The Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair (BIABF) celebrates its 47th year at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston's Back Bay, November 7-9, 2025. This annual fall event features the top interna... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from August 2025
”Michael Zinman is a private collector who surely ranks among the greatest Americana collectors of all time” — James Green, Library Company of Philadelphia The Critical Mess is an illustrated co... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
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... BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (1962) Six sheet ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
"Before a book is offered for sale, we rare book dealers record its physical attributes. Is it bound in cloth? Leather? Does it have any damage? Signs of previous ownership? We also write a brief summ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Join the ABAA Gender Equity Initiative and Professor Deborah Parker of the University of Virginia for the August Brown Bag on Belle da Costa Greene and Modern Art. The talk will explore ways in which... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA) is delighted to announce the winners of the 2025 National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest: First Prize Tyler Davidian (Stanford University... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from July 2025
Podcasts are perhaps the closest one can come to chatting with an erudite rare bookseller without leaving your home, and there are an increasing number of ABAA members who are regularly producing audi... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Meet the latest batch of booksellers granted membership of the ABAA. Full Membership: Keith Botelho, Crow Hop Rare Books Born and raised in New England, Keith moved to the South in 2006 after completi... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
The following books were reported as lost in transit from their binder in Michigan to Philadelphia, via UPS. If you know the whereabouts or offered the books, please contact: Here is the list of books... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
The following books were reported lost in transit in Miami, FL, via FedEx. If you know the whereabouts of the books or have been offered, please contact us at hq@abaa.org if you have any information. ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]