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The ABA (Antiquarian Booksellers' Association) will be hosting what is thought to be the first ever “Books NOT Books” exhibition at the London International Antiquarian Book Fair which opens on Thursday June 13th and runs until Saturday June 15th, in the National Exhibition Hall at Olympia, West London. 

“Books NOT Books” will be an amusing, informative and deceptive exhibition showing the book in a variety of different forms — Books as Art, Books as Boxes, Books as Anything-other-than-Books — whether it is a handbag, pin box or biscuit tin! The majority of the objects on show have come from a single collection, but the ABA is encouraging anyone who would like to lend an object to let them know — the more offbeat the better!

LONDON — Seven fairs displaying Rare Books, Maps, Photographs and Ephemera have come together to set up the first London Book Fair Week from Saturday, 8th to Sunday, 16th June 2013. This is the first time all the fairs organisers have joined together to create a major event for both trade and public by holding all the major summer fairs in one week.

This will make it the biggest celebration of Print-on-Paper in the World — with seven different fairs in nine days. The fairs will be offering antiquarian and rare books, maps, manuscripts, prints, posters, ephemera and photographs.

At the New York Antiquarian Book Fair, Boston-based rare book and manuscript dealer Schubertiade Music & Arts, will offer for sale for the first time on the market THE LARGEST KNOWN SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF ALBERT EINSTEIN. 

Signed in 1931 and measuring a larger-than-life 16 x 20 inches, this is the largest signed photograph of the theoretical physicist ever to be offered for sale.

Maastricht, 13 March 2013. TEFAF Maastricht opens to the public on Friday 15th March 2013. The offering of fine and decorative arts is impressive as ever—the fair is full of the rare, the beautiful, the important and the recently discovered. TEFAF Maastricht takes place from 15-24 March 2013 at the MECC Maastricht. 

Old Master paintings 

An arresting portrait by Velazquez (1599-1660) being exhibited by Otto Naumann (stand 351) entitled Portrait of a gentleman, bust length, in a black tunic and white golilla collar is on sale at the Fair for $14million. One of the highlights presented by Johnny Van Haeften (stand 304), is a magnificent, oil-on-canvas composition representing the meeting of Nausicaa and Odysseus by Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678). The study for this composition - a cartoon for a tapestry, which was never executed, - can be found with Jean-Luc Baroni (stand (382). The two works have been united at the Fair for the first time in many centuries. It is a tribute to the importance of TEFAF that such a serendipitous event should be possible. The famous still-life painter Balthasar van der Ast 1593/4 - 1657must have had a particularly good day when painting the still-life of fruit and shells now on display at Koetser Gallery (340).

Bound to be provocative! 

Richard Minsky's Controversial “Bill of Rights” Exhibition Comes to the Boston Book, Paper & Photo Expo, May 4

Expo Also Features a Presentation on Tasha Tudor, and 75 Dealers of Rare Books, Manuscripts, Historic Documents & Ephemera 

Greater Boston’s largest exposition of rare books, manuscripts and vintage photos is the perfect setting for one of the most controversial and provocative exhibitions of our time!  When Richard Minsky married the time-honored skills of the bookbinder with pop art culture, the results were nothing short of spectacular.  He created a medium that was fresh and new—intriguing book art that not only combines craftsmanship with pointed commentary, but also reflects the artist’s own take on one of the most pressing issues of our time—the infringement of our rights!

On Sunday, May 19th the Ann Arbor Antiquarian Bookdealers Association and the William L. Clements Library of the University of Michigan will host the 35th annual Ann Arbor Antiquarian Book Fair.  Since 1976* the fair attracts book collectors, book dealers, and others that treasure the book from throughout the Midwest to Ann Arbor. 

The fair will be held in the ballroom of the Michigan Student Union, 530 S. States St. in Ann Arbor. The hours are 11am to 5pm and there is a $5.00 donation requested that benefits the William L. Clements Library of the University of Michigan.

February 19, 2013—Library of Congress National Book Festival Slated for Sept. 21-22. 

Book-Lovers Invited to Take “Books That Shaped the World” Survey

The 13th annual Library of Congress National Book Festival will be held on the National Mall between 9th and 14th Streets on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013 from noon to 5:30 p.m., rain or shine. The event is free and open to the public.

Festival fans and other lovers of the printed word are invited to take a "Books That Shaped the World" survey on the Library of Congress National Book Festival website, www.loc.gov/bookfest/. The Library, which invited public comment on "Books That Shaped America" in 2012, will continue its multi-year Celebration of the Book with a look at Books That Shaped the World in 2013.

After celebrating its Silver Jubilee last year, TEFAF, the world’s foremost antiques and art show, held annually in Maastricht, The Netherlands, returns on the 15th March. Always innovative in its presentation TEFAF also remains dedicated to quality and authenticity with more than 30,000 works of art, antiques and design objects vetted by one hundred and seventy-five international experts on twenty-nine different committees.

 

This year Shapero Rare Books, regular exhibitors at TEFAF for over twenty years, specialists in rare books, antique prints, original watercolours and vintage photographs, will be exhibiting some exceptional items.

PARIS — LES ENLUMINURES (www.lesenluminures.com) gallery is bringing a number of exceptional examples of Illuminated Medieval and Renaissance miniatures, manuscripts and jewelry to the 2013 edition of TEFAF in Maastricht, The Netherlands, from March 15 - 24.

The world’s premier antiques and art show, The European Fine Arts Fair attracts 260 of the most esteemed dealers from 16 countries and is vetted by no less than 29 different committees comprised of 175 world experts. Each year Maastricht attracts the most important museums, collectors and connoisseurs of art. Dealers always bring their most coveted works to the fair.

PARIS February — LES ENLUMINURES (www.lesenluminures.com) is exhibiting again this year at the renowned NEW YORK ANTIQUARIAN BOOK FAIR April 11 - 14 at the Park Avenue (67th Street) Armory.

LES ENLUMINURES founder and owner Dr. Sandra Hindman says, “We have taken a large stand at the New York Antiquarian Book Fair this year to showcase a number of very important Books of Hours, chronicles, and text manuscripts we have acquired. The book fair takes place at the same time as a show we are staging at our New York gallery, “PATHS TO REFORM which illustrates the importance of reform in the history of the medieval and early modern church and includes about 35 manuscripts that illustrate texts from the twelfth through the sixteenth centuries.  The show in the gallery will run from April 4 to May 4.”

PHILADELPHIA, PA — FEBRUARY 3, 2013: We are very pleased to announce that after a number of years, Philadelphia will once again host a fine Vintage Book & Ephemera Fair. It will be held on Sunday February 3 and presents some of the finest vintage Book & Ephemera Dealers in America & Canada.

Being held at the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel in the heart of Philadelphia, PA, this is an important show for Pennsylvania and all mid-Atlantic & Northeast area book lovers. This is the only major Vintage Book & Ephemera event held in the greater Philadelphia region and offers an unparalleled opportunity for Book & Ephemera lovers. Members of ABAA, LIABDA, MARIAB, MABA, ILAB, and other prominent exhibitors will gather here to present an outstanding array of fine, rare & unusual old books, along with postcards, poetry, prose, political, social, historical, children's series, maps, autographs, prints, posters, World’s Fair, ephemera, and much, much more. Collectors, scholars, students, dealers, and decorators will flock to this wonderful event for the best selection, wonderful finds, and rare treasures found only here.

San Francisco, CA (January 29, 2013) — The annual celebration of the printed word, the 46th California International Antiquarian Book Fair, returns to San Francisco on Friday, February 15 through Sunday, February 17, 2013 at the Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco.  

Sponsored by the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), the three-day event is the world’s largest antiquarian book fair, with a wide range of material appealing to a variety of collectors and sellers.  About 220 booksellers from the United States and around the globe will share their collections and treasures including books, manuscripts, maps and other types of printed materials such as incunabula, fine bindings, children’s and illustrated books and ephemera.  Fascinating antiquarian books covering a variety of subjects such as law, architecture, cookery, history, nature, science and many more will be available to peruse and purchase.

M A S T E R W O R K S O N P A P E R

52nd Stuttgart Antiquarian Book Fair

25th - 27th January 2013

A paradise for book lovers: The 52nd Stuttgart Antiquarian Book Fair will be held from 25th to 27th January 2013 in the elegant rooms of the Württemberg Art Museum, opposite to the Palace, next to the Palace Garden and directly in the city centre of Stuttgart. Around 80 rare book dealers from Europe and abroad will showcase bibliophile treasures from the middle ages to avant-garde to contemporary artists’ books. Magnificently illuminated manuscripts, milestones of science, autographs by famous artists, scientists, philosophers and authors, first editions, children’s books, press and illustrated books, musical scores, photography, prints as well as Japanese woodcuts along with beautifully illustrated accounts of adventurous voyages to the „edge of the world” (and beyond): The fascination of book collecting lies in its unlimited variety. There is no better place to explore this unlimited variety than an antiquarian book fair.

The 31st Annual Akron Antiquarian Book Fair will be held 3:00 to 8:30 p.m. on Friday, March 29, and 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 30, 2013.  Admission donation to the Book & Paper event is $5.00 or $3.00 for Students.

More than 40 vendors will offer rare and collectible books, maps, posters and other printed materials at the John S. Knight Convention Center at 77 E. Mill St.and Broadway in downtown Akron.

This event attracts collectors of all types of printed materials. They are priced modestly from $5 to the rare copies of valuable books and lithoprints, including printed ephemera materials like posters, magazines, journals and theatre programs. Papers are emphasized because those items were never expected to be saved or collected.

August 2012 - BOSTON, MA - The Boston Book, Print and Ephemera Show, established 15 years ago by Bernice Bornstein as a satellite to the larger ABAA/ILAB Fair, is now managed by Marvin Getman of Impact Events Group. This independent show (not affiliated with the ABAA) will feature 70 book, print and ephemera dealers. Getman stated, "The first thing I did after I purchased the show was to hunt for a venue closer to the Hynes where we could establish roots. I was fortunate to find this newly renovated space only four blocks from the Hynes. I know that both sellers and buyers will be happy with the location.”

