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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Madame Bovary
Flaubert, Gustave
Bookseller: Antiquariat Patzer & Trenkle
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Price: 10.00 EUR
Augusti, 1632.
[Alte Feste.] Ausführliche grundtliche und warhafftige Beschreibung, dreyer unverhoffter, von Gott, seinem armen verlassenen Häufflin verliehener Victorien: Wider die dreyfache Spanische, Kays: und Päpst: Ligistische Armada, unter dem General Hertzogen von Fried-Landt, geschehen den 24.
Bookseller: Centralantikvariatet
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Price: 5000.00 SEK
The Art of Living.
STEINBERG, SAUL:
Bookseller: Antikvariat Morris
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Price: 400.00 SEK
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Book-Jackets: Their History, Form, and Use, by G. Thomas Tanselle
Book-jackets (or "dust-jackets," as they are often called), have been regularly used in America and some European countries since the early part of the 19th century. Historians of publishing practices, however, have not accorded these detachable coverings with the scrutiny that one would expect for such a noticeable phenomenon. The new book by G. Thomas Tanselle examines dust jackets as resources for biography, bibliography, cultural analysis, and development of graphic design, while surveying their use by publishers and scholars of literature, art and book history.
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Travelling Animals - Cats, Dogs, and Goats as Helpers and Companions
Travelling animals have a long history. It is probable that our early ancestors, nomadic people, were accompanied by dogs, who helped them hunt, watched the camps and kept them company. They considered themselves as parts of a pack, where everyone had his place or duty. Cats arrived on the scene rather later, and, by their very nature, thought of themselves not as helpers of humans, but as co-inhabitants. They kept rodents down, slept by the fire and allowed humans to worship them. Things have not changed much since then. On the right you can see Marmalade, our 21st century tomcat who, rightly so, expected to be worshipped as much as his Egyptian ancestors.
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Collecting Rare Books and First Editions: Time Travel for Dummies
When my accountant said, “Hey, you’ve had another good year,” my response was, “You’ve got to be kidding!” But then, looking back, I remembered some happy referrals, several fascinating consignments and, in general, quite a bit of successful book scouting. Ten Pound Island’s invoices and check stubs (all digital!) told the story in detail. My "new business model," concocted so painfully over the past year, paid off. I dropped the California, Florida, and New York book fairs, cut expenses way back, moved from hard copy to web based catalogs, and quoted a lot more books using specially tailored, richly illustrated e-based catalogs.
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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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Bruce Marshall's Pilgrim's Progress - An Interview with Beatie Wolfe
From vintage cars (how many rare book dealers drive an Aston Martin?) and guitars to Beslers, Blaeus and Goulds, Bruce Marshall, a major but discreet player in the colour-plate, natural history and travel book fields, reveals to Beatie Wolfe his pilgrim’s progress through the rare book world.
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Collecting the Physical Book in the Digital Age
I’m going to make some general comments about my experiences as a dealer buying and selling in the Internet/digital age today and offer some reflections on the past – over the thirty-five years that I’ve been in business. I won’t keep you in suspense any longer. The impact of the Internet and computer technology has been enormous on the rare book business. There are three basic things that we do in this profession: buy books, sell books, and research what we are buying in order to sell them. All have been greatly impacted by technology. Today everything that I acquire is researched online in regard to bibliographical information, as well as for pricing comparison by looking at other copies in the marketplace. This research plays a key role in deciding what to buy, what to pay for the book, and in determining a fair amount to price the book for sale. Of course a subscription to the online auction record database is essential.