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Bologna 2010 - ILAB Congress and International Antiquarian Book Fair
The Best Place for Rare Books, Old Books, Antiquarian Books, Modern First Editions, Illustrated Books, Atlases, Manuscripts, Autographs! The Italian Antiquarian Booksellers' Association (ALAI) will welcome more than 100 delegates and exhibitors to the 39th ILAB Congress and 23rd International Antiquarian Book Fair. More ...
A Bibliophile of huge Ec(h)o
Fresh from his stint as Special Guest Curator at the Louvre, in September 2010 Umberto Eco - philosopher, author and rare book collector - will open the ILAB Congress and International Book Fair. More ...
Rare Book Film Festival at the Cineteca di Bologna
Among the other events for advertising the 39th ILAB Congress and 23rd International Antiquarian Book Fair, the ALAI is organizing a Rare Book Film Festival. The prestigious Cineteca di Bologna has enthusiastically embraced the idea, showing films related to books and antiquarian book dealers during the Congress week. All the famous movies will star a librarian or a rare booksellers among the main characters. The Cineteca will also realize a medley of the most important scenes related to bibliophily, which will be screened at Palazzo Re Enzo. More ...
ITALY - REST OF THE WORLD
A football (soccer) match on the occasion of the ILAB Congress and International Antiquarian Book Fair in Bologna. Players list ...
ILAB Launches New Stolen Book Site
We, as an organization and as individual antiquarian booksellers, do all we can to combat theft of books. As the world’s leading rare book dealers we have always worked successfully with law enforcement organizations, librarians and other interested persons to reclaim stolen property and bring thieves to justice. With the new ILAB Stolen Book Database we have lifted our technology into the 21st century. More …
New Website for One of the Most Prestigious Prizes
The ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography publicizes the League's support for the original scholarship on which the rare book trade so much depends. The new website www.ilabprize.org introduces the Prize Winners 2010, the history of the Prize since the early 1960s, and the future of the Prize with a list of books which have already been submitted to the upcoming 16th Award in 2014. More ...
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Book FairsRare Books - Next Fairs
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10 Sep 2010
- 11 Sep 2010
"One of the most enjoyable book fairs I have visited for a long time. The figures speak for themselves" (Rare Book Review) [+] More
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12 Sep 2010
- 12 Sep 2010
Over Sixty Antiquarian Booksellers from New England and beyond. [+] More
EventsRare Books - Next Events
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10 May 2009
- 13 Sep 2010
An exhibition about a world almost unkown today, a scholarly recount of the life of one of the most famous explorers, and an exciting insight into the ideas and achievements of the... [+] More
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Enduring Love - 1st Edition/1st Printing
McEwan, Ian
Bookseller: Books Tell You Why
Hardcover. 8vo. A most handsome First Edition/First Printing in Very Fine condition in alike dustjacket. SIGNED by author Ian McEwan directly on... MoreHardcover. 8vo. A most handsome First Edition/First Printing in Very Fine condition in alike dustjacket. SIGNED by author Ian McEwan directly on the title page ; An afternoon picnic and the organized life of science writer Joe Rose are both shattered by a tragic accident. A man falls to his death as a hot-air balloon carrying a child is carried away by the wind. As a result, stranger Jed Parry becomes obsessed with Joe, threatening his marriage and his very life. A suspenseful novel about love and faith, and about how life can change in an instant. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket; Signed by Author. Less
Price: 600.00 USD
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A New & Correct Map of the Trading Part of the West Indies, including...
Henry Overton
Bookseller: Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc.
