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17th ILAB BRESLAUER PRIZE FOR BIBLIOGRAPHY - SUBMIT BOOKS!
The 17th ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography, worth 10.000 $, will be awarded in 2018 to one or more books published in any language between April 2013 and April 2017. The jury will admit all publications relating to bibliography in a very broad sense. The books can be submitted latest by the end of April in 2017 by sending a copy to the Prize Secretary Fabrizio Govi.
THE WORLD'S EXPERT ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLERS IN 1 BOOK!
The ILAB Directory gives easy access to information on the almost 2.000 ILAB booksellers that are experts in their chosen fields and stand behind the ethical standards of ILAB. In this new electronic world you will find this expertise an essential part in making your buying experience a pleasant one. Download the PDF, or get a printed copy at the ILAB book fairs.
ILAB POP UP BOOK FAIRS ON UNESCO WORLD BOOK AND COPYRIGHT DAY
A world first – across the world: bookish flashmobs, like speed dating for booklovers in the most unusual places. In woolsheds, on boats, central stations, skyscrapers, in museums, libraries, streets, clubs and pubs, thousands of booklovers met on 23 April 2015 and raised funds for the UNESCO literacy projects. See the pictures on ILABPopUpBookFairs.blogspot.de
ILAB INTERNSHIPS - OUT OF THE CLASSROOM, INTO THE WORLD
A global "ILAB School" without borders: The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers offers internships to students and beginners in the rare book trade who wish to widen their knowledge through practical learning and to plug into the worldwide network of antiquarian bookselling.
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13 Sep 2015
A quarterly boutique event for fine, rare, vintage photographs, in one of London's hidden architectural gems. (Picture: The London Photograph Fair.) [+] More
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06 Nov 2015 - 08 Nov 2015
Sponsored by the ABAC, the 2015 Toronto International Antiquarian Book Fair (TIABF) joins the prestigious San Francisco, New York and Boston fairs on the International League of Antiquarian... [+] More
EventsRare Books - Next Events
BooksellersAntiquarian Booksellers
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Toronto - CANADA
Specialties: Architecture, Art, Bindings, General Stock, Illustrated books, Old and rare books, Travel
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Les soirées de Médan avec les portraits des six auteurs : eaux-fortes de...
ZOLA (Émile), MAUPASSANT (Guy, de), HUYSMANS (Joris-Karl), CÉARD (Henry), HENNIQUE (Léon), ALEXIS (Paul)
Bookseller: Librairie Faustroll
FRANCE
Paris, Charpentier Éditeur 1890 - Livre d'occasion In-8, demi-chagrin brun, dos à nerfs, titre doré, tête dorée, couvertures en peau de vélin... MoreParis, Charpentier Éditeur 1890 - Livre d'occasion In-8, demi-chagrin brun, dos à nerfs, titre doré, tête dorée, couvertures en peau de vélin conservées, faux-titre, titre, 300 pp. Guy de Maupassant exerçait un sévère contrôle sur les productions le représentant. S'il se laissa parfois photographier, il interdit ou contrôla strictement la diffusion des épreuves trouvant, le plus souvent, son image " détestable ". On ne connaît que quatre portraits de Guy de Maupassant dont le plus connu est celui réalisé par Nadar vers 1889. Selon les spécialistes de l'écrivain, ce dernier souffrait d'une phobie de sa propre image. Ce sentiment de dépossession, qu'Honoré de Balzac avait ressenti avant lui, s'exprime d'ailleurs clairement dans ses écrits, et notamment dans Le Horla, où le narrateur ne se voit plus dans son miroir, l'invisible ayant dévoré son reflet. Condition : Première édition illustrée, comportant les portraits des six auteurs à l'eau-forte par Desmoulin et six compositions inédites à l'eau-forte par L. Muller. L'un des exemplaires du tirage très restreint sur beau vélin teinté, au format in-8 écu, après 65 exemplaires de grand luxe. Exemplaire exceptionnel, provenant de la bibiliothèque d’Eugène Le Senne, avec son ex-libris gravé par Vanteyne, enrichi des documents suivants montés sur onglets : - une importante et très belle lettre autographe, inédite, signée de 5 pp. de Maupassant adressée à Charpentier, son éditeur, en relation avec l’édition illustrée des Soirées de Médan qu'il vient de faire paraître ; miscive virulente, dans laquelle l'auteur de Boule de suif exprime son opposition à la publication de son portrait et exige qu’il soit ôté de tous les exemplaires en stock chez l’éditeur et déposés chez les libraires, sous peine de poursuites judiciaires. Malgré sa réticence maladive à voir diffuser des images de sa personne, Maupassant ne mit finalement pas sa ménace à exécution et l'ouvrage fut diffusé complet des portraits gravés (décharge laissée par la photographie décrite ci-après sur le premier feuillet) ; - une rare photographie originale de Maupassant, en tirage d'époque, montée sur carton (104 x 63 mm) par l’atelier Liébert (un cliché similaire du même photographe, probablement issu de la même scéance de photographie est reproduit en page 155 de l’Album de la Pléiade consacré à Maupassant (la datation de 1880 figurant dans ce volume semblant erronée, la première photographie connue de Maupassant par Carjat datant de fin 1880 - début 1881, la photo de Liébert datant probablement de 1886), photographie ayant servi à l'élaboration du portrait gravé par Desmoulin figurant dans l'ouvrage et faisant l'objet de la vive réclamation faite par Maupassant dans la lettre décrite précédemment) ; - une lettre autographe signée d’une page d’Émile Zola écrite à Médan le 18 octobre 1885 dans laquelle il décline une proposition de collaboration à un journal ; - une lettre autographe signée de 3 pp. de J.