There is a Rare Book exhibit currently on display at the Bertha C. Ball Center at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. What is great about this exhibit is that students and the general public are able to touch and hold the books. There…
This article was recently published in the Sante Fe New Mexican. It was written by education reporter, Robert Nott. The fate of a treasured $4 million art collection may be one step closer to security — and perhaps, opportunity. The state Department of Cultural…
Here is an interesting article about a large collection of rare books that were donated to University of Chicago by a former student. This article was recently published in the Chicago Tribune, written by a reporter named Cindy Dampier. The student was one of…
International League of Antiquarian Booksellers Joins 1st International Provenance Research Day On March 5, 2019, the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers held the symposium Who Owned this? Libraries and the Rare Book Trade Consider Issues Surrounding Provenance, Theft and Forgery at the renowned New…
Here is a picture of Painted Renaissance volumes currently on view at Yale’s Beinecke Library now, through until April 21. A dozen volumes on display at Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library are shelved side-by-side with their fore edges, not their spines, facing out. It…
The 52nd California International Antiquarian Book Fair will be held on February 8-10, 2019, at the Oakland Marriott City Center. Oakland Marriott City Center1001 BroadwayOakland, CA 94607United States The 52nd California International Antiquarian Book Fair, recognized as one of the world’s largest and most…
There are many terms used among Antiquarian book dealers and collectors that can be confusing for anyone “new to the game” of collecting. Here is an abbreviated list of many of the most commonly encountered terms when referring to old, rare, and out-of-print books.…
What is a Rare Book? What makes a book go under the category of RARE? Are there any set guidelines? There are many books that are old, antique or unusual but this does not mean that any of them are rare books. To earn…
For those who are unfamiliar with the term Book Row, it is referring to ‘a comparatively small area of New York City, [a] collection of phenomenal booksellers who begun to ply their trade from the 1890s to the 1920s and beyond, on and around Fourth…
Amazon is facing backlash from hundreds of antiquarian book dealers across 24 countries who are vowing to pull books off a website owned by Amazon for a week in protest of a move by the website to ban sellers from specific countries around the…
