Season's Greetings from the staff and members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America, your trusted source for rare books and related ephemera since 1949. Wishing everyone a happy and peaceful holiday season! www.abaa.org Image: detail from The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg.

Nice article in The Hollywood Reporter about ABAA-member @mysterypierbooks.bsky.social "Tucked down a narrow alleyway off the Sunset Strip lies one of Hollywood’s most enchanting shops." www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/ar...

The ABAA Virtual Book Fair: Holiday Edition has begun! Shop the Fair: fairs.abaa.org Doors will remain open continuously until 7 pm ET on Saturday, December 6, 2025. ABAA Virtual Book Fair: Holiday Edition December 4-6, 2025

Our next virtual book fair starts on Thursday! ABAA Virtual Book Fair: Holiday Edition December 4-6, 2025 www.abaa.org/vbf ​We invite you to shop the virtual booths of leading antiquarian booksellers from around the world & discover their latest acquisitions & rare finds. www.abaa.org/vbf

Dune by Frank Herbert Philadelphia/New York: Chilton Book Company, 1984. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x8. #BookClubEdition, gutter code Y49. #JohnSchoenherr jacket art. Offered by ABAA-member Yesterday's Muse Books To purchase or view other #giftideas visit: www.abaa.org/articles/wee...

#GiftIdea: Outlander: A Novel By Diana Gabaldon New York: Delacorte Press, 1991. #BookClubEdition. #SIGNED by the author to the title page. Offered by ABAA-member Grayshelf Books. To purchase this item or to browse recent highlights, visit: www.abaa.org/articles/wee...

#GiftIdea: Men Without Women By Ernest #Hemingway New York: Scribner's, 1927. #FirstEdition. Hardcover. Second State. Hemingway's second collection of #shortstories Offered by ABAA-member Carpetbagger Books To purchase this item or to browse recent highlights visit: www.abaa.org/articles/wee...

#GiftIdea: Song of Solomon By Toni Morrison New York: Knopf, 1977. #FirstEdition Hardcover. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. Signed. Offered by ABAA-member Argosy Book Store. To purchase this item or browse recent highlights, visit: www.abaa.org/articles/wee... #books #bookcollecting

#GiftIdea: The Joy of Cooking By Rombauer, Irma S. St. Louis: Self Published, 1931. #FirstEdition. Hardcover. Blue cloth covered boards, title in gilt. Very good, in deficient dust wrapper. 395 pages. 20 x 14 cm. Offered by ABAA-member Liz Young Bookseller Learn more: www.abaa.org/articles/wee...

#Savethedate for our next virtual book fair! ABAA Virtual Book Fair: Holiday Edition December 4-6, 2025 fairs.abaa.org Open continuously from 12 pm ET on Thursday, December 4 until 7 pm ET on Saturday, December 6, 2025. #RareBooks #Ephemera #BookFair

Today's the day! The #bostonbookfair2025 opens tonight! Join us at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston’s Back Bay November 7-9, 2025, and immerse yourself in the world of rare books! Learn more: www.abaa.org/events/47th-...

RBS staff members Michael F. Suarez, S.J., Barbara Heritage, @klhkhistorian.bsky.social, Andrew Kuhn & Zoe Langer will be at the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair this weekend (7–9 Nov.). Stop by Booth 427 on Cultural Row for info on RBS courses, fellowships, job opportunities & more!

View selected highlights from among the many scarce & rare items exhibitors will be offering at the #BostonBookFair2025: www.abaa.org/articles/bos... Nov. 7-9 at the Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA.

The Boston Book Fair (Nov. 7-9, 2025) at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston's Back Bay features fine & rare material from around the globe, including manuscripts, #firsteditions, #childrensbooks, #ephemera, maps & autographs, and #rarebooks on a vast array of topics. www.abaa.org/events/47th-...

The Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair celebrates its 47th year at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston’s Back Bay, November 7-9, 2025. Learn more: www.abaa.org/bostonbookfair #RareBooks #Ephemera #BostonBookFair2025

Join us at 1pm ET TODAY, October 21st, for a brown bag lunch discussion with Pom Harrington of @peterharringtonltd.bsky.social on current challenges in rare book security, including online fraud, provenance manipulation, and forgery. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Join us on October 21st at 1pm ET for a brown bag lunch discussion with Pom Harrington of @peterharringtonltd.bsky.social on current challenges in rare book security, including online fraud, provenance manipulation, and forgery. Register here.: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Hungarian László Krasznahorkai has been awarded the 2025 #NobelPrize for Literature. Image: The Melancholy of Resistance by László Krasznahorkai; George Szirtes [trans.] NY: New Directions, 2000. Offered by ABAA-member Capitol Hill Books. View this & other items by Krasznahorkai: bit.ly/42AtFWO

Join us at 4pm ET TODAY for a brown bag lunch with Australian journalist Michael Visontay. The Hunt for Gutenberg Bible Leaves Tuesday, September 30 @ 4pm ET Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #RareBooks #GutenbergBible #Webinar

September Brown Bag "The Hunt for Gutenberg Bible Leaves" Tuesday, September 30 at 4pm Join us on zoom for a brown bag lunch with Australian journalist Michael Visontay. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #RareBooks

The ABAA Virtual Book Fair: Autumn Edition has begun! Shop the Fair: abaa.org/vbf Doors will remain open continuously until 7pm ET on Sat., Sept. 27. We invite you to shop the virtual booths of leading antiquarian booksellers from the around U.S. and overseas.

Our next virtual book fair opens on Thursday! ABAA Virtual Book Fair: Autumn Edition September 25-27, 2025 abaa.org/vbf Open continuously from 12 pm ET on Sept. 25 until 7 pm ET on Sept. 27. The members of the ABAA have been your trusted source for #rarebooks & related #ephemera since 1949.

#SavetheDate for our next virtual book fair! ABAA Virtual Book Fair: Autumn Edition September 25-27, 2025 abaa.org/vbf Open continuously from 12 pm ET on Sept. 25 until 7 pm ET on Sept. 27. The members of the ABAA have been your trusted source for #rarebooks & related #ephemera since 1949.

#HappyLaborDay Weekend! We hope you enjoy resting from your labors & perusing your library! 📚📖📙 "Labor Day" by F.K. Houston [ca. 1895-1900]. Original pen-&-ink drawing; sheet size 34cm x 40cm (ca. 13-1/2" x 16"). Signed. Learn more: www.abaa.org/blog/post/ra...

#SavetheDate! The Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair celebrates its 47th year at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston’s Back Bay, November 7-9, 2025. Learn more: www.abaa.org/blog/post/20... #RareBooks #Ephemera #BostonBookFair2025

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 on Tuesday, August 19th, 2025. Learn more & register here: www.abaa.org/blog/post/au...

Join us as the ​57th California International Antiquarian Book Fair returns to San Francisco! February ​2​7-March 1, 202​6 Pier 27, The Embarcadero in San Francisco Details at www.abaa.org/cabookfair #SavetheDate #RareBooks #Ephemera

#TerminologyTuesday: MARBLED PAPER Paper decorated with a multi-colored, swirled design or pattern; often used for end papers or for paper covered boards, especially with 3/4 or 1/2 leather bindings. Learn more at the ABAA Glossary of Rare-Book Terms: www.abaa.org/glossary/ent...

#TerminologyTuesday: INCUNABLE Anything printed during the 15th century, the first century of printing with “moveable type”; can also be used in a relative sense to refer to other early printings. Learn more at the ABAA Glossary of Common Book Terms: www.abaa.org/glossary/ent... #RareBooks

Day 2 of the ABAA RBMS Virtual Showcase has begun, and exhibitors have refreshed their booths with additional material. So, even if you shopped the fair yesterday, there's more to discover today! Shop the Fair: www.abaa.org/vbf Doors will remain open continuously until 8 pm ET Fri., June 27.

The ABAA RBMS Virtual Showcase, a virtual book fair in conjunction with the annual RBMS conference, is now open! Shop the Fair: www.abaa.org/vbf Doors will remain open continuously until 8 pm ET on Friday, June 27, 2025.

Visit our members & friends at the 2025 Dallas Antiquarian Book Fair, which opens tomorrow, Friday, June 20, and runs through Sunday, June 22, 2025. Many ABAA members will be joining regional member & non-member bookstores at this new antiquarian book fair. Learn more: www.abaa.org/events/detai...

