstamin Antikvaarinen Kirjakauppa

    Sagenbuch des Preussischen Staats I-II
    "Printed: 1868, Binding: s, Condition (1-5): 3, Place of Printing: Glogau, Publisher: Karl Flemming, Pages: 784; 1104, Illustrations: , Othe

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    Price: 120.00 EUR

  • Der Juden zu Franckfurt St

    Bookseller: Historicana

    Der Juden zu Franckfurt St
    Frankfurt Johann Saurn 1613 EARLIEST BOOK RECORDING THE STATUTES IMPOSED UPON JEWS OF THE FRANKFURTGHETTO, THE LARGEST JEWISH COMMUNITY IN 1

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    Price: 18000.00 USD

  • Die sch

    Domnick, Ottomar

    Bookseller: Antiquariat Eckert & Kaun GbR

    Die sch
    _ 1947. 134 S. mit 30 teils farbigen Bildtafeln, OHln. m. OU. Erste Ausgabe.- Eines von 250 (gesamt 1000) numerierten und von Ackermann, Bau

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    Price: 380.00 EUR

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  • An Annotated Copy of Vesalius’ “De Humani Corporis Fabrica” at the University of Wawrick

    An Annotated Copy of Vesalius’ “De Humani Corporis Fabrica” at the University of Wawrick

    Andreas Vesalius’ De Humani Corporis Fabrica, printed in 1543, is one of the most famous of all medical books. On 14th March Vivian Nutton, Honorary Professor in the departments of History and Classics and Ancient History, will present the discovery of Vesalius’ own annotated copy of the later 1555 edition at the University of Wawrick. This copy contains hundreds of annotations, corrections of the Latin wording and instructions for the printer. They were meant for a third edition which was never published.

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  • Collecting Rare Books and Ephemera - The GPS of the 1960s

    Collecting Rare Books and Ephemera - The GPS of the 1960s

    Before practically everyone had one of these cunning little electronic navigation systems, there used to be road atlases. They were heavy and cumbersome and one had to flip from pp. 14/15 to 168/169 at a moment’s notice, most often when you had just missed junction 5 or 6 or 7 on a major highway. In the 1960s  someone recognized the problem and came up with an amazing little gadget which is, in some respect, even more practicable than the modern GPS (although without the lovely voice). Frank Werner has tested it for his new blog “Books and other Animals”.

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  • Albert Einstein's complete archives to be posted online

    Albert Einstein's complete archives to be posted online

    Great news: The Guardian and Associated Press report that the Hebrew University of Jerusalem puts online 2,000 documents from the Albert Einstein archives including unseen letters, postcards and research notes.

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  • Old and Rare Books. From ILAB: the one stop FREE App for all lovers of rare books

    Old and Rare Books.  From ILAB: the one stop FREE App for all lovers of rare books

    The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB)  has launched an ILAB Mobile App which is now available in the Apple Store and the Android Market. Search for “ILAB rare books” or “International League of Antiquarian Booksellers” to find the free App ready to install on your phone. A Blackberry version will follow soon.

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  • Collecting Rare Books - and Ephemera: Dandruff Piles

    Collecting Rare Books - and Ephemera: Dandruff Piles

    Books sit squarely on shelves. They are discrete, replicable units. They have titles, authors, and places and dates of publication. They organize nicely into classes – “fiction” and “non-fiction,” for example. There is agreed-upon language to describe condition, and there are bibliographical references that talk about the history and physical makeup of a book.

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  • 1951 - Some Impressions of the 5th ILAB Congress in Brussels

    1951 - Some Impressions of the 5th ILAB Congress in Brussels

    “It is very pleasant on the first day to look around to see who has come from the other national associations; one looks for friends one met in Paris, in London, in Copenhagen." This is the charm of every ILAB Congress. What we call a global network today, has been ILAB’s nature from the beginning. You meet old friends and colleagues from all over the world and have the opportunity to establish new friendships and good business relations. It was true for the 5th ILAB Congress in Brussels in 1951, and it will be the same in Switzerland in 2012. 

     

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