-K. Huysmans à un cher ami, datant probablement de 1898 ou 1899 ; - deux lettres autographes signées de Henry Céard, l’une datée de 1897, l’autre de 1919 ; - une lettre autographe signée de Léon Hennique au critique d’art Félix Fénéon ; et - une carte de visite de Jules Brivois, membre de la Société des Bibliophiles Contemporains remerciant son correspondant de lui avoir présenté la précieuse lettre de Maupassant. Eugène Le Senne fut également, membre de la Société des Bibliophiles Contemporains, société fondée en 1889 et dissoute 5 ans plus tard en 1894. Less
Price: 15000.00 EUR
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Furtwängler: collection of 12 items [SIGNED]
Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Bookseller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)
UNITED STATES
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NP, Germany 1951 - A collection of twelve items concerning the important German symphony conductor: one large format photograph with personal... MoreNP, Germany 1951 - A collection of twelve items concerning the important German symphony conductor: one large format photograph with personal inscription on mount, one signed photographic postcard, one original photographic portrait, three signed typewritten letters, two signed handwritten postcards, one signed music manuscript, one original press photo, a signed program of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, and an unused photographic postcard. 1. Wilhelm Furtwängler Press Photo. Frankfurt, United Press. 7 x 9 1/2 inch original b/w photograph of Wilhelm Furtwängler conversing with Ernst Fischer. Fischer was the "Vorstand der Philharmoniker" (Manager of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra). A rare United Press - Acne Photo dated 23.5.50. Stamped address of publisher, as well as the names of the men depicted in the photograph written in blue ink on rear of photograph. Minor creasing to photo. Attached description of image typewritten in German on piece of paper on back of photograph. Very good condition. Rare.2. Signed photograph, 6.8 x 9.2 inch photograph mounted on 11.6 x 15.6 inch photographer's mount. "Wilhelm Furtwängler," n.p., 9th March 1944, with an inscription. A nice head and shoulders profile photograph of Furtwängler. Signed by Furtwängler to the photographer's mount. Also signed by the photographer "HR.(?)" Slightly stained and creased. Bottom left corner of photograph chipped.3. Signed photograph, 3.5 x 5.5 inches. Signed "Furtwängler," in ink beneath image, n.p. n.d. Rare b/w portrait photograph. Photograph by Fayer, Vienna.4. Signed musical manuscript (4 1/4" x 5 1/2"). "Wilhelm Furtwängler," n.p. n.d. [1948]. Minor age toning. Additional musical notes by Philippe Boegner slightly showing through from verso. Three bars of music from an unidentified composition. Furtwängler added, "In alter, über zwanzig jähriger unwandelbarer Freundschaft."5. Letter from Wilhelm Furtwängler to the Herrn Generalintendendanten, dated 12 September 1930. Signed by Furtwängler. Hole punched. One ink correction in his hand. Letter to the General Director of the Prussian State Theatre, Heinz Tiejten, who was director from March1930-1945. Letter deals with a production of "Walküre" to be performed at the Berlin opera. With a postscript concerning Frau Reinhart's role in the production.6. Signed typewritten letter. "Dr. W. Furtwängler," Berlin, 23rd October 1931. On his printed stationary. Hole punched and folded. Letter to the publisher Gustav Bosse about an article Professor Dr. Hans Joachim Moser wants to write about him. Furtwängler gives his approval.7. Handwritten and signed postcard. W. Furtwängler, Mannheim, 1915 (postmark), to the violinist Melanie Michaelis (1882-1941), in German. Furtwängler writes, "?Thank you very much for the lines. I am in a tremendous hurry, so I can write only these few lines. I am looking forward to seeing you?"8. Signed typewritten letter. "Wilhelm Furtwängler," Mailand, 15th April 1951. With corrections in his hand. Slightly staining on right border. To publisher Erich Seemann (1888-1966). Furtwängler adds the date and place of upcoming performances of the "Berliner Philharmonikern."9. Handwritten and signed postcard. Mannheim, dated 29 May 1924. To a music publisher in Leipzig informing him that he will be in Frankfurt between the 10th-14th of June and that they can meet at that time.10. Unused, 3 1/5" x 5 1/4" postcard of a b/w reproduction of a photograph showing Furtwängler reading a newspaper. Name in pencil twice on back, not believed to be signed by him. Very good condition.11. Original photographic portrait of Furtwängler. 6 1/4" x 9" mounted on 8" x 11" card. Oxidized around outside edges beginning to encroach on the image. Circa 1935. Photographer not noted.12. Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester. 4 page fold-out pamphlet of a concert by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra on December 19th, 1949. Cover leaf with b/w photographic reproduction showing Furtwängler. Inscribed and dated by Furtwängler in blue ink across Less
Price: 15000.00 USD
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PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM OF THE GERMANS IN PEKING DURING THE BOXERREBELLION...
