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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The Long Goodbye.
CHANDLER, Raymond.
Bookseller: Henry Sotheran Ltd.
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Sammlung von 7 Briefen an Hilda Angerowa
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Der Landprediger von Wakefield. Eine Erz
Richter, Ludwig - GOLDSMITH, Oliver
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Collecting Rare Books and First Editions - Reference Book of the Day: Minsheu, Ductor in Linguas
Oh, how I love extravagant sixteenth- and seventeenth-century displays of over-the-top erudition. Things like the Dictionarium Græcolatinum (1568), Ortelius's Thesaurus geographicus (1578), Raleigh's History of the World (1614), Alsted's seven-volumeCompendium philosophicum stretching to 2,404 folio pages (1626), Brian Walton's polyglot Bible in six huge folios (1654–57), and Chauvin's Lexicon rationale (1692). These are books that Tony Grafton was reading in his crib, but to the rest of us they're insane compendia of obscure learning that we'll never hope to master.
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40th ILAB Congress and 24th ILAB International Antiquarian Book Fair - Switzerland 2012
From the beginning the Swiss antiquarian booksellers have been strongly affiliated to the League. The first ILAB President, William S. Kundig, came from Switzerland. The 5th ILAB Congress was held in Geneva in 1952, the 15th ILAB Congress took place in Basle in 1962, while the ILAB members enjoyed the 25th ILAB Congress and 8th International Antiquarian Book Fair in Zurich in 1978. 34 years later, the ILAB antiquarian booksellers from 32 countries all over the world will return to Switzerland for another important international conference with an exciting programme highlighting the variety of Swiss art, architecture and culture, folklore and industrial history. The 40th ILAB Congress will be followed by the 24th International Antiquarian Book Fair at the Zurich Convention Centre next to the Lake Zurich and the Zurich Fine Art Fair which takes place at the same time. Both events will attract lots of art lovers and bibliophiles. For one week they will change Zurich into the international market place for everything rare, extravagant and beautiful.
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The Mulvihill Collection of Rare & Special Books and Images
The Florida Bibliophile Society Web site has now posted, from the December 11, 2011 issue of the Society's newsletter, a digital copy of the Society's two-page feature on Maureen E. Mulvihill's recent talk on her collection, hosted by the Florida Bibliophile Society and the University of Tampa Library.
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Collecting Rare Books and First Editions - Moscow reads New York
1927 saw two Russian translations of The Color of a Great City (1923), Dreiser’s classic memoir of early twentieth-century New York: this one (Gosizdat’s), by Pyotr Okhrimenko, and one for “Mysl’” (Kraski N’iu-Iorka) by V. P. Steletsky. What was particularly nice about this copy was that it still had its original dust-jacket.
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Collecting Rare Books and First Editions: Johann Froben and The Private Library
"He was the soul of honesty himself, and slow to think evil of others; so that he was often taken in. Of envy and jealousy he knew as little as the blind do of colour. He was swift to forgive and to forget even serious injuries ... He was enthusiastic for good learning, and felt his work to be his own reward. It was delightful to see him with the first pages of some new book in his hands, some author of whom he approved. His face was radiant with pleasure, and you might have supposed that he had already received a large return of profit. The excellence of his work would bear comparison with that of the best printers of Venice and Rome." (Erasmus)
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Yushodo Celebrates its 80th Anniversary
Established in 1932 as an antiquarian bookstore specializing in research materials in Jimbocho, Yushodo will celebrate its 80th anniversary this year. This means, after some simple math and a bit of Yushodo history, Yushodo began its operation as a stock company 52 years ago when importing research materials from overseas was still considered a venture business; and it has been 2 very exciting years since Yushodo moved into the new office. And most importantly, our first fiscal year as a member of MCHI Holdings, a business entity established under DNP with the aim of revolutionizing how books and information are distributed, has ended at the end of last month.