The 36th Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair sponsored by the New England Chapter of the American Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), comes to the Hynes Convention Center November 16-18, 2012. Over 125 dealers from the United States, Europe, and South America will exhibit and sell rare, collectible and antiquarian books; illuminated manuscripts, autographs, maps, atlases, modern first editions, photographs, and fine and decorative prints. Whether you are a collector or browser, the Fair offers something for every taste and budget—books on travel, art, sports, gastronomy, gardening, natural history, science, literature, fashion, music, and children’s literature will all be available.

This year, both shows’ managers are collaborating to promote November 16-18 as Boston Book Collectors’ Weekend. Patrons who purchase an admission ticket for Saturday, November 17, to either of the two shows will receive a complimentary admission pass to the other show, good for entry on Saturday only.

Boston Book, Print and Ephemera Show: For more information, call 781-862-4039 or visit www.bostonbookshows.com.
Back Bay Events Center, 180 Berkeley St., Boston, MA - www.backbayeventscenter.com
Saturday, November 17     8:00am-4:00pm     $ 10  ticket (valid for Saturday admission to Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair)

Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair: A portion of ticket sales from the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair will benefit the Boston Public Library and the American Antiquarian Society. Tickets available at www.bostonbookfair.com and at the show’s box office during show hours. For more information, call 617-266-6540 or visit www.bostonbookfair.com.
Hynes Convention Center, 900 Boylston Street, Boston, MA - www.mccahome.com
Friday, November 16         5:00pm-9:00pm    $15 ticket (valid for entry throughout weekend)

Saturday, November 17        12:00pm-7:00pm    $8 ticket (valid for Saturday admission to Boston Book, Print and Ephemera Show)

Sunday, November 18    12:00pm-5:00pm    $8 ticket (free with college ID)

  BOSTON, MA -The annual fall gathering for booklovers, the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair, will return to the Hynes Convention Center in Boston’s beautiful Back Bay, November 16-18, 2012.  The offerings are wide and diverse from over 120 dealers from the United States, England, Canada, France, Hungary, The Netherlands, and Argentina who will exhibit and sell rare, collectible and antiquarian books, illuminated manuscripts, autographs, maps, atlases, modern first editions, photographs, and fine and decorative prints.

Seminars and events punctuate the weekend, including, The Annual Ticknor Society Roundtable, a panel discussion of collectors talking about their collections.  More events will be announced, and folks can visit www.bostonbookfair.com for up to the minute details.

Friday, November 16        
5:00-9:00pm    Tickets: $15.00 - Opening Night        
            (tickets valid throughout the weekend)


Saturday, November 17       
12:00-7:00pm          Tickets: $8.00 each day


Sunday, November 18         
12:00-5:00pm          Tickets: $8.00 each day

Hynes Convention Center
900 Boylston Street

Boston, MA

www.mccahome.com

The Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair is sponsored by the New England Chapter of the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America. A portion of the ticket sales will benefit the Boston Public Library and the American Antiquarian Society. Tickets will be sold online at www.bostonbookfair.com and at the show’s box office during show hours. Additional information, including a list of exhibitors will be posted soon at www.bostonbookfair.com.   For more information, please call 617-266-6540.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Southern Festival of Books announces a lineup of bestselling and award-winning authors set to headline the twenty-fourth Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, Oct. 12-14. The roster includes Katherine Patterson, Junot Diaz, Gillian Flynn, R.L. Stine, AJ Jacobs, Judith Viorst and rising star Karen Thompson Walker.
 
The Southern Festival of Books is a free, three-day celebration of the written word that attracts about 30,000 attendees to meet their favorite authors, as well as to be introduced to up-and-coming talented new writers. The festival is a fixture of fall in the South and has become one of the most popular regional literary events in the country. Festival guests travel to Nashville to experience the weekend’s abundance of authors, books, food, entertainment and culture.
 
The Southern Festival of Books is held at Legislative Plaza and the Nashville Public Library in downtown Nashville at the steps of the Tennessee State Capitol. Each year, the Festival features a diverse collection of authors to discuss and sign their books.
 
Highlights of the 2012 Festival include:
 
●      Numerous New York Times bestsellers including Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl) and AJ Jacobs (Drop Dead Healthy: One Man’s Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection) who is famous for The Year of Living Biblically.
 
●      R.L. Stine, one of America’s best-loved writers, with his new horror novel for adults, Red Rain.
 
●      Pulitzer Prize-winners such as Friday Night Lights author Buzz Bissinger (Father’s Day: A Journey into the Heart and Mind of My Extraordinary Son), Washington Post reporter David Maraniss (Barack Obama: The Story) and Junot Diaz (This is How you Lose Her).
 
●      Renowned young adult authors Katherine Patterson (Bridge to Terabithia) and Judith Viorst (Alexander and the Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day). Both of these fan favorites have new releases - Patterson (The Flint Heart), Viorst (Lulu walks the Dog)
 
●      Southern foodies including Amy Lyles Wilson (Farm Fresh Southern Cooking), Southern Living editor Rebecca Lang (Southern Living Around a Southern Table), Top Chef finalist Kevin Gillespie (Fire in My Belly: Real Cooking), Nashville’s Chris Chamberlain (The Southern Foodie), and Tayst chef/owner Jeremy Barlow.
 
●      Literary notables Mark Helprin (In Sunlight and in Shadow) best known for his book The Winter’s Tale, Dan Chaon (Stay Awake: Stories), Margot Livesey (The Flight of Gemma Hardy), Ron Rash (The Cove), Jess Walter (Beautiful Ruins), and bestselling author Gail Tsukiyama (A Hundred Flowers).
 
●      Local Alice Randall (Ada’s Rules: A Sexy, Skinny Novel), Adam Ross (Ladies and Gentleman), Ann Shayne with locally-set novel Bowling Avenue, and Jeanne Ray (Calling Invisible Women) - mother of Nashville-favorite Anne Patchett.
 
●      Major literary debuts include: Karen Thompson Walker, with The Age of Miracles, a summer blockbuster about coming of age at the end of the world, Ben Fountain with his debut novel, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk: A Novel, and writer Attica Locke entering the mystery genre with The Cutting Season.
 
●      A special series of sessions on emancipation, with featured speakers such as Tony Horwitz (Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid that Sparked the Civil War), senior editor and blogger for The Atlantic Ta-Nehisi Coates (The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and the Unlikely Road to Manhood) and renowned Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer (Emancipating Lincoln: The Proclamation in Text, Context, and Memory.)
 
The full Festival lineup and more information about each author can be found online at www.humanitiestennessee.org/sofestofbooks.
 
As book lovers gear up for the festival, they can participate in the back-by-popular-demand @SoFestofBooks “Speed Reader” Twitter contest. The contest kicked off July 16 and gives @SoFestofBooks followers the chance to earn front-of-the-line signing privileges for an author of their choosing.
 
Each week @SoFestofBooks gives daily Twitter clues about authors appearing at this year’s festival.  Twitter followers will then have the opportunity to guess which author fits the clues.  The first follower to guess the author correctly wins. Winners and the weeks’ featured author will be announced by 5 p.m. CDT each Friday throughout the contest. Weekly contest winners will receive a Speed Reader pass and a 2012 Festival poster.  Participants must be 18 or older to play.  All answer must be submitted as a @reply to @SoFestofBooks.  Direct messages will not be considered.
 
Also ongoing is a weekly Facebook contest, which awards to the winner each week the book of an author set to attend the Festival.
 
The Southern Festival of Books is presented by Humanities Tennessee, a non-profit organization that promotes humanities education across Tennessee. The Festival is proudly sponsored by the National Endowment for Humanities, Ingram Content Group, Dollar General Literacy Foundation, Nashville Scene, AWC Family Foundation, Nashville Public Library, Nashville Predators Foundation, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee Arts Commission, the National Endowment for the Arts, The Memorial Foundation, the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities, and the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area.
 
Humanities Tennessee and the Southern Festival of Books are on the Web at www.humanitiestennessee.org. Join the festival on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter @SoFestBooks.

 

Cowan is the only small town in America with an international book fair.  The most prominent antiquarian book fairs are usually held in large cities such as St. Petersburg, Washington D. C., Atlanta, Albuquerque, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Seattle, Denver, and San Francisco.  Thanks to word of mouth and international press this small American town of 1700 people is widely becoming known as the small town with a big fair.  The 2012 Tennessee Antiquarian Book Fair will be held July 21 and 22 at Monterey Station in Cowan.  Booksellers from more than half the states east of the Mississippi River and at least one foreign country will exhibit at this year’s fair.  Virginia, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, New York, and Florida are just some of the states represented by participating booksellers.  Attendance at the event could easily exceed the local population.

The fair will include lectures by authors and scholars on many different topics of interest to collectors and book lovers in general.  One of the speakers will be Dr. John McCardell, 16th Vice-Chancellor of the University of the South.  Dr. McCardell’s specialty is U.S. history in the 19th century with special emphasis on the South and on American historiography.  He will speak on the role of history and memory in the cultural narratives of the Civil War.  Children’s literacy, the life of Sissieretta Jones, and book collecting 101 are just some of the other scheduled lectures.

Cowan is located just an hour's drive northwest of Chattanooga.  It was established in the early 1850's as a station for the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad.  The town is best known for its railroad depot museum and the nearby 2200-ft long, hand-drilled tunnel. Monterey Station is a 20,000 sq ft air conditioned venue and is an easy day trip from Atlanta, Birmingham, Chattanooga, Huntsville, Knoxville, and Nashville.

The fair will include a variety of collectable and rare books, autographed documents, and other ephemera.  Bibliophiles will discover modern first editions of mystery, science fiction, and literature.  Collectable books and documents concerning the War Between the States, the American Revolution, and both World Wars will be available.  Dealers specializing in children’s literature, art, religion, fine bindings, and books about books will also be exhibiting at the fair.  Book prices ranging from $10 to $50,000 are sure to pique the interest of the leisure reader as well as the most avid collector.

