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Bologna 2010 - ILAB Congress and International Antiquarian Book Fair
The Best Place for Rare Books, Old Books, Antiquarian Books, Modern First Editions, Illustrated Books, Atlases, Manuscripts, Autographs! The Italian Antiquarian Booksellers' Association (ALAI) will welcome more than 100 delegates and exhibitors to the 39th ILAB Congress and 23rd International Antiquarian Book Fair. More ...
A Bibliophile of huge Ec(h)o
Fresh from his stint as Special Guest Curator at the Louvre, in September 2010 Umberto Eco will open the ILAB Congress and International Book Fair. More ...
Rare Book Film Festival at the Cineteca di Bologna
Among the other events for advertising the 39th ILAB Congress and 23rd International Antiquarian Book Fair, the ALAI is organizing a Rare Book Film Festival. The prestigious Cineteca di Bologna has enthusiastically embraced the idea, showing films related to books during the Congress week. All the famous movies will star a librarian among the main characters. The Cineteca will also realize a medley of the most important scenes related to bibliophily, which will be screened at Palazzo Re Enzo. More ...
ITALY - REST OF THE WORLD
A football (soccer) match on the occasion of the ILAB Congress and International Antiquarian Book Fair in Bologna. Players list ...
ILAB Launches New Stolen Book Site
We, as an organization and as individual booksellers, do all we can to combat theft of books. As the world rsquo;s leading Antiquarian Booksellers we have always worked successfully with law enforcement organizations, librarians and other interested persons to reclaim stolen property and bring thieves to justice. With the new ILAB Stolen Book Database we have lifted our technology into the 21st century. More hellip;
New Website for One of the Most Prestigious Prizes
The ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography publicizes the League's support for the original scholarship on which the book trade so much depends. The new website www.ilabprize.org introduces the Prize Winners 2010, the history of the Prize since the early 1960s, and the future of the Prize with a list of books which have already been submitted to the upcoming 16th Award in 2014. More ...
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Book FairsRare Books - Next Fairs
Norwich Antiquarian Book Fair
20 Aug 2010
- 21 Aug 2010
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2e Marché du Livre Ancien de Beaumes de Venise
22 Aug 2010
- 22 Aug 2010
Dans le cadre pittoresque du village de Beaumes de Venise, agrave; 8 Km au Nord de Carpentras, au pied des Dentelles de Montmirail, aura lieu le 2 egrave;me March eacute; du Livre Ancien, le... [+] More
EventsRare Books - Next Events
James Cook und die Entdeckung der Südsee
10 May 2009
- 13 Sep 2010
An exhibition about a world almost unkown today, a scholarly recount of the life of one of the most famous explorers, and an exciting insight into the ideas and achievements of the... [+] More
BooksellersAntiquarian Booksellers
"erlesenes" - Antiquariat Buchhandlung
Vienna - AUSTRIA
Specialties: Art, Avant Garde, Judaica, Literature, Local history, Philosophy
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The Book Of Bond Or Every Man His Own 007 - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Tanner, William Lt. -Col. ('Bill') [; Kingsley Amis]
Bookseller: Books Tell You Why
Hardcover. 8vo. First Edition/First Printing copy in unread Very Fine condition in Fine to Very Fine reversible dust-jacket showing the original... More
Hardcover. 8vo. First Edition/First Printing copy in unread Very Fine condition in Fine to Very Fine reversible dust-jacket showing the original price of 12s 6d net on front flap and showing the ('' What THEY said of THE BIBLE") title on the verso. Rather scarce in this condition; Kingsley Amis' tongue-in-cheek publication, written under the pseudonym of M's chief of staff Lt. -Col. William ("Bill") Tanner, is a manual for prospective agents on how to live like Agent 007. Sir Kingsley William Amis (1922 amp;#8211; 1995) was the first author James Bond commissioned after the death of Ian Fleming. Fine+ in Fine dust jacket. Less
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Price: 800.00 USD
To Jerusalem and Back: a Personal Account - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Bellow, Saul
Bookseller: Books Tell You Why
Hardcover. 8vo. A handsome First Edition/First Printing in Fine condition in Fine dustjacket, this one SIGNED by AUTHOR Saul Bellow directly on the... More
Hardcover. 8vo. A handsome First Edition/First Printing in Fine condition in Fine dustjacket, this one SIGNED by AUTHOR Saul Bellow directly on the title page; Nobel Prize winner Bellow's personal account of his 1975 sojourn in Israel is a journey "...into the heart of one of the most tragic and complex issues of this century. " (from the cover) Bellow paints portraits of the famous (Prime Minister Itzak Rabin, the Armenian Archbishop, Isaac Stern) and the unknown, all of whom share in the unique spirit and challenge of Israel's history and future. Fine in Fine dust jacket; Signed by Author. Less
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Price: 540.00 USD
DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, in Which the Words are deduced from their...
Johnson, Samuel.
Bookseller: Buddenbrooks, Inc.
