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As the current president of the ABAA, I have been attending the biannual Congress of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), the umbrella organization that brings together national Associations from around the world. Our hosts in Amsterdam have outdone themselves! The main Congress was preceded by meetings to discuss official ILAB business. The protection of cultural property, whi... [ more about ILAB Congress in Amsterdam: Business and Pleasure]

Our members list new acquisitions and recently cataloged items almost every day of the year. Below, you'll find a few highlights from these recent additions... Chez Panisse Pasta Pizza & Calzone by WATERS, Alice, Patricia Curtan, & Martine Labro New York: Random House, 1984. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Small quarto. 196pp. Illustrated. Fine with erratum slip laid in in an about fine price-cl... [ more about Weekly Highlights]

The Brown Bag Lunch Series, presented by the ABAA Gender Equity Initiative, invites you to join on Zoom on October 22nd, 2024, at 2 PM ET for a Brown Bag Lunch Series with Jordan Ross, the first prize winner of the David Ruggles Prize. Ross will be presenting his collection of "Black Collegiate Textbooks and Histories" along with the prize administrator, Patrick Olson of Patrick Olson Rare Books. Oct... [ more about October Brown Bag]