The fair will be open 10 AM to 5 PM on Saturday and 11 AM to 4 PM on Sunday. Admission is $5 for adults and free to those under 18. The price covers both days and includes attendance at all the lectures as well as admission to the fair. Seating in the lecture hall is limited and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

Contact:  Tom McGee                             
TN Antiquarian Booksellers’ Assn.                    
Tel. 931/636-5752
Cell Phone:  615/330-3812
Email:  tom@tennaba.org
www.tennaba.org

In its 55th year, the London International Antiquarian Book Fair achieved excellent sales figures - up by 22% to £3.85 million, which given the current economic climate, has surpassed expectations. For the first time, the Fair took place in the National Exhibition Hall of Olympia, West London, from Thursday, May 24 and ran until Saturday, May 26, 2012. Just under 500 visitors - many who had queued to come in - came through the doors in the first 40 minutes of the Fair which comprised of 185 exhibitors* from 17 countries.

One of the first things to sell was a set of 13 screenprints by Damien Hirst, the prints dating from 1999 were being offered for sale by Bernard Quaritch of London and sold for a five-figure sum, proving that the Antiquarian Book Fair is offering a much wider spectrum than in the past.

Chairman of the Fair, Brian Lake of Jarndyce, based by the British Museum in London reported “that the overall reaction to the ABA Book Fair has been positive from both the booksellers and visitors. The new location has attracted many favourable comments and many visitors told me that it is the best fair they have been to. It looked fantastic and extremely professional. We had the cream of the world's books and booksellers - a top notch, world class event. And despite the current economic climate and the amazing summer weather, sales were 22% up on 2011 - which I feel is a real achievement by the organising committee and the fair manager, Marianne Harwood.”

Among those exhibiting for the first time was Antikvariat Mats Rehnström from Stockholm. Mats Rehnström commented: “this is the first time we have done the Fair and it is well organised and the security is very good. We have met a wide range of people from all over the world including old acquaintances and even clients from Sweden!”

The team at Bernard Quaritch Ltd, London, who exhibit at all of the International Book Fairs were very enthusiastic and said “we have had a really good fair, it is a really nice location - rare to have natural daylight - it’s definitely the nicest fair I have been to for a long time.”

Past Fair Chairman, Adrian Harrington of Adrian Harrington Rare Books, Kensington Church Street, London - who was instrumental in the International Book Fair coming to Olympia 15 years ago, said: “We really like the new location and it has been great to see old friends and make new ones. Among the interesting items that we have sold was a ‘Gringott’s cheque’ film prop from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, which was sold to a dealer from the USA.” Specialists in Bond-related material, they also welcomed Ian Fleming's nephew Fergus Fleming on their stand to soft launch the Ian Fleming bibliography by their colleague Jon Gilbert and immediately had pre-orders.

Julien Comellas of Libreria Antiquària Comellas, Barcelona was also doing the Fair for the first time. He thought it was a good location and very well organized. He had sold items to the trade but also to a few private customers - several who he had lost contact with in the past, so was pleased to be re-acquainted with. A regular on the international fair circuit, he said he would definitely do the London International Antiquarian Book Fair again.

Janette Ray of Janette Ray Rare and Out of Print Books, based in York, commented how professional the fair looked. “it is nice to be in such wonderful surroundings. I have met several new private customers and new, younger faces who seem to be interested in my items.”

NEXT ABA FAIR IN LONDON -
CHELSEA TOWN HALL ON NOVEMBER 2 & 3, 2012

MIDDLEBURG, VA - A highly successful Book Fair held by the NSLM for the first time last year will become an annual event. The Book Fair is a part of the 53rd Hunt Country Stable Tour on Memorial Day weekend. The Book Fair is held on Saturday, May 26th from 10 - 5 p.m. The Book Fair is free and open to the public. Five authors will speak and sign books.

The schedule is as follows:

NSLM Book Fair, Saturday, May 26, 2012, Library Founders’ Room, 10-5 p.m. Open to the public.

The Book Fair will offer book signings and scheduled brief lectures by five authors in the Library’s lecture hall, the Founders’ Room, and a duplicate book sale on the upper level to benefit the NSLM’s Book Acquisition Fund. The authors are as follows:

11:00 Kathryn Masson - Hunt Country Style; Stables: Beautiful Paddocks, Horse Barns, and Tack Rooms; Historic Houses of Virginia: Great Plantation Houses, Mansions, and Country Places.

12:00 Patrick Smithwick - Flying Change: A Return to Steeplechasing; Racing My Father: Growing up with a Riding Legend

1:00 Elizabeth Letts with guest Harry de Leyer - The Eighty Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse that Inspired a Nation, debuted on the New York Times Hardcover Non-fiction Bestseller list

2:00 Anne Hambleton - Raja: Story of a Racehorse, a book for young readers 11 & older

3:00 F. Turner Reuter, Jr. - Animal & Sporting Artists in America.

The National Sporting Library and Museum is dedicated to preserving and sharing the literature, art and culture of equestrian and field sports. Founded in 1954, the institution has over 24,000-books dating from the 16th-21st centuries. The John H. Daniels Fellowship program supports the research of visiting scholars. The Museum, a newly renovated and expanded historic building on the Library campus, houses exhibits of American and European fine sporting art. Information is shared through exhibitions, lectures, seminars, publications and special events. The NSLM is open to researchers and the general public. Admission is free. Library Hours: Tuesday-Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Museum Hours: Wednesday-Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday noon to 4 p.m. For more information, visit www.nsl.org or call 540-687-6542. NSLM 102 The Plains Road, Middleburg, VA 20117 

A hand-written account of Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens and the original illustrations for Roald Dahl’s Danny, Champion of the World are among the ‘written’ wonders that will be on sale at the 55th London International Antiquarian Book Fair. The Fair, which will be held for the first time in the bigger National Hall at Olympia (London W14) from Thursday, 24th May to Saturday, 26th May, 2012 has more exhibitors than ever before, who are travelling from all corners of the globe to take part in the oldest Fair in the UK.

Works relating to Icons of the 20th Century include the original illustrations for Roald Dahl’s Danny, Champion of the World by Jill Bennett. The Jill Bennett archive includes extensive correspondence between the author, artist and the publishers Jonathan Cape, Alfred A. Knopf and Penguin (Puffin) Books. The illustrations begin with the three fine pencil character studies Jill Bennett sent to Dahl (who forwarded them to his publisher) and includes the full colour dustjacket artwork and the 71 original pen and ink drawings (on 66 sheets) used to illustrate the story. Also present is the original photograph (believed to be Roald Dahl as a baby) used at the beginning of chapter one, and the ‘Sparky’ lettering used at the conclusion of the final page (£85,000/ Lucius Books).

Also celebrating an anniversary this year is James Bond, Adrian Harrington Rare Books has a First Edition, Signed Limited Issue of Ian Fleming’s On Her Majesty's Secret Service. London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. This copy is sold with the exceptionally rare gilt-edge printed card invitation, marking both the publication of this book and the first day of filming at Pinewood Studios for 'From Russia, with Love'; the launch party was jointly held by Jonathan Cape and Eon Productions, 1st April 1963 (£12,500).

Another film-related item is an important archive of signed documents from the files of Alfred Hitchcock’s agent, Herman Citron, with 9 letters and 6 documents signed by Hitchcock, including: 7 Typed Letters Signed relating to the films, I Confess, Mischief, Rear Window, The Trouble with Harry and The Man Who Knew Too Much. c.1930 - 1970 plus original and retained letters, notes and agreements regarding film direction services, television and record company contracts, publishing and serial rights, and securing film rights including those for The Lodger, Mischief, Strangers On a Train, plus initial interest over Ice Station Zebra (which Hitchcock did not direct). (£17,500/Adrian Harrington Rare Books)

Also relating to films, but more recent is a rare Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone's ‘Hero’ envelope (Hogwart’s Acceptance Letter). USA: Warner Bros, 2001. These envelopes were used in the memorable scene when Harry receives dozens of invitations through the owl-post. This is one of the fully finished envelopes containing the actual Hogwarts invitation, addressed to Harry Potter and secured with a real wax seal - the majority of the envelopes used were a lot lighter, so they could fly! (£3,750/ Adrian Harrington Rare Books).

A signed Expense Account for The Sex Pistols, for their last-ever gig at the Winterland, San Fransisco, Jan. 14th 1978 - considered as one of the legendary events in rock ‘n’ roll history - when Rotten closed the gig with a quip to the audience “Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?” Each sheet is signed by the respective musician; Johnny Rotten signing his real name John Lydon, Sid Vicious signing a fictitious (indecipherable) name ‘Earl Baloney?’. Jones and Cook autographed in full, Steve signing ‘Stephen Jones’. This set of riders therefore represents the last official signatures of the Sex Pistols (£5,500/ Adrian Harrington Rare Books). While another set of ‘riders’ for the same tour show that the band weren’t as rebellious as you would expect - requesting towels for the stage, cold beer and a platter of meat, cheese and fruit. Dated 10 days earlier, in this instance Sid Vicious has signed using his real name, John Beverly (£3,750/ Paul Foster).

A First Edition of The Wolverhampton Wanderer: An Epic of Britannia In Twelve Books With a Resurrection and a Life London: Latimer 1971 by Michael Horovitz and signed by all 31 contributors including David Hockney, Peter Blake and Richard Hamilton is being offered for £675 (Lucius Books).

Of Irish Interest is an original corrected typescript of Brendan Behan’s Christmas Eve in The Graveyard: A Short Story by Mick the Miller. c.1952. This was given by the author to the artist Tom Nisbet RHA in 1952, presumably on completion of his portrait of Behan, in which Behan sits, pint in hand with this typescript in front of him. The story was published for the first time in 1997 when it was included in The Dubbalin Man. (£2,500/ Lucius Books).

