First Mentors announced for the ILAB Mentoring Programme
ILAB has recently launched the ILAB International Mentoring Programme. This programme aims to help young or recently established booksellers throughout the world by offering support and counselling on a one to one basis.
The ILAB International Mentoring Programme gives experienced booksellers the opportunity to lend a hand in the early days of a bookseller’s career when help is likely most needed. ILAB would like to thank the booksellers who have listed in the programme for agreeing to act as mentors for our next generation in the rare book trade!
The experience and expertise of the booksellers listed below speaks for itself. All are volunteering their time as prospective mentors for newer entries in the antiquarian and rare book trade.
To see the updated list of mentors, please go here.
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF SELLING THE FINEST!
The 50th California International Antiquarian Book Fair
10 - 12 Feb 2017
The first major antiquarian book fair of the year in America, the California International Antiquarian Book Fair will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2017!
50 years of seeing, learning about, and purchasing the finest in rare and valuable books, manuscripts, autographs, graphics, photographs, print and ephemera.
The fair is sponsored by the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, ABAA and ILAB.
Nearly 200 international booksellers will exhibit at the fair.
To see a full listing of all exhibitors, please visit the website.
ILAB LIBRARY - All You Need To Know About Rare Books and the Antiquarian Book Trade
© Elvira Piedra
Published since 23 Jan 2017
Obituary: Remembering ILAB bookseller Bernard Rosenthal
Bernard Rosenthal died in Oakland after a week’s illness on January 14th, 2017, at the age of 96. He was a Bavarian Tuscan who carried his spiritual home with him and found in California a snug harbor. His Florentine mother compensated for the German birth of her children by addressing them always in Italian. It was the language Rosenthal reverted to on his deathbed. Like his grandfather Jacques, the great Munich antiquarian bookseller, he wore his Jewishness lightly, although it was the key factor that brought him to Berkeley in 1939. It was here that he shed the H in Bernhard and soon became “Barney,” the nickname by which he was ever after universally known.
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SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 17TH ILAB BRESLAUER PRIZE 2018
The 17th ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography will be awarded in 2018 and is one of the most prestigious prizes in the field of bibliography.
Writers, publishers, librarians, journalists, scholars, antiquarian booksellers, book collectors and all who are interested in bibliography and the history of the book are invited to submit books to the 17th ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography.
View the most recent submissions here.
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Book FairsRare Books - Next Fairs
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03 Feb 2017 - 05 Feb 2017
The Miami International Map Fair, organized by HistoryMiami Museum, is America’s premier map fair. Immerse yourself in a world of antique maps, rare books, panoramas, globes and atlases.... [+] More
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04 Feb 2017 - 05 Feb 2017
Many quality exhibitors will participate in The Pasadena Antiquarian Book, Print, Photo and Paper Fair.
Exhibitors will display and offer for sale a wide variety of antiquarian rare... [+] More
EventsRare Books - Next Events
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22 Jul 2016 - 02 Apr 2017
The National Library of Scotland's exhibition demonstrates the versatility and beauty of maps, and the skill of the cartographers who created them.
Maps are everywhere: on our... [+] More
BooksellersAntiquarian Booksellers
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Henley on Thames - UNITED KINGDOM
Specialties: Children's books, Crime fiction, Illustrated books, Literature, Modern first editions
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Rare Book Gallery
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Mécanisme de la physionomie humaine ou analyse électro-physiologique de...
DUCHENNE DE BOULOGNE
Bookseller: Hugues de Latude
FRANCE
Baillière, Paris 1862 - Grand in-8. [265 x 180 mm] Collation : VI, (2), 70, XI, 194 pp., 1 portrait-frontispice et 91 planches hors-texte.... MoreBaillière, Paris 1862 - Grand in-8. [265 x 180 mm] Collation : VI, (2), 70, XI, 194 pp., 1 portrait-frontispice et 91 planches hors-texte. Demi-chagrin rouge à coins, dos orné. (Reliure de l'époque). _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ First edition. Illustrated by 92 plates photographic images (albumen prints), taken by Adrien Tournachon, the young brother of Nadar (Felix Tournachon). This is the "grande édition" with a frontispice portrait, 82 large photographs, 2 engravings in the text (counting as N° 1 and 2) and 9 plates with 144 small pictures. Complete copies of this first "grande" edition are very rare. In the first edition, photographs are well contrasted, which is not the case in the second one. Garrison-Morton 4973. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Première édition. Duchenne fut le premier à utiliser des stimulations électriques pour étudier le système musculaire et les maladies neurologiques. Il compte parmi les premiers scientifiques à utiliser la photographie pour ses expériences. Ce livre est ainsi illustré de très étranges photos originales collées. EXEMPLAIRE COMPLET DE SES 92 PLANCHES. La première planche est le célèbre portrait de Duchenne avec un de ses souriants patients. On trouve 82 photographies originales (11,5 x 9 cm, numérotées 3 à 84, les figures numérotées 1 et 2 sont des gravures dans le texte). Elles sont suivies de 9 planches qui contiennent 144 petites photographies de visages (numérotés de 3 à 84, avec de nombreux numéros répétés). Comme dans presque tous les exemplaires, le relieur n'a pas conservé, au milieu de l'ouvrage, le faux-titre de l'album de planches. Il est rarissime de trouver un exemplaire de la première édition complet de toutes ses planches comme celui-ci. Les photographies sont d'un excellent tirage, bien contrasté, ce qui n'est plus le cas dans la seconde édition. Less
Price: 30010.00 EUR
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Woolf's signed passport Photo
Virginia Woolf
Bookseller: Adam Andrusier Autographs ABA PADA
UNITED KINGDOM
- An excessively rare matte-finish 1.5" x 2.25" photo of Woolf affixed to the original 5.75" x 3.75" British passport page, signed below in... More- An excessively rare matte-finish 1.5" x 2.25" photo of Woolf affixed to the original 5.75" x 3.75" British passport page, signed below in fountain pen. The pages bears two ink stamps indicating the date of issue, April 18, 1933. In fine condition, with the date stamp trivially affecting a couple letters of the signature. Rare and desirable in this format. Less
Price: 5500.00 GBP
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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://web-archive.nli.org.il/National_Library/20160517234414im_/https://www.ilab.org/thumb/book/30/80/80/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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Collection of original vintage photographs.