Overton's rare and decorative map of North America is one of the most fascinating large format English maps of America published in the 18th... MoreOverton's rare and decorative map of North America is one of the most fascinating large format English maps of America published in the 18th Century. The present example of the map was printed with four copper plates, two for the map and two outer panels, each made up of five views. The views on the left are Havana; Panama; Porto Rico (San Juan); Cartagena; and Porto Bello (which had been seized by Admiral Vernon, to whom the first and second editions of the map are dedicated). The views on the right are Boston; New York; Mexico (City); Vera Cruz; and Chagre (also taken by Admiral Vernon). There are two recorded states of this map (and an unrecorded 1759 edition of the map, which we sold in January 2007). The first edition of the map was issued in 1741. The map was likely made by Overton to celebrate the early victories of Vice-Admiral Edward Vernon over Spain in War of Jenkins' Ear. This war lasted between1739-1743 and started off well for British, bringing acclaim to Vernon. The lower right and left images on the map, Porto Bello and Chagre depict his two major victories. Admiral Vernon claims an interesting footnote in American History. Many American colonists took part in the War of Jenkin's Ear, including a young officer named Lawrence Washington. Lawrence was so impressed with the Admiral that he named his ancestral home in Virginia after him, thus the name Mount Vernon. Lawrence Washington did not have any descendants and the home eventually passed to Lawrence's half-brother, George Washington. Henry Overton took over his father's map business in 1707 and issued a wide range of maps until 1749. His work generally was issued separately, as in the case of this map. Very few impressions of this map are known to exist. We know of two other examples having been offer in the past thirty years, a 1745 example which was sold in 1992 to a private collector and an example of the first state in the Slaughter Collection at the New York Public Library. The following differences have been noted between the two known states, 1741 and 1745: In the first state, the map is printed on two plates, right and left and joined in the center. In the second state the two side panels of views are now separate plates. It is likely that Overton cut the panels off between states so that they could be used with another map. The second state also includes the addition of a portrait of Admiral Vernon above the title cartouche. This circular area is blank in the first state. This third state of the map includes a number of new changes. The date is changed to 1759. The dedication of the map is made to Vice Admiral Edmund Boscanwen, Esq., and the portrait has also been changed. The French claims in the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys are no longer in evidence, Georgia and Savana [sic] are added and there are other changes within the map. (London, 1745) [color: Outline Color, size: 39.5 x 22 inches, condition: VG] Less
Price: 39500.00 USD
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La Mode Pratique- Issues No. 1- No.52 1957.
Bookseller: Heldfond Book Gallery
An entire run of issues for the year 1907. Complete with original colour covers. Illustrated throughout with full colour covers and further... MoreAn entire run of issues for the year 1907. Complete with original colour covers. Illustrated throughout with full colour covers and further monochrome drawings, advertisements, patterns, etc. depicting all aspects and styles of period French fashion for women. 52 issues complete. Folio (10" x 12"). Bound in 1/2 trade morocco and paper covered boards. Gilt tooled raised bands. Gilt titles. Decorative endsheets. A fabulous compendium of Belle Epoch French fashion. Quite rare with covers present. Covers well rubbed, spine a bit less so. Occasional mild foxing, not affecting colour covers. A Very Good, crisp copy. Less
Price: 1250.00 USD
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Biblisches Engel- u. KunstWerck (1694); Historischer Bilder Bibel - Anderer...
Krauss, Johann Ulrich
Bookseller: Books Tell You Why
Full-Leather. 4to. Bound in period blind-tooled vellum over wooden boards with raised bands, clasps are missing. Chipped pages showing tears and... MoreFull-Leather. 4to. Bound in period blind-tooled vellum over wooden boards with raised bands, clasps are missing. Chipped pages showing tears and soiling and limited foxing throughout, some with contemporary repairs, most illustrations/text show only little or no loss. Tight binding, faded and bumped, mainly at corners and spine; Bound together in one volume: Biblisches Engel- u. KunstWerck (1694) : containing engraved title page and dedication leaf (to Leopold the Great, elected Roman Emperor) , engraved portrait of Leopold the Great, 12 pages of "Dedication To His Emperor And Master", "Christian Discussion And Introductory Report About The Holy Angels", and "Introduction For The Art-Lover And Future Reader" followed by 30 full-page engraved plates. Historischer Bilder Bibel: Anderer Theil (1699) : engraved title page and pages 23-50 of full page engraved plates, Dritter Theil (1698) : frontispiece, engraved title page and pages 51-80 of full page engraved plates, (both versions of page 60 present) , Vierdter Theil (1698) : frontispiece, engraved title page and pages 81-112 of full page engraved plates. Pages of part three are bound erroneously behind title page of part four and vice versa. Original German language. Good. Less
Price: 750.00 USD
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An article by Sharon Churcher about Harper Lee whose book "To Kill A Mockingbird" was translated into nearly 50 languages and turned into the Oscar winning movie starring Gregory Peck. [+] More
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‘I’m sorry, sir’, I replied, ‘George is dead’. ‘Since when?’ ‘September 1940’. ‘I’m so sorry. Was it sudden?’ I am regularly addressed as George, who was in fact my great-grandfather. He had one child, a daughter, who married a Mr Coward. When she inherited the business, it was decided to retain the founder’s name. Sheila Markham in conversation with Edward Bayntun-Coward of George Bayntun. [+] More
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Specialist online auctions for rare books, maps & prints, documents, letters, ephemera and vintage photography: AntiquarianAuctions.com has been developed by Clarke’s Africana & Rare Books (ABA member) and over the past five years have run over seventy successful online auctions. [+] More
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Franz Kafka wanted all his manuscripts to be burned after his death, but his friend Max Brod disregarded the request. Now a Swiss bank opens for safety deposit boxes containing manuscripts and letters. [+] More
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