Several important items relating to Charles Dickens, who was born 200 years ago this year, will be offered by Jarndyce. A holograph manuscript of Mrs Gamp with the Strolling Players, written by Dickens in 1847 in order to raise money for English essayist Leigh Hunt is one of two manuscripts relating to Martin Chuzzlewit that will be offered for sale at the Fair. This humorous series of caricatures is told in the first person by Mrs Gamp, the character from Martin Chuzzlewit and gives an account of an amateur theatrical expedition to Manchester and Liverpool - based on that undertaken by Dickens's company in July & August (£80,000). Dicken’s own copy of Mrs Gamp - which he annotated and used during his Reading Tour of the USA is on offer for £85,000.

A signed copy of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, inscribed to the painter David Wilkie: 'Sir David Wilkie from his faithfully Charles Dickens' has an asking price of £120,000. In addition, loosely inserted is a long letter from Wilkie to Mrs Ricketts describing the party held by Dickens upon the publication of Nickleby (14th October, 1839).

Among many German items that will be at the fair is the draft manuscript relating to the most expensive diamond in the world, which will be brought to the fair by Thomas Heneage Art Books. The Draft Manuscript for the valuation of the Dowry of Archduchess Maria Amalia (1702-1756) on her marriage to the Bavarian Crown Prince, Charles Albert (1697-1745). Included in the inventory is a valuation of the Wittelsbach Blue Diamond and marks the point in its history when it entered the House of Wittelsbach, Der Blaue Wittelsbacher. Maria Amalia inherited the diamond from her grandmother Empress Eleonore Magdalena, the third wife of Leopold I. Frans van Stampart, in his official bridal portrait of the Archduchess, shows the bride with the blue diamond adorning her hair. The 35.56 ct diamond is one of the largest historic blue diamonds ever fashioned and can be traced back to 1664 forming part of a collection of jewels composed by King Philip IV of Spain as a dowry for his daughter, Infanta Margherita Teresa. The diamond is valued at 240,000 gilders in the inventory translating to approximately £18,000,000 today. Interestingly the diamond was purchased for £18,000,000 at auction in 2008 (£15,000).

An interesting group of handwritten items relating to exploration - is one of many examples at the fair - includes a Letter Signed by English Geographer Clements R. Markham, dated March 2, 1871, addressed to Miss Mary A. Egerton of Robertsbridge, Sussex. Markham was secretary of the Royal Geographic Society (RGS) between 1863 and 1888, and later served as the Society's president for a further 12 years. He was mainly responsible for organising the National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-04, and for launching the polar career of Captain Scott (£375/Voyager Press Rare Books, Canada).

Organised by the ABA (the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association), the world's premier Book Fair features illustrated books, manuscripts, fine bindings, maps, prints, photography and associated ephemera, from the genesis of printing in the 15th Century to today.

Details of all the highlights can be viewed beforehand on the website:
http://www.olympiabookfair.com/p/exhibitor-highlights/

The 52nd Annual New York Antiquarian Book Fair, sponsored by the prestigious Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, closed on April 15th with a record number of dealers, strong attendance, great sales, and a number of celebrity visits. Two hundred and thirteen expert dealers from 15 different countries filled the historic Park Avenue Armory with rare books, illuminated manuscripts, autographs, maps, and finely bound volumes. Declared by the late Andy Rooney as "the best book fair in the world," this year’s show did not disappoint.
 
"The New York Antiquarian Book Fair opened with a buzzing Preview Thursday evening April 12th, and ran through Sunday April 15th this year at the Park Avenue Armory.  The NY Book Fair, which connoisseurs deem the greatest book fair in the world, was a huge success, with a record 213 exhibitors- all members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers.  The attendance numbers were up from last year, and sales were strong.  Guests lined up Sunday with their own books to be appraised by the experts, and many interesting discoveries were made.  The New York Book Fair is a yearly highlight for book lovers of all kinds, from new to experienced collectors, museums, and dealers.  We are already looking forward to next year!"
          - Emily Christensen, Fair Director
 
"It seems like a new generation has discovered that rare books still represent the vital pulse of world culture. I've exhibited at the New York Book Fair for over twenty years, and this year's Fair, the biggest ever, puts the lie to all the whining about the impending death of the physical book. The fair was jammed with smart, sophisticated, and to a remarkable degree, young collectors."
         - Tom Congalton, Between the Covers Rare Books


"This year's NY Book Fair was officially the largest in the twenty-plus years we've served as manager--also the most successful in the past five years. Even though we expanded the show floor, we still weren't able to accommodate all the dealers off the waiting list. We will look forward to being able to accommodate the show's growth next year. Dealers and clients consider the New York Antiquarian Book Fair the finest show of its type. They are the ones who have helped establish the reputation of the New York Book Fair as truly the finest book fair in the world."
           - Sanford L. Smith
 
If you missed out this year, you can join us in 2013. Dates to be announced soon on nybookfair.com.

It’s a literary adventure like none other!  The upcoming Boston Book, Paper & Photo Expo, returning May 5th to the Shriner’s Auditorium in Wilmington, Massachusetts is a one-day feast for those who are rediscovering the delights of book and paper collecting.  Sponsored by the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Antiquarian Booksellers and produced by Marvin Getman, founder of  New England Antique Shows, the Boston Book, Paper & Photo Expo & Sale takes us deep into the world  of old prints, photographs, historical documents, autographs, maps and postcards, providing hours of enjoyment for years to come.

Eighty top sellers present show goers with an opportunity to leaf through old pages, savor original illustrations and purchase works of art and bestsellers. (These are original so will never become electronic memories.)  Plus unusual discoveries and surprising finds are just waiting to be uncovered.

Remember the pin-up poster?  No longer just the stuff of GI dreams, those voluptuous ‘babes’ in skimpy bathing suits are making news all over again. A recent discovery of over 200 images from the personal collection of Bunny Yaeger, a former pin-up model who built a racy career snapping photographs of shapely young women, is coming into this season’s show.

Adam Forgash, a photographer and aficionado of American midcentury pinups, made the discovery and will be bringing a selection of Yeager images that includes photographs, posters, and contact prints with the photographer’s scribbles in the margins.  Ms. Yaeger’s 50-s and 60s  pin-up and boudoir shots, especially those of Bettie Page, known as the pin-up Queen, are influencing fashion to this day.

Here is an opportunity to purchase some of the shots that are sought out by collectors worldwide - out-takes from Ms. Yaeger’s first photo session with Bettie, the famous Jungle series with Bettie turned out in cat-spotted swimsuits, as well as those of Ms. Yeager herself stripped down to her lacies.  Prices range from several hundreds of dollars for smaller prints, to as much as $3000 for large-format, hand-tinted images

It is hard to imagine, in a world of instant images shared with billions on Facebook and Twitter, that there was once a time when the only photograph a poor family might have of  their loved one was after their death.  So expensive was photography in the first half of the 19th century, only the wealthy could afford to indulge repeatedly in such a luxury. Today, these beloved family keepsakes have found a new audience of collectors who prize them for their glimpse into a way of life and its rituals, long past.  

At the upcoming Boston Book, Paper and Photo Expo, the world of memorial photography will be seen through the eyes of a collector who has now amassed one of the most comprehensive collections of post mortem photography in the world.  Dr. Stanley Burns bought his first memorial photographs in 1976, adding to his already extensive collection, some 700,000 strong, of historical images that include medical photography.  

Today, interest in the genre is such that he has curated several exhibits, most notably at the New York Metropolitan Art Museum and published three books on the subject - the Sleeping Beauty series.  His latest in the series will be available at the show.

At the upcoming event, Dr. Burns will speak on the practice of post-mortem photography and share examples from his extensive collection.  “Infant mortality was very high at the end of the 19th century and many children were lost before a photograph could be made,” notes Dr. Burns.  “Childbirth took many young women and epidemics could decimate entire families.  It wasn’t unusual for the photographer to make a house call when a family member was near death. The memorial photograph was an important part of the mourning process.”

Want to know how much your favorite old book or paper item is worth?  Ken Gloss of the Brattle Book Shop and other experts will be on hand to offer an estimate of value.  Show hours are Saturday May 5th 10am-4pm.  Admission is $7 for adults, (under 18 and college I.D.free).  Shriner's Auditorium is located at 399 Fordham Rd, Wilmington, MA at exit 39 off I-93. For more information call 781-862-4039 or go to the website at www.bookandpaperexpo.com.

PARIS--For more than half a century the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair has attracted thousands of book collectors and connoisseurs to see important acquisitions presented by as many as 200 of the world’s most renowned dealers in rare and collectible books and manuscripts.

This year is no exception as LES ENLUMINURES (www.lesenluminures.com) gallery of Paris and Chicago is bringing what owner Sandra calls, “A wonderful Rare First Edition of a geographical, historical and linguistic account of Helvetia or the Swiss Confederacy composed in hexameters by Henricus Glareanus.  He was a nationalist who was one of the foremost humanists of the period.  Finely rubricated and hand-colored, this 1514 copy includes extensive annotations and a contemporary manuscript section by an unknown author, likely a student in the close circle of Glareanus and Osvaldus Myconius which, with modifications, was used for the commentary published under the name of Myconius in the second Basel 1519 edition.”

“This Glareanus is in Latin with German translation and with a few words in Greek and German.  It is an imprint on paper, hand-colored. The manuscript is on paper.  The imprint is Basel, Adam Petri, 1514 and Basel c1515.”

“I always look forward to bringing interesting new acquisitions to this popular New York book event, where I see many long time clients,” Hindman adds.  “The strength of the market here is one reason I am expanding and opening a New York gallery on May 1st at a period townhouse at 23 East 73 Street.  Now I will be more accessible to New York clients and can host special shows several times a year.  I am very pleased to be expanding beyond my Paris gallery of twenty years and my long time Chicago office.”

Other highlights at the Les Enluminures stand at the NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL ANTIQUARIAN BOOK FAIR April 12 - 15 include a decorated manuscript in Latin, copied in the circle of the eminent humanists Marcus Tullius Cicero and Pietro Marso and likely created between 1481-91 and certainly after 1471-72.