(London: by W. Strahan, 1755) 2 volumes. First edition. Title pages printed in red amp; black, woodcut tailpieces. Royal folio, full contemporary... More
(London: by W. Strahan, 1755) 2 volumes. First edition. Title pages printed in red amp; black, woodcut tailpieces. Royal folio, full contemporary sprinkled calf with a sympathetic antique restoration at the spine panel incorporating the original lettering labels. The covers with borders decorated with double gilt fillet lines, the spines with handsome raised bands gilt ruled, the contrasting dark red and green lettering labels are stamped in gilt. Very beautifully preserved. Internally especially clean and well preserved, and a large copy, unpressed and with fine margins. A bit of very light expected age or shelf rubbing at the extremities, but without question, an unusually fine, handsome and clean set. RARE AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT, THE TRUE FIRST EDITION OF SAMUEL JOHNSON'S MASTERWORK AND A WONDERFUL CLEAN AND LARGE COPY. "The most amazing, enduring and endearing one-man feat in the field of lexicography (PMM). Begun in 1747 and printed over five years, Johnson's DICTIONARY set the standard for all subsequent lexicographical work. Its excellence was immediately recognized in all quarters and the first edition of two thousand copies sold quickly. What set Johnson's DICTIONARY apart from earlier efforts was his reliance on the examples of English literature rather than his own intuition or previous word lists or dictionaries, a method that has been the standard ever since, from Richardson and Webster to the Oxford English Dictionary. Johnson, in undertaking this vast work, set out to perform single-handed for the English language what the French Academy, a century before, had attempted for French. He hope to produce "a dictionary by which the pronunciation of our language may be fixed, and its attainment facilitated;" and though, of course, no language can be frozen in time, by aiming at fixing the language he succeeded in giving the standard of reputable use. As Noah Webster stated, his work "had, in philology, the effect which Newton's discoveries had in mathematics." Johnson presumed to finish the work for the Dictionary in three years by his own labor, but he underestimated the work required and it eventually took nine years to complete (though not all of his time was spent upon the Dictionary, as he was also the editor of The Rambler at this time) and required the assistance of six amanuenses--five of whom, to Boswell's satisfaction, were Scotsmen. "Johnson's achievement marked an epoch in the history of the language. The result of nine years labor, it did more than any other work before or since towards fixing the language. The preface ranks among Johnson's finest writings. The most amazing, enduring, and endearing one-man feat in the field of lexicography" (Printing and the Mind of Man). Less
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Price: 37500.00 USD
In the Last Analysis - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Cross, Amanda
Bookseller: Books Tell You Why
Hardcover. 8vo. A handsome First Edition/First Printing in Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket. A little sunning of dustjacket and two closed tears... More
Hardcover. 8vo. A handsome First Edition/First Printing in Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket. A little sunning of dustjacket and two closed tears at bottom. Signed by author Amanda Cross directly on the title page. A scarce copy to find signed; Cock Robin Mystery. Fine in Fine dust jacket; Signed by Author. Less
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Price: 600.00 USD
ArticlesRare Books - Latest Articles
From Bauhaus to Penguin Books - Jan Tschichold’s Influence on Modern Typography and 20th Century Book Design
"As a teacher, theoretician and advocate of Die Neue Typographie (the title of his historic tract from 1928), a fiery young Tschichold enthusiastically took up the banner of strict Modernist design after exposure to early Weimar Bauhaus exhibits. In it he effectively denounces the ldquo;decay rdquo; mdash;the clutter and filigree mdash;prevalent in common German design and typography at the time, promoting exclusive usage of sans serif (Grotesk) typefaces and asymmetrical layouts."p [+] More
Books about Books: A History of Oak Knoll Press, Part 8: New Partnerships Emerge
The American Antiquarian Society elected us their distributor in August 1995, the Bibliographical Society of America in May 1996, the John Carter Brown Library also in May 1996, the Library of Congress (selected titles) in June 1998, and the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia in January 1999. Since then we have signed up the Manuscript Society, the Typophiles, Catalpa Press, the Bibliographical Society (selected titles), and many other organizations. These distribution deals have increased our publishing list to over 1000 titles of which only about 300 are Oak Knoll Press publications. Booksellers and distributors love this arrangement, as they can deal with one business instead of fifty when fulfilling orders for customers.p [+] More
Thommie Bayer: Fallers große Liebe
bdquo;Nehmen Sie auch eine ganze Bibliothek? ldquo; ndash; bdquo;Wenn ich sie mir leisten kann, ja. ldquo; bdquo;Do you take the whole library? ldquo; ndash; bdquo;If I can afford it, yes. ldquo; Alexander Storz is the hero of a new novel by the German writer Thommie Bayer. A kind of literary roadmovie. Alexander, who is fed up with selling used books, travels through Germany in a Jaguar owned by a tough businessmen who is looking for his youth lost long ago in the 60s. They hate each other ...p [+] More
Books about Books: A History of Oak Knoll Press, Part 5: The Start of the Wakeman Years
The fall of 1988 was a decisive time for the business. Our sales were good but needed to be better. I had to reach a decision on how to grow the business. Should I stay in the books about books field with its relatively limited number of expensive books, branch out into other fields which contained more expensive books, or capitalize on our reputation in this specialized field of books about books and increase the publishing program? History shows that I chose the latter.p [+] More
Non Solus – Blog for Book Lovers
ldquo;To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, and hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations ndash; such is a pleasure beyond compare. rdquo; (Kenko Yoshida)p [+] More
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