Happy #Bloomsday! ULYSSES by James Joyce New York: Random House, 1934. #FirstAmericanEdition. Bound in publisher's original cream-colored cloth lettered in black and red. Offered by ABAA-member Burnside Rare Books To purchase this item, visit: www.abaa.org/blog/post/ra...

#TerminologyTuesday: FORE-EDGE PAINTING Books which have one or more of the top, fore, or bottom edge painted – usually with watercolors. Learn more at the ABAA Glossary of Book Terms: www.abaa.org/glossary/ent... #RareBooks #foreedgepainting #bookcollecting #bookart #bookedgepainting

The ABAA is accepting entries for the 2025 National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest. All entries should be submitted by June 9, 2025. For more information, visit: www.abaa.org/ncbcc/the-na... #RareBooks #BookCollecting #NCBCC

Join us for our May Brown Bag Lunch Series with Lyudmyla Babadzhanova of Bua Conservation for her talk on What Not to Do in Book and Paper Conservation on Tuesday, May 27, at 2 pm ET. (Registration req.) Learn more: www.abaa.org/blog/post/ma... #RareBooks #BookCollecting #BookConservation

Save the date for the ABAA RBMS Virtual Showcase, a virtual book fair. ABAA RBMS Virtual Showcase June 24-27, 2025 www.abaa.org/vbf Doors will open at 12 pm ET on Tuesday, June 24 and remain open continuously until 8 pm ET on Friday, June 27, 2025. #RareBooks #Ephemera

The ABAA Virtual Book Fair: Spring Edition continues today, and exhibitors have refreshed their booths with additional material. So, even if you shopped the fair yesterday, there's more to discover today! Shop the Fair: abaa.org/vbf Doors close at 7pm ET tomorrow, Saturday, May 3, 2025.

In case you feel like bookwatching instead of birdwatching:

The ABAA Virtual Book Fair: Spring Edition has begun! Shop the Fair: abaa.org/vbf The doors will remain open continuously until 7pm ET on Sat., May 3, 2025. Shop for prestigious #rarebooks, prints, #maps, #ephemera & more from domestic & international sellers.

Join us for the ABAA Virtual Book Fair: Spring Edition May 1-3, 2025 abaa.org/vbf Shop for prestigious rare & antique books, prints, maps, ephemera, and more from domestic & international sellers.

Save the date: the ABAA Virtual Book Fair: Spring Edition May 1-3, 2025 abaa.org/vbf Shop for prestigious rare & antique books, prints, maps, ephemera, and more from domestic & international sellers.

It's time for the 65th ABAA New York International Antiquarian Book Fair, April 3-6, 2025, at the Park Avenue Armory! Tickets available here: nyantiquarianbookfair.com #RareBooks 📚 #Ephemera 📜 #Art 🎨

TOMORROW! The Brown Bag Lunch Series invites you to join Natasha Herman of Redbone Bindery for her talk on The Display of Books in Exhibition Spaces on Tuesday, March 25, at 2 pm ET. The Display of Books in Exhibition Spaces Tuesday, March 25 @ 2 PM ET Register: www.abaa.org/blog/post/ma...

The Brown Bag Lunch Series invites you to join Natasha Herman of Redbone Bindery for her talk on The Display of Books in Exhibition Spaces on Tuesday, March 25, at 2 pm ET. The Display of Books in Exhibition Spaces Tuesday, March 25 @ 2 PM ET Register: www.abaa.org/blog/post/ma...

Happy World Book Day from the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America, your trusted source for #rarebooks & related #ephemera since 1949! Shop rare books 📚 at www.abaa.org #WorldBookDay #BookSky

One of the less-well-known #Disney characters is Primitive Pete, created for a 1946 educational film for General Motors on the correct use of common hand tools. This booklet was created to accompany the film. Offered by ABAA-member Zephyr Books Learn more: www.abaa.org/blog/post/ra...

The woodcut on this Italian grammar from 1572 has really captured that 'surprised' owl look!

“[A] growing number of people are embracing artisanal products…I wonder whether producing titles with the type of workmanship & artistry that was once the norm might help bring people who love books, reading, & writing closer together…” Author Emilie-Noelle Provost poses a worthy query, today at WU.

Join us for the 65th ABAA New York International Antiquarian Book Fair, April 3-6, 2025, at the Park Avenue Armory! Learn more and buy tickets: nyantiquarianbookfair.com #RareBooks 📚 #Ephemera 📜 #Art 🎨