Hindman says, “It is based on two editions of Cicero’s De Officiis, one printed in Paris in 1471-72 by the Sorbonne Press, and the other printed first in Venice in 1481, of the first edition of Pietro Marso’s influential commentary.  The humanist scribe (Heynlin?) of the present manuscript was clearly a careful reader of both imprints, and it seems likely that this codex was a preparatory manuscript for another edition of Cicero by the Sorbonne Press.”

The New York International Antiquarian Book Fair is sanctioned by the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers and exhibitors must be members of the League of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America.

Les Enluminures is well known for offering exceptional examples of Medieval and Renaissance miniatures, manuscripts, stained glass and finger rings at both its Paris gallery and at fairs in New York, Paris, TEFAF Maastricht, Florence, San Francisco and London.

Sandra Hindman founded Les Enluminures gallery in Paris 20 years ago at Le Louvre des Antiquaires, opposite The Louvre, and has seen it become among the top ranked sources for the most significant manuscripts and art entering the market. Dr. Hindman is Professor Emerita at Northwestern University, where she twice headed the Art History Department.

Hindman divides her time between her Paris gallery, her offices in Chicago and her soon to open New York gallery.  She has written many books and catalogues on the subject.

IF YOU GO

Galerie LES ENLUMINURES
 
NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL ANTIQUARIAN BOOK FAIR
 
April  12 - 15 PARK AVENUE ARMORY AT 67TH STREET
 
Preview Thursday April 12 from 5 - 9pm
Friday 12-8   Sat 12 - 7    Sunday 12 - 5
 
and at Le Louvre des Antiquaires,
2 Place du Palais-Royal,
75001 Paris (France)
Tel: +33 1 42 60 15 58
 
And opening May 2-
Les Enluminures in New York
23 East 73 Street
info@lesenluminures.com
www.lesenluminures.com

 

The ABA (Antiquarian Booksellers' Association), who organise the London International Antiquarian Book Fair is delighted to announce that 161 exhibitors have now signed up for this year’s fair. Now in its 55th year, the biggest and oldest fair in the UK will take place for the first time in the larger National Hall at Olympia (London W14) in May (Thursday May 24, Friday May 25 & Saturday May 26, 2012).

This year’s fair will be truly international with exhibitors from 15 countries taking part. 41 new exhibitors will be attending for the first time and they will be travelling from all corners of the globe. These comprise: 7 from Germany; 8 from the USA, 1 from France and Belgium, 2 from Sweden, Italy and Denmark and 3 from Australia (including Tasmania), plus 7 London-based dealers, 8 from throughout England and 1 from Northern Ireland.

Among the new exhibitors is Neil Summersgill, who is based in Lancashire. He said: “This is my first ABA summer fair, a pinnacle to which I've aspired for much of my bookselling life, and one of the main reasons for recently joining the ABA. I was fortunate to be a last minute exhibitor at the ABA's Chelsea fair in November and it was vibrant, enjoyable, and for me successful. I've been exhibiting at various London fairs for nearly 20 years but at Chelsea met many buyers new to me, and at Olympia I hope for more of the same.”

The fair will also have more ‘Graphics’ exhibitors than in previous years. 2012 will see 10 exhibitors of visual materials such as maps and prints compared to previous years, where there have been two. New exhibitors include Classic Bindings and Daniel Crouch Rare Books LLP, who are both based in London.

Fair Chairman, Brian Lake of Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers commented: “Stepping up to the National Hall is a big leap for the ABA in these uncertain economic times and I am really delighted with the trade’s reaction - making this the third biggest book fair in the world. I am really pleased that the committee's policy for Olympia 2012 has encouraged a record number of exhibitors - we still have more than two months to go and there is space in our new venue to accept late applicants. Our aim was to bring in new exhibitors with the offer of very reasonably priced 'taster' stands and this seems to have worked with 17 exhibitors taking advantage of this opportunity. We have also kept stand rents overall close to the 2011 prices and the new venue means that we have provided more stand and circulation space.”

Full details of opening hours, location, and travel to Olympia can be found on www.olympiabookfair.com

Tickets to the Fair are free if you register in advance, or may be purchased on the door for £10 each, £15 for two.

A selection of exciting highlights of the 55th London International Antiquarian Book Fair has been announced. The Fair, which will be held for the first time in the bigger and more attractive National Hall at Olympia (London W14) from Thursday, 24th May to Saturday, 26th May, 2012 already has more exhibitors lined up than ever before in its 55-year history.

Among the highlights this year are of course some Charles Dickens' books and manuscripts. A first edition of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby with illustrations by Phiz (Chapman & Hall, 1839) and inscribed on the dedication leaf to the painter David Wilkie, will be on sale for £120,000 at Jarndyce. Another first edition - Great Expectations (Chapman & Hall, 1861) will be on sale by the same exhibitor for £50,000 and A Collection of the Five Christmas Books, all first editions (1843-1848), for sale at £20,000. In addition Jarndyce also offers a holograph manuscript of Martin Chuzzlewit, written by Dickens in 1847 in order to raise money for Leigh Hunt's Benefit. The humorous series of caricatures is told in the first person by Mrs Gamp, the character from Martin Chuzzlewit (£80,000). For £15,000, collectors can also buy a letter from Dickens to fellow author Wilkie Collins from 1858 in which he proposes 'a house to let'.

Other English classics on sale at the Fair will be Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language from 1755 (£17,500/ Peter Harrington) and The Works of William Shakespeare in eight volumes collated and with explanatory notes by Mr Theobald (1757/ £1,400/ Bow Windows Book Shop) and of course a George Allen 1894 edition of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice from 1894 (£1,000/ Bow Windows Book Shop).

There will be many first editions of classic novels available, but among the ones that are probably most sought-after are Virginia Woolf's The Waves published by her husband's Hogarth Press in 1931 and with a dust jacket designed by her sister Vanessa Bell (£1,850/ Bow Windows Book Shop). The first UK edition of Samuel Beckett's How it is is one of a limited edition of 100 numbered copies signed by the author. This one is inscribed by the author to his close friend actor Patrick Magee (1964/ £2,750/ Peter Harrington). In addition, an inscribed copy of The Soul of a Bishop by H.G. Wells from 1917 is inscribed to poet and novelist Sylvia Lynd, who was married to Robert Lynd, the Irish writer and Nationalist (£395/ Graham York Rare Books).

Among other first edition highlights are Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection...(1859/ £75,000/ Peter Harrington) and a set of the first editions of Captain Cook's three voyages (1773-84/ £37,500/ Daniel Crouch Rare Books LLP). Peter Harrington is selling The Heart of Antarctic by E.H. Shackleton, a first signed limited edition, number 193 of 330 (£27,500).

A rare 2nd edition of Nicolaus Copernicus' De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, one of the most influential works in astronomy, from 1566 will be on sale through Swiss Antiquariat De Paul Kainbacher for around £ 90,000 (€110,000).

Many collectors have started their collection by buying one of their favourite books from their childhood and there are lots to tempt at the fair. Whether it is Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, or What Alice found there by Lewis Carroll, all first editions bound by Bayntun (1866-72/ £10,000/ Paul Foster) or J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings - all three volumes are first editions (1954-55/£16,500/Paul Foster).

With the current interest in Sherlock Holmes, why not get a first edition of one of his best - The Hound of the Baskervilles from 1902 by Arthur Conan Doyle (£6,500/Paul Foster) or get the first edition of the book that inspired the musical Cats, T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats from 1939 (£750/ Jonkers Rare Books). Other children’s classics available at the Fair will be a first E.H Shepard illustrated edition of The Wind in the Willows (1931) by Kenneth Grahame (£1,300/ Bow Windows Book Shop); a beautiful first edition of J.M. Barrie's Peter and Wendy (£700/ Bow Windows Book Shop); a first edition in exceptional condition of The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1943/£3,250/ Peter Harrington); a signed copy of Michael Bond's Paddington helps out (1960/£725/ Paul Foster) or Walter de la Mare's Desert Islands and Robinson Crusoe, illustrated by Rex Whistler from 1930 (£90/ HM Fletcher).

For those who would like to go back to children's rag book days, there will also be an edition of Our Railway Book by Raphael Tuck & Sons from around 1906 (£195/ Nicholas Goodyer).

Visitors will also be able to purchase a wide selection of maps and travel books at the Fair including the Atlas Russicus, an extraillustrated example of this amazing atlas from around 1738-80 by Joseph Nicolas de L'Isle et al. (£78,500/ Altea Antique Maps & Old Charts) or the first printed map of Japan to appear in an atlas from around 1603 (£2,250/ Sanders of Oxford). German Antiquariat Buechl-Baur is selling an important Brasilianum. Three volumes of Jean-Baptiste Debret's Voyage pittoresque et historique au Brésil, ou Séjour d’un Artiste Français au Brésil (1834-1839/ £55,000).

For the best of British, there is a fantastic map of London for sale: England's Glory or The Glory of England, Being a New Mapp of the Citty of London, Printed and Sold by Robert Walton, at ye Globes Compasses, just at the west end of St. Paul's-Church from 1676 (£11,500/ Daniel Crouch Rare Books LLP) and very rare Britannia Illustrata or Views of All the Palaces, Several Seats and other Publick Buildings of England from 1724 of which Copac lists only three other copies, one of which belongs to the National Trust Libraries (£2,350/ Nicholas Goodyer). Another interesting London treasure is A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, and the Borough of Southwark.... which gives fantastic birds-eye views of London Squares, first written in 1698 and then enlarged, like this 1754-55 edition (£9,500/Nicholas Goodyer). For a nostalgic view of Britain and its traditional shops, the Country Life publication High Street by Eric Ravilious from 1938 will give you a fantastic glimpse of the olden days (£2,250/ Bow Windows Book Shop).

With the Olympics this year, we expect quite a bit of Sports and Olympic interest and there is already an official report of The Games of the Xth Olympiad, Los Angeles 1932 among the highlights, which will no doubt find a keen collector sprinting to the fair (£600/ Nicholas Goodyer).