GERMANS IN PEKING DURING THE BOXER REBELLION.
Bookseller: RARE ORIENTAL BOOK CO., ABAA, ILAB
UNITED STATES
ORIGINAL GERMAN PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM FROM THE BOXER REBELLIONChina n.d. ca. 1900- - 1901. 3/4 Gilt-stamped leather over buffcloth, very good, 25 x 29... MoreORIGINAL GERMAN PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM FROM THE BOXER REBELLIONChina n.d. ca. 1900- - 1901. 3/4 Gilt-stamped leather over buffcloth, very good, 25 x 29 cm., 30p., 26p. with photos, 2 perside = total of 104 photographs,16 x 11 cm., all very clean,albumen type, bit of fading, but clear, strong images. RARE! Color scans available for this book on request. Description content 2015Copyright Rare Oriental Books Co. Less
Price: 16790.00 USD
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Anjos Proibidos [WITH] Various Sets of Publisher's Proofs for the American...
CABRAL, Fabio
Bookseller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
UNITED STATES
![Anjos Proibidos [WITH] Various Sets of Publisher's Proofs for the American edition entitled: Anjos Proibidos: Forbidden Angels](https://www.ilab.org/thumb/book/92/80/80/image.jpg)
Itamarati Grafica e Editora, (Ipirangia, Sao Paulo, Brazil 1991 - First edition. Small oblong quarto. Very brief text in Portuguese. Twenty-four... MoreItamarati Grafica e Editora, (Ipirangia, Sao Paulo, Brazil 1991 - First edition. Small oblong quarto. Very brief text in Portuguese. Twenty-four photographic images. Fine in just about fine dustwrapper with a small smudge on the rear panel. An exceptionally rare book of nude photography of adolescent Brazilian girls, published to accompany an exhibition of photographs in Sao Paulo. The devoutly Roman Catholic Brazilian government authorities seized and then destroyed 236 copies of the 500 copy run of this title just a week after its publication. Police raided Cabral's studio, gallery, and printer, and confiscated his negatives and existing prints of the photographs. After two years and legal vindication, Cabral received his negatives back, although in varying degrees of damage.The American edition, titled *Anjos Proibidos: Forbidden Angels*, and published by Ophelia Editions in 2000, with 27 additional photographs was again suppressed when one of the models, now grown to adulthood, sued for invasion of privacy. Despite the publisher's eventual victory in the lawsuit, the book was still effectively suppressed, and when it now appears on the secondary market, it invariably commands four figures.[WITH] publisher's maquette and proofs for the American edition, as follows: 1. a full set of printer's "blue" proofs for the photos, text, and dustwrapper on blue proofing paper; 2. a full set of same on glossy paper; and 3. a full set of the folded and gathered sheets on glossy paper, laid into a proof of the dustwrapper.A rare book, with unique accompanying material. Provenance on request. *OCLC* locates two copies of the American edition, and no copies of the Brazilian edition. Less
Price: 15000.00 USD
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Umberto Eco and Jean-Claude Carrière are two well-known authors and bibliophiles. Their new book is a tribute to the Gutenberg galaxy: N'espérez pas vous débarrasser des livres, in English “Don't hope to get rid of books” ... [+] More
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Biographical Portal (ADB, NDB, HLS, ÖBL): The best online database for German speaking authors, scientists, artists, philosophers etc. Joint index of Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB, Universal German Biography), Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz (HLS, Historical Dictionary of Switzerland), Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB, New German Biography), and Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815-1950 (ÖBL, Austrian Dictionary of Biography 1815-1950). This cooperative project of the Bavarian State Library, the Historical Committee at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the Austrian Academy of Sciences, and the Foundation Historical Dictionary of Switzerland started in June 2009.
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Online: An American Ballroom Companion [+] More
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A truly fine copy of To Kill A Mockingbird (1960) is a rare bird indeed. The black portions of the jacket rub easily to white (and are prime areas for "touchup" by booksellers who should have their magic markers confiscated by the book police), the brown portions fade, and the book itself tends to "cock " or slant from the spine. [+] More
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Paul Collinge of Heartwood Books in Charlottesville (USA) has been in the book business for more than 40 years. He is specialized in history, literature, Americana, Virginia and in books, manuscripts and ephemera related to Thomas Jefferson. Collinge is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America (ABAA). In the American radio show The Spark he talks about the changing nature of the antiquarian book trade in the 21st century. [+] More
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The Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers announces the Melbourne Rare Book Week from 17th to 27th July 2014, incorporating the 42nd ANZAAB Australian Antiquarian Book Fair from 25th to 27th July at Wilson Hall, University of Melbourne. [+] More
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