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The ABAA Fair In San Francisco - a success - By Bruce McKinney The ABAA, the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America, completed their 46th California Book Fair on February 17th and has now decamped for homes, offices and shops across the globe. They will next meet in New York in April for the New York Book Fair, their most important event in 2013. The San Francisco fair was well attended. According to Molly E. Glover of Winslow & Associates, agents for the ABAA, attendance was 4,303. John Crichton, of...

The ABAA Fair In San Francisco - a success

- By Bruce McKinney

The ABAA, the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America, completed their 46th California Book Fair on February 17th and has now decamped for homes, offices and shops across the globe. They will next meet in New York in April for the New York Book Fair, their most important event in 2013. The San Francisco fair was well attended. According to Molly E. Glover of Winslow & Associates, agents for the ABAA, attendance was 4,303. John Crichton, of...


Two More Ensnared in Massive Library Theft... More Likely to Come - By Michael Stillman A bookbinder from Bologna has been charged with adding a new dimension to his job description. This is just the latest development in the miserable...	Somewhere over the rainbow . . . - By Bruce McKinney Some people buy lottery tickets. Others make discoveries at yard sales. One of the latter recently scored a big win with the purchase of an...
"An Upstate New York State of Mind" - By Susan Halas Most AE Monthly readers know Bruce McKinney as founder of the American Exchange and its impressive database of book auction records (AED); but the 66-year-old...	Detailed Report Looks at Library Usage in the Digital Age - By Michael Stillman The Pew Research Center has released a report on Library Services in the Digital Age. What we see is a popular, even beloved institution grappling...
Chris Volk: The New President of IOBA - By Bruce McKinney The International Online Booksellers Association has announced that Chris Volk, a bookseller in Amador County, California has assumed the presidency of the fourteen-year-old bookseller group. In...	Shapero Rare Books – Exhibiting Books at an Art Fair - By Michael Stillman Shapero Rare Books of London has revealed a few of the items they will be bringing to the annual TEFAF show in the Netherlands this...
A Map, A Mystery - By Bruce McKinney Map of the State of New York by Jacob Willets, engraved by James D. Stout Paraclete Potter was a prolific Poughkeepsie printer but he was not...	Last Publisher Settles E-Book Price-Fixing Case - By Michael Stillman The last of the publishers sued by the U.S. Department of Justice for alleged price fixing of electronic books has thrown in the towel. Macmillan...
Erasmus & Gueudeville: Master and Translator - By Thibault Ehrengardt In Praise of Folly, by Desiderius Erasmus, is a masterpiece of the Renaissance. When I read it for the first time, I felt like I...	Book Collecting Conference This Month at Brigham Young University - By Michael Stillman The tenth annual A. Dean Larsen Book Collecting Conference will be held at Brigham Young University in Provo Utah on Friday, March 22, 2013, with...
Auctions In March - By Bruce McKinney Heading into March 66 sales are on the calendar. This is down from 82 in 2012 and the first down month comparison since May 2012. ...	ASA Offers Appraisal Course This Summer - By Michael Stillman An intensive training program for those wishing to become personal property appraisers is being offered this summer by the American Society of Appraisers at Purchase...
Eleven New Catalogues reviewed for March - By Michael Stillman Eleven new catalogues are reviewed in Section Two this month. Lorne Bair Rare Books presents 100 fine literary works. Peter Harrington offers 75 exceptional books...	100 Fine Literary Works from Lorne Bair Rare Books - By Michael Stillman Lorne Bair Rare Books has issued a catalogue of One Hundred Recent Arrivals. This is nothing like any Bair catalogue I have encountered before. Lorne...
The Polar Regions from Aquila Books - By Michael Stillman Aquila Books has issued their Catalogue 113 Winter 2013. An Aquila catalogue is perfect for winter as they focus on lands where winter never ends....	America's Natives Featured at Back Of Beyond Books - By Michael Stillman Back of Beyond Books has published their Rare Book Catalog #9. This one features selections from their Native Americana collection. America's natives almost always received...
Travel and Exploration from Antiquariat Eigl - By Michael Stillman Antiquariat Eigl has issued a catalogue of Reisen und Expeditionen (Travel and Exploration). Not surprisingly, a catalogue with such a title would be written primarily...	English Verse 1751-1800 from Justin Croft and Simon Beattie - By Michael Stillman Justin Croft and Simon Beattie have issued a catalogue of English Verse 1751-1800. Part I: A-G. Who could have imagined there were so many poetical...
The American West from Gene W. Baade - By Michael Stillman From Gene W. Baade Books on the West we have a new selection, Catalogue 213. Baade, of Renton, Washington, offers a selection of inexpensively priced...	75 Exceptional Books and Manuscripts from Peter Harrington - By Michael Stillman Peter Harrington of London has issued a catalogue of Exceptional Books and Manuscripts. Offered are 75 items that clearly qualify for the “exceptional” description. The...
The Territories of the Dutch West India Company from Bestebreurtje Rare Books - By Michael Stillman Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books has issued a catalogue with the lengthy title, The area covered by the charter of the West India Company (WIC):...	American Manuscripts from the William Reese Company - By Michael Stillman The William Reese Company has issued a catalogue of 32 items for those who collect material that is unique - Bulletin 30: Manuscripts. Naturally, these...
A Show Selection from Antiquariaat Forum and Asher Rare Books - By Michael Stillman Asher Rare Books and the Antiquariaat Forum have published a 2013 February List. It was released just in time for the annual California International Antiquarian...	At the California Fair with Antiquariat Banzhaf and Antiquariat Michael Kuhn - By Michael Stillman Antiquariat Banzhaf and Antiquariat Michael Kuhn issued a brochure for the recent 46th California International Antiquarian Bookfair. The two German booksellers made the trip across...