Animal lovers will be fascinated by the complete set of John Gould's magnificent The Birds of Great Britain from 1873 (£75,000/ Peter Harrington).

With our current economic climate there might also be a lot of interest in John Maynard Keynes' The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (1936/ £950/ Bow Windows Book Shop) or Josiah Wedgwood's advice to his workers not to work in America from 1783 - An Address to the Workmen in the Pottery, on the subject of entering into the service of foreign manufacturers (£3,800/ Ken Spelman Booksellers).

The Fair is not just about books though, you will also find some fantastic drawings, illustrations, posters and even photographs. A highlight is no doubt the charming Victorian watercolour drawing of Ada Byron, the only legitimate daughter of Lord Byron and the world's first computer programmer (c.1850/ £9,500/ HM Fletcher); there are also some beautifully hand-coloured aquatints of St. Petersburg from 1815 mostly after Mornay (£7,500/ Nicholas Goodyer) and famous English animal painter Sawrey Gilpin's sketchbook from around 1800 is also for sale (£850/ Ken Spelman Books). A large paper copy of Edwin Landseer's brother Thomas's engraving Monkeyana or Men in Miniature (c. 1827/ £575/ Nicholas Goodyer) can be found at the Fair as well as coloured plates of golfers from c.1920 (£700/ Nicholas Goodyer) or the caricature by William Heath depicting a duel between Wellington and Winchilsea in Battersea (1829/£250/Sanders of Oxford). The complete yearly issue of an Italian fashion magazine with many illustrations might attract the interest of many ladies wanting to start their collection (1844/ £1,400/ Kunstantiquariat Monika Schmidt) as might the very attractive complete yearly volume of a rare Belgian botanical periodical about Camellia flowers (1851/ £2,100/ Kunstantiquariat Monika Schmidt) or indeed the beautiful Art Nouveau lithograph of a woman with a peacock from 1898 by Louis John Read for L'Estampe Moderne (£1,000/ Sanders of Oxford). For more modern taste there will also be a Salvador Dali designed French travel poster (1970/£125/ Graham York Rare Books) and a Dutch constructivism poster from 1930 (£600/ Librairie Pierre Coumans).

For anyone interested in original photographs, there will be several small collections on sale, including 6 photographs by Fritz Angerer, including some from his travels to Cameroon in 1886 (£1,000/ Antiquariat Dr. Paul Kainbacher).

Organised by the ABA (the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association), the world's premier Book Fair features over 160 booksellers from around the globe selling illustrated books, manuscripts, fine bindings, maps, prints, photography and associated ephemera, from the genesis of printing in the 15th Century to today.

Whether you are an expert collector or trying to find a first edition of your favourite book or simply want to add some style to your interiors with a properly stocked bookshelf of your all time favourites, this year's Fair won't disappoint you.

Details of all the highlights can be viewed beforehand on the website:
http://www.olympiabookfair.com/p/exhibitor-highlights/

Full details of opening hours, location, and travel to Olympia can be found on
www.olympiabookfair.com

Tickets to the Fair may be purchased on the door for £10 each, £15 for two.

Massachusetts & Rhode Island Antiquarian Booksellers proceeds apace in these parlous times. Last September we met at Grey Matter Books in Hadley and approved 2 new members who have been booksellers for many years, but recently relocated to Massachusetts: Stuart Bennett Rare Books and L. & T. Respess Books, both of Northampton. In October, we sponsored the 7th Annual Pioneer Valley Book & Ephemera Fair, managed by Flaminto Eventz. We had a full house of dealers & record attendance thanks to NPR sponsorships, local advertising and postering nearby college campuses. In December we had our final meeting of the year at Bearly Read Books in Sudbury. We had our first meeting of 2012 at The Commonwealth Museum in Boston which houses the Massachusetts State Archive. We joined a tour with Director Stephen Kenney, viewed 17th century charters for the colony, the state’s copy of the first printing of the Declaration of Independence, and the manuscript of the 1780 state constitution by John Adams. We had lunch and installed new officers: Katharyn Dawson, Second Hand Prose, Acton, Secretary; Duane Stevens, Wiggins Fine Books, Shelburne Falls, Treasurer; Peter L. Masi, Montague, Vice-president; Tom Nealon, Pazzo Books, West Roxbury, President.

We are currently in the process of updating information for our 2012-2013 Directory which should be published in April. Copies are available through our website: www.MARIAB.org

We will be sponsoring the second Boston Book, Paper & Photo Exposition & Sale on Saturday, May 5, 2012, at Shriners Auditorium, Wilmington, Massachusetts, produced by Marvin Getman, Impact Events Group. Last year we had over 70 dealers, a great gathering of special displays and seminars, very strong attendance. We already have over 50 dealers registered for this year. www.bookandpaperexpo.com

"The Best Book Fair in the World” Returns to the Park Avenue Armory for its 52nd Year, April 13-15, 2012.

HOURS
Friday, noon - 8pm Saturday, noon - 7pm Sunday, noon - 5pm
Preview, Thursday, April 12, 5pm - 9pm tickets $35

ABOUT THE FAIR:
Declared by the late Andy Rooney of CBS’ 60 Minutes as the “Best Book Fair in the World,” the New York Antiquarian Book Fair returns to the Park Avenue Armory for its 52nd Anniversary. Sponsored by the prestigious Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, the 52nd Annual New York Antiquarian Book Fair promises to be our best exhibit to date. Over 200 expert dealers from all over the world will fill the historic Park Avenue Armory with rare books, illuminating manuscripts, autographs, maps, and finely bound volumes. Books ranging from history, law, philosophy, to children’s books, fashion, art, and more can be found with a wide price range. This year’s show features a record number of dealers. There’s sure to be something for everyone.

UPDATES:
Follow us on twitter (@SLSfairs), our blog (sanfordLsmith.wordpress.com), or our website (sanfordsmith.com) for the most up-to-date news about the fair and its exhibitors.

PREVIEW:
The first chance to view merchandise and make purchases will be at the preview, Thursday, April 12 from 5pm - 9pm.

Tickets are available for $35 and may be purchased at the door.

DISCOVERY DAY:
A favorite tradition, Discovery Day gives visitors, with admission, the opportunity to bring their own rare books, manuscripts, maps, etc. (up to 5 items) for advice and free appraisals from Exhibitors on Sunday, April 15, from noon - 3pm.

PUBLIC INFO:
The New York Antiquarian Book Fair will take place at the Park Avenue Armory at 67th Street, NYC, April 13 - 15, 2012. Hours are Friday from noon to 8pm, Saturday from noon to 7pm, and Sunday from noon to 5pm. A café and bar will be open during show hours. Admission is $20 daily, $30 for a two-day pass, or $45 for a run-of-show pass. Special rates for students, groups and library associations are available. The Park Avenue Armory is wheelchair accessible; please call 212.777.5218 to make arrangements. Contact emily@sanfordsmith.com or press@sanfordsmith.com for more information.

www.sanfordsmith.com • www.abaa.org

Pasadena, Calif. (February 16, 2012) Drawing rave reviews from exhibitors and visitors alike, the 45th California International Antiquarian Book Fair concluded on February 12 at the Pasadena Convention Center.   The Southern California edition of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America) Book Fair logged its highest attendance numbers since 2002 with dealers reporting strong sales.
 
The Book Fair's new Pasadena venue afforded booksellers a bright and spacious setting in which to display their treasures and put visiting dealers and fairgoers in close proximity to the world-class dining and cultural attractions for which the city is famous.
 
"We are thrilled that our move to Pasadena has proved such a success," said Michael R. Thompson, Book Fair Chair of the Southern California Chapter of the ABAA. "It's particularly gratifying to hear from booksellers who say they loved the new venue and hope that we will return in future years."
 
More than 200 members of the ABAA and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) from 24 states, the District of Columbia, Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy and the Netherlands exhibited in Pasadena.
 
The Book Fair took advantage of the move to Pasadena to establish a partnership with the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in nearby San Marino. Ticket sales from the first day of the Book Fair benefited the Huntington and Fair tickets gave attendees free admission to the Huntington.
 
The Book Fair also included an exciting special exhibit and slate of talks and seminars that attracted standing-room only audiences.  "A Love Affair with Books: Personal Stories of Noted Collectors" was a colorful, wide-ranging exhibit examining the avid pursuits of rare book collectors past and present -- from legendary library builders such as Henry Huntington and William Andrews Clark to contemporary Southern California book lovers including actress Sarah Michelle Gellar and Oscar-winning producer Tony Bill. Bill joined fellow collectors Mary Murphy and Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan at a panel moderated by Los Angeles Times columnist, author and TV/radio personality Patt Morrison. The Bibliographical Society of America sponsored a talk by Library of Congress Chief of the Rare Books and Special Collections Division Mark Dimunation.
 
Kicking off the Book Fair, exhibitors received a warm welcome at an evening reception sponsored by DeWitt Stern set in the magnificent courtyard garden of the Pacific Asia Museum -- one the nation's foremost institutions dedicated to the arts and culture of Asia and the Pacific Islands.
 
The Book Fair's move to the Pasadena Convention Center also proved a boon to nearby hotels and restaurants.  Together the Hilton and Sheraton racked up close to 800 room nights from visiting dealers and attendees. Out-of-town collectors from as far away as New Hampshire and Texas made the Book Fair the centerpiece of a mini-vacation to Pasadena.
 
Recognized as one of the world's largest and most prestigious exhibitions of antiquarian books, the California Antiquarian Book Fair is an annual event that alternates between Southern and Northern California. The next Book Fair will take place in San Francisco on February 15 - 17, 2013 at the Concourse Exhibition Center. For more information, visit www.labookfair.com. Connect with the Book Fair at http://twitter.com/labookfairorhttp://www.facebook.com/LABookFair.
 
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PARIS February -- LES ENLUMINURES gallery will showcase several exceptional examples of Illuminated Medieval and Renaissance miniatures, manuscripts, stained glass and finger rings at TEFAF Maastricht from March 16 - 25.

The world’s premier antiques and art show, The European Fine Arts Fair attracts over 250 of the most esteemed dealers from more than 17 countries and is vetted by no less than 29 different committees comprised of 175 world experts. Each year Maastricht attracts the world’s leading museums, collectors and connoisseurs of art.

Galerie Les Enluminures founder, Dr. Sandra Hindman says she is particularly thrilled to have “Triumph of David,” by the Berlin Master of Mary of Burgundy to show at this year’s TEFAF.
 
Dr. Hindman says, “The Master of Mary of Burgundy was originally named after two manuscripts, one in Berlin (Kupferstichkabinett, MS 78 B 12) made for Mary of Burgundy and her husband Maximilian I and another one in Vienna also made for Mary of Burgundy (ÖNB, Cod. 1857).  Recent scholarship has distinguished between the styles of these two manuscripts, identifying two different artists. This lyrical c1480 illumination is attributed to the Berlin Master, noted as a colorist, with a fine sense of decorative details, and with access to many designs that circulated among the group artists known as the Ghent Associates.”

The Belgian work (153 x 110mm) in tempera and gold leaf has a provenance that includes the Collection Ambroise Firmin-Didot (1790-1876) Hotel Drouot, Catalogue des livres précieux, manuscrits, et imprimés faisant partie de la Bibliothèque de M. Ambroise Firmin-Didot, 10-14 June, 1884, lot 88 and it has been extensively described in literature including Brinkmann, B., et al, in Das Berliner Studenbuch der Maria von Burgund und Kaiser Maximilians:  Handschrift 76 B 12 m Kupfertichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin Preussischer Kulturbesitz, exh. cat., Berlin, 1998; Kren, T., and S. McKendrick, eds., Illuminating the Renaissance. The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe, exh. cat., London/Los Angeles, 2003; Pächt, O., The Master of Mary of Burgundy, London, 1948.

A second rare and important work to be featured at TEFAF is a Book of Hours (use of Paris) dating from 1410 and the Workshop of the Luçon Master (Paris active c1405-1415).

In Latin and French, this illuminated manuscript is on parchment, complete, and bound in old red velvet. It measures 171 x 130 mm.

Hindman says, “The Luçon Master, a Parisian illuminator of the ‘Golden age of French illumination,’ is known for his elegant sinuous figures and subtle tonalities.  He was active in the generation just before and contemporary with the Boucicaut Master and was first christened by Millard Meiss in 1956 after the cycle of miniatures that illustrates a Missal-Pontifical commissioned by Étienne Loypeau, Bishop of Luçon, later belonging to Jean, Duke de Berry (c. 1405-1407; Paris, BnF, MS lat. 8886).”

“It was written about in Meiss, Millard, French Painting in the Time of Jean de Berry: The Limbourgs and Their Contemporaries, 2 vols., New York, Braziller, 1974, pp. 351-352, 393-397; Meiss, Millard, “The Exhibition of French Manuscripts of the XIII-XVIth-Centuries at the Bibliothèque Nationale,” Art Bulletin 38 (1956), pp. 187-196.”

Sandra Hindman founded Les Enluminures gallery in Paris 20 years ago and has seen it become among the top ranked sources for the most significant Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts and art entering the market.

Les  Enluminures is expanding and adding a New York gallery at 23 East 73 Street in May, 2012. Its Paris gallery is opposite the Louvre at Le Louvre des Antiquaires and Dr. Hindman maintains an office in Chicago where she twice headed the Art History department at Northwestern University during her academic career.  She has written 10 books on the subject and publishes comprehensive catalogues on the four specialties of her business, which include Medieval and Renaissance Illuminations, Manuscripts, Finger Rings and Stained Glass.

Les Enluminures clients range from major museums, libraries and universities to important private collectors.  The gallery is a featured exhibitor at the world’s most prestigious antiques and art fairs in New York, Paris, Maastricht, London, San Francisco and Florence. It has pioneered the use of 21st century technology for this genre, incorporating video ‘tours,’ and a ‘turn the page’ feature for viewing manuscripts on its web site and embracing social media platforms.

IF YOU GO
Galerie LES ENLUMINURES
at TEFAF MAASTRICHT Stand  #274
March 16 - 25
daily 11-7 Sunday 11-6
 
and at Le Louvre des Antiquaires,
2 Place du Palais-Royal,
75001 Paris (France)
Tel: +33 1 42 60 15 58
info@lesenluminures.com
www.lesenluminures.com

51st Stuttgart Antiquarian Book Fair 27th to 29th January 2012

A very attractive and high-class offer by 80 exhibitors from Germany, France, Italy, Great Britain, the USA, Austria, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Hungary: The 51st Stuttgart Antiquarian Book Fair - organized by the German Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association (VDA) and officially supported by the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) - will be held on the last weekend of January, in the elegant rooms of the Württemberg Art Museum, opposite to the Palace, next to the Palace Garden and directly in the city centre of Stuttgart. Alberto Govi from Modena, Adam Bosze from Budapest, Alessandro Meda Riquier from London, and also several young colleagues like Dr. Dasa Pahor, Winfried Kuhn, Elvira Tasbach, das Rote Antiquariat and Rainer Schlicht are among the newcomers to the fair this year. They will be contributing to the diversity of the Stuttgart Antiquarian Book Fair with prestigious manuscripts, unique autographs, beautiful prints, magnificent bindings and rare masterpieces from more than 500 years of book art and printing.

Beauty for the eye and the intellect
From the masters of medieval book illumination to avant-garde, Galileo Galilei next to Marcel Proust, Thomas Bernhard and James Bond, Maria Sibylla Merian's colourful flower studies, woodcuts of classical modernism and the meditative art of ukyioe-e besides modern minimalism, incunabula, artist books, autographs, manuscripts, first editions. Middle Ages and modernity, science and aesthetics, beauty for the eye and the intellect: The fascination of collecting lies in the manifold subjects, and therein lies the charm of the 51st Stuttgart Antiquarian Book Fair.

Some highlights:
A sumptous Bolognese bible for Carmelites, written shortly after 1300 and illuminated by Jacopino da Reggio with richly coloured borders in full column height, medaillions and initials can be admired in Heribert Tenschert’s showcase. The Biblia Latina is a prime example of Bolognese book illumination which influenced Italian book decoration, and, via Prague, that of large parts of northern Europe (850,000 €).

Napoleon’s copy of McPherson's "Ossian", printed in Paris in 1777 and bound in morocco with the arms of Napoleon, is offered by Fons Blavus (150,000 €). On all journeys and campaigns the Emperor carried this book with him and he used to read from it to his entourage.

Milestones in medicine. In his "Canterbury Tales", Geoffrey Chaucer names him as one of three authorities of medicine: Bernard de Gordon's "Lilium medicinae" in a southern French parchment manuscript from the hand of the Master Peter Rastellus from 1332 is one of the earliest textual evidence of this important work (Inlibris 185,000 €).

Two Arab manuscripts, describing human diseases from head to toe is offered by Giuseppe Solmi (7,500 € and 2,500 €). And the London bookseller Meda Riquier will be showing Andreas Vesalius' “De humani corporis fabrica libri septem", printed 1555 in Basel, with over 200 woodcuts, one of the largest and most important books in the field of early anatomy (59,000 €).

-Witchcraft!
Exact science? Superstition? Witchcraft? The highlights of the Antiquariat Löcker move in this border area with the rare first edition of an important handbook on witchcraft, written by a monk of the Milanese Ambrosian Order, Francesco Maria Guazzo in1608. (6,000 €), and the so-called "Vinculum Salomonis", scrolls with magical diagrams and symbols, seals and figures, drawn in different coloured ink and gold (5.600 €).

The exact sciences are represented by Wagner's "Pharmaceutisches-medicinische Botanik" (Schumann 35,000 €), Knorr's "Deliciae naturae selectae" (Neidhardt 26,000 €) or Esper’s famous treatise on butterflies (Junk 18,000 €). Gerhard Gruber, who has recently published a catalogue “Von Vitruv bis Navier” on the history of architecture, will be bringing the important “De urbibus, arcibus, casstelisque condensis” by Albrecht Dürer, printed in 1535. And the Libreria Editrice Goriziana will be showing Piranesi’s magnificient “Veduti di Roma” (44,000 €).

Baroque beauty
At the Stuttgart Fair 2012, several exceptional bindings will be shown: a "Communion-Buch", published in 1757, in a lavish silver binding decorated with floral motifs is offered by Neidhardt (6,900 €). Löcker shows tiny baroque book art: one of the few surviving miniature bibles (ca. 5,4 x 4,2 cm) with 263 copper plates in a wonderful contemporary, painted vellum binding. (5,400 €).

Dogs on sleds
Avant-garde and surrealism is one of the focal points of this year’s fair. The “Carte Surrealiste” - with dogs on sleds and other surrealistic miracles - is offered by Eckert & Kaun (2,200 €), Linke will be showing “Au 125 du boulevard Saint-Germain” with an original etching by Max Ernst (20,000 € ) and also the avantgarde magazine RAY of which its title says that it is “the most beautiful / the most expensive magazine in the world” (9,800 €).

Herbert Blank presents Vergil's "Eclogen", marvellously illustrated by Aristide Maillol (24,000 €), while Braecklein offers one of the classics of German literature in the very rare first edition: Grimmelshausen's "Simplicissimus" from the year 1683-1684 (32,000 €).

Dogs pulling sleds is a less artistic - and more realistic - view on travel and exploration. This year, Brockhaus / Antiquarium has focused on Polar travel, offering, among other polar items, Wally Herbert’s portfolio “Opposite Poles”, which was published in only 40 numbered copies containing 20 signed lithographs by the explorer (4,000 €). Warmer weather could be expected in the regions described by de Bry’s famous “Collectiones Peregrinationum in Indiam Occidentalem”. This Renaissance masterwork, rarely found complete, is showcased by Patzer & Trenkle (90,000 €). Only 20 years later Amatis’ “Relation Und gründtlicher Bericht von deß Königreichs Voxu in Japonischen Keyserthumb” was published, one of the very view and very rare early travel accounts from Japan which had been closed to foreign visitors for many years (Reiss & Sohn 12,000 €). Forum takes up the Eastern motif with Carl Ludwig Blume's "Collection of orchidées les plus Remarquables de l'Archipel India et du Japon" with over 70 hand-colored plates of Asian orchids (17,500 €).

Omai's handwriting
Omai, a young man from the island Ra'iatea was the first Pacific Islander to visit Europe. In August 1773 he went aboard the HMS Adventure in Huahine, Tahiti, a ship accompying James Cook on his second Pacific voyage. In Europe, "Prince" Omai was introduced into society, meeting the British Royal Family. He returned to his island in 1776, during Cook’s third voyage. Probably the only existing document that contains a sample of Omai’s handwriting can be admired at Ralf Eigl’ stand (75,000 €). Also on display at Eigl are the magnificent plates for Adalbert Berg’s "Preussische Expedition nach Ost-Asien” (59,000 €) and the very important first English edition of Urey Lisianskys "Voyage round the World" 37,000 €). Mercator’s monumental atlas in the 1606 Hondius edition is one of the many highlights of Libreria Alberto Govi (55,000 €).

"A qualified return to the gold standard would be practicable for most
countries"
This is not a headline from the Wall Street Journal or the “Spiegel” but a quote from a letter by John Maynard Keynes to the American journalist William Hillman (Kotte 5,000 €). A few years earlier, Karl Marx wrote on a similar, and similarly topical subject: "Tooke. A history of prices from 1839-1847". This manuscript contains the sum of his critique of political economy (Kotte 68,000 €). Author Johannes von Guenther’s guest book is a mirror of the avant-garde society of the 1920ies and 1930ies. His friends including Michael Kuzmin, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Alexander Block, Serge and Serge Sudeikin Tretiakow immortalized themselves in this decorative item presented by VDA President Eberhard Koestler (12,000 €).

Book Fair Catalogue
As every year, there is a printed catalogue, in which each exhibitor shows a few of his highlights to whet the collector’s appetite. The catalogue can be ordered in printed form or it can be browsed in the Internet.

The Beauty of Books - Artists Books
Round panel discussion with Akka von Lucius (collector of artists’ books), Annette Kulenkampff (director of Hatje & Cantz Publishers) and Simone Schimpf (director of the Stuttgart Art Museum) Wednesday, January 18th, 2012, at the Literaturhaus / Stuttgart

A Private Collector Opens His Library - Thomas Mann - Dedication Copies
For more than thirty years Achim Hall has been collecting signed copies, autograph letters and dedication copies by Thomas Mann and his family. On the occasion of the 51st Stuttgart Antiquarian Book Fair he opens his library and presents the most prestigious items of his collection in an exhibition during the Fair, accompanied by a richly illustrated catalogue which documents the remarkable collection and tells the stories of the persons and historical events behind the dedication copies.

Exhibition at the Württemberger Kunstverein (Art Museum), during the book fair hours

Catalogue (German)
Ein Privatsammler stellt seine Bibliothek vor. Achim Hall.
Auf fliegendem Vorsatz. Widmungen von Thomas Mann. Verband Deutscher Antiquare e.V. 2012. Ca.
112 pp. 40 Illustrations. ISBN 978-9812223-7-1 (20 €)

Vernissage and lecture
The Saturday evening is dedicated to Thomas Mann and his dedication copies with a lecture by Dr. Dirk Heißerer and the official presentation of the exhibition and the catalogue.

51st Stuttgart Antiquarian Book Fair
27th - 29th January 2012
Württembergischer Kunstverein (Schloßplatz 2)

Opening hours
Friday 11 am - 7.30 pm, Saturday and Sunday 11 am - 6 pm

Contact
Verband Deutscher Antiquare e.V.
Seeblick 1
D-56435 Elbingen
GERMANY
Phone +49 6435 909147
munsch@antiquare.de

For more detailed information please visit the completely re-designed official website
>>> www.stuttgarter-antiquariatsmesse.de

The dates for The 55th London International Antiquarian Book Fair have been announced and for the first time, the fair will take place in May (Thursday May 24, Friday May 25 & Saturday May 26, 2012).

Organised by the ABA (the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association), the Fair will move to a new location - the larger National Hall at Olympia (London W14) with all stands on one level. This move follows on from the success of the 2011 Fair, which saw more stand space sold than ever before and it became evident that the Fair had finally out-grown Olympia 2.

The Fair has a new Chairman - Brian Lake of Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers (Great Russell Street, London). He commented: “Applications to exhibit at the World's Premier Book Fair are already flooding in from booksellers around the globe and this is an early indicator that 2012 will be a truly international fair. Among new exhibitors are dealers from Sweden, France and Germany but also one bookseller from Australia, Richard Neylon. There has also been a good take-up of Graphics stands as for the first time in many years we don’t clash with Map Fair.”

“We are very pleased about the new location, which will make the 2012 the biggest and best yet; more exhibitors, more books, maps, prints, ephemera & manuscripts in a bigger and better hall providing more space on stands, wider aisles, with ample space to sit and relax in three different cafés. We are delighted that the ABA's partner will be the National Trust, which will be promoting the many important libraries, containing over 2 million books, under its management.”

A detailed and searchable list of exhibitors at the 2012 Fair will be uploaded mid-January.

Full details of opening hours, location, and travel to Olympia can be found on
www.olympiabookfair.com

Tickets to the Fair are free if you register in advance, or may be purchased on the door for £10 each, £15 for two.

For more information and images, please email: books@exclamationpr.co.uk

Rachel Aked 07790 732448 /Silke Lohmann 07932 618754

Boston, MA - Marvin Getman of Impact Events Group, Lexington, MA. announced the acquisition of the popular Boston Book, Print and Ephemera Show from Bernice Bornstein of Bornstein shows, Peabody MA. Getman also produces the Book, Paper, and Photo Expo held in May in suburban Boston which is sponsored by Massachusetts and Rhode Island Antiquarian Booksellers (MARIAB).
  
Bernice started the Boston Book, Print and Ephemera show 15 years ago as a satellite show to the fall Boston ABAA International Book Fair. Originally produced in a garage next door to the Hynes Auditorium, Bornstein grew the show and moved it to the Radisson Hotel and then to the Park Plaza Castle. This show has become a staple in the Boston Book Market and is very popular among the participants of the annual ABAA Book show, many of whom travel to Boston from all over the country.
  
"Bernice provided a very valuable service to the Antiquarian book community and I was delighted and honored when she approached me about purchasing this well established show." stated Getman. "I look forward to building upon the solid base that Bernice has built."

Getman, having produced many shows in the Boston area over the past 30 years, found a fabulous new venue for the show after learning that the Castle was not available for 2012.  The Back Bay Events Center, also known as The Dorothy Quincy Suite at John Hancock Hall, will be the new home for the show. Getman asserted, "The new home is a gem of a find. In addition to being a quarter mile closer to the Hynes, it was recently renovated and has space for 70 dealers, great lighting, carpeting, and discounted parking."   

Getman, known for his marketing skills, says that he will concentrate his efforts in building the attendance for the show. "This show already has a built-in audience especially in the morning before the ABAA show opens. I am developing a marketing plan to keep the attendance strong all day long, and I've been in touch with several large companies in the vicinity who have agreed to distribute tickets to their employees. Exhibitors consistently tell me that they like my shows for their organization and for the large crowds I attract. I intend to do the same for this show."
 
Contracts for the new Boston Book, Print and Ephemera Show will be available this spring. Last year's dealers will automatically be sent a contract. Other dealers wishing to receive a contract for the 2012 show should contact Getman at mgetman@bostonbookshow.com or call him at 781-862-4039. In 2012 the show will be held November 17 from 8am - 4pm.

More information can be found on the website www.bostonbookshow.com
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EAST HANOVER, NJ - DECEMBER 2 & 3, 2011: Garry Austin of Austin’s Antiquarian Books & Tina Bruno of Flamingo Eventz, LLC have reached an agreement for Flamingo to assume management and operation of this very popular and long-running show. Now in its 20th year, this has become one of the important Metro NY/NJ shows under Mr. Austin’s guidance.

Both parties emphasize that there will be no disruptions in operation of the show as a result of this arrangement - booth assignments will be retained and Mr. Austin will remain as an exhibitor and consultant at the show. Ms. Bruno emphasized that all the familiar and expected Flamingo features will be added, such as enhanced advertising, social media contacts, reduced youth admission fees, and Book, Paper & Antique Appraisals by John Bruno and guest appraisers on Sunday from 1-3pm at $5/item.

At the 20th Annual New Jersey Book & Ephemera Fair you'll find collectible books, autographs, maps, prints, photographs, postcards, magazines, advertising, and more! It’s all happening Friday, December 2 5-9pm and Saturday, December 3, 2011, 10am-4pm at The Ramada Hotel & Conference Center on Rt 10 in East Hanover, NJ Exhibitors from throughout the Northeast will be offering an exciting array of printed text, images, specialists displaying children's books, fine & decorative arts, modern literature, local history, Americana, technology, science, music, social reforms & labor history, religion, and so much more!

Exhibitors include: Austin's Antiquarian Books, Wilmington, VT; Bartleby's Books, Washington, DC; Better Book Getter, New York, NY; Bill Hutchison, Mendenhall, PA; Brian Cassidy, Bookseller, Takoma Park, MD; Brooklyn Books, Brooklyn, NY; Butternut Valley Books, Gilbertsville, NY; Charles Lloyd Rare Books, Howell, NJ; Colophon Books, Layton, NJ; Dubois Rare Books, New York, NY; Edward N. Bomsey Autographs, Annandale, VA; First Place Books, Walkersville, MD; Gary White - Bookseller, Montrose, NY; James Arsenault & Company, Arrowsic, ME; Jeff Bergman Books, Fort Lee, NJ; Kings Arms Rare Books, Williamsburg, VA; Melrose Books & Art, Melrose, MA