Arabian Horses at the Hungarian National Stud].
Bookseller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH
AUSTRIA
Bábolna, c. 1885. - 11 vintage photo prints (ca. 90 x 120 mm, but one 105 x 170 mm) on backing cardboard (20 x 25 cm). Highly uncommon photographs... MoreBábolna, c. 1885. - 11 vintage photo prints (ca. 90 x 120 mm, but one 105 x 170 mm) on backing cardboard (20 x 25 cm). Highly uncommon photographs of Arabian horses (all individually captioned) at the famous Bábolna stud in Hungary, the principal stud for producing the best horses for the Austro-Hungarian military in the 19th century. The "Bábolna Nemzeti Ménesbirtok" (Bábolna National Stud) was founded by Emperor Joseph II in 1789. In 1816 it was decreed that henceforth only Arabian stallions should be used for stud service - a policy that raised the quality of the Austrian cavalry's horses to a famous level and necessitated the frequent introduction of new pure-bred Arabian stallions from the Middle East. One of the greatest commanders and stud-masters of Bábolna, Mihály Fadlallah el Hedad, hailed from Syria. - The photos show portraits of the horses Sechun, Nadir, Tahita, Nasira, Celeby, Dzerid, El Hafi, El Denedzi, Hiläl, Riat, as well as a larger group portrait showing several of the horses with their Arabian and Austro-Hungarian trainers. Some slight staining to backboards, but altogether well-preserved. Extremely rare. Less
Price: 9500.00 EUR
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Collecting Angling books has wide appeal, and not just for folk that fish. Many of the intrinsic characteristics of angling – solitude, meditative activity, excitement of the chase, celebration of the natural world – are also reflected in the collecting endeavour. Early literature with an Australian angling connection extends back to 1880, with the book Vacation Tours in New Zealand and Tasmania, by James Coutts. [+] More
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Stephen Gertz travels to Tripoli through the eyes of Miss Tully, sister-in-law of Richard Tully, British Consul in Tripoli from 1783 to 1793, and real author of (Richard) Tully's "Narrative of a Ten Years' Residence at Tripoli in Africa, published from the originals in the possession of the family of the late Richard Tully … comprising authentic memoirs and anecdotes of the reigning Bashaw, his family, and other persons of distinction; also an account of the domestic manners of the Moors, Arabs, and Turks" [+] More
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The polar regions have always had a huge attraction for mankind and its explorers. What lay in or beyond those icy wastes? An open sea? The way to Asia? Many set out to find out, never to return. Probably no other field of exploration has brought forth so many heroes, sung and unsung, so much suffering and so many, often unnecessary, deaths. Probably most of the gruesome deaths in the icy reaches will never be known or told, but several made it into print from the 16th to the 20th century. I have picked some expeditions at random, my only criterion being that there had to be horrible suffering, death, and, if possible, cannibalism. Part II featuring Robert Falcon Scott, Vitus Bering, Umberto Nobile, Hjalmar Johansen, Alfred Wegener. [+] More
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RARE BOOK SCHOOL (RBS) provides continuing-education opportunities for students from all disciplines and levels to study the history of written, printed, and born-digital materials with leading scholars and professionals in the field. Highlights of the Summer Courses: [+] More
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Who ever thought that books that can’t exceed 3 inches in any direction could become such a huge success! What was to be a three day visit to Boston to learn about miniature books turned into an adventure that provided me with an excellent opportunity to meet avid collectors, printers, and booksellers that revolves around the saying “yes, a book can be too big!” [+] More
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The International Rare Book & Autograph Fair at the Grand Palais in Paris, now in its 28th year, is one of the most prestigious fairs in the world, attracting nearly 200 exhibitors and over 20.000 visitors who enjoy the opportunity to browse, buy and admire more than 100.000 historical documents, rare books, manuscripts, autographs, prints and ephemera from all centuries. In 2016, this international high-class event becomes even greater as the French antiquarian booksellers will join in ILAB’s celebrations on UNESCO World Book and Copyright Day by granting FREE ENTRY TO THE FAIR ON SATURDAY 23 April. [+] More
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