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Bologna 2010 - ILAB Congress and International Antiquarian Book FairThe 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)oFresh 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 BolognaAmong 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 WORLDA football (soccer) match on the occasion of the ILAB Congress and International Antiquarian Book Fair in Bologna. Players list ... 
ILAB Launches New Stolen Book SiteWe, 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 PrizesThe 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 ... GlossaryGlossary terms |
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A Discourse upon some Late Improvements in the Health of Mariners.
PRINGLE, Sir John, editor
Bookseller: Hordern House
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Price: 72000.00 AUD
Flower and Fruit prints of the early 18th and 19th Centuries- Their History,...
Dunthorne, Gordon.
Bookseller: Heldfond Book Gallery
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Price: 950.00 USD
La Tartaria Cinese Delineata sulle ultime Osservazioni.
CASSINI, Giovanni Maria.
Bookseller: Altea Gallery
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Price: 400.00 GBP
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Librai e lettori di tutto il mundo ... The World's Best Rare Books and Booksellers at Bologna
An interview with Umberto Pregliasco about the 39th ILAB Congress and 23rd International Antiquarian Book Fair in Bologna, September 20-26, 2010
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From Bauhaus to Penguin Books - Jan Tschichold’s Influence on Modern Typography and 20th Century Book Design
"As a teacher, theoretician and advocate of Die Neue Typographie (the title of his historic tract from 1928), a fiery young Tschichold enthusiastically took up the banner of strict Modernist design after exposure to early Weimar Bauhaus exhibits. In it he effectively denounces the “decay”—the clutter and filigree—prevalent in common German design and typography at the time, promoting exclusive usage of sans serif (Grotesk) typefaces and asymmetrical layouts."
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Tall Tales and Fictitious Voyages - Travel Books, Rare & Extraordinary
Travel lies are as old as literature itself, or perhaps even older. Sailors, the quintessential travellers, are well known for their sailor’s yarns. And how better to impress the stay-at-homes than with stories of sea serpents, dwarfs, giants, headless or dog-faced people in faraway places? This was much more satisfying than telling of hard work, bad food and low pay.
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The Los Angeles Book Fair's New Dealers
The February 2010 Los Angeles Book Fair was a lovely fair with a chance for all of us to see old friends and colleagues. What was different this year was that there were quite a few new dealers. Impossible, people say ... the antiquarian book trade is dying with us old folks. If you think that, then you didn't come to the Los Angeles Book Fair where I got to talk to quite a few new dealers while Gordon took some pictures.
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A Gentle Way of Doing Business - Selling Rare Books in Edinburgh
Sometimes I think that the bookshop has become a spectator sport for tourists in Edinburgh. Some visitors behave as if the shop is a museum. ‘Isn’t it wonderful?’ they say, ‘I could spend all day in here,’ and then promptly walk out. They like the look of the shop, but it would never occur to them to buy a book. Nowadays people turn to computers in the way that they would have turned to books for a lot of their needs. Quite apart from their effect on our trade, I believe that computers are actually changing the way in which people think. Everything is highly focused toward a specific goal, instead of reading around a subject and taking a more wide-ranging approach. We have to keep trying to get young people to look at books and aspire to own them. This is a role for book fairs and shops – just being there on the high street helps to remind people that books can be bought, and that we are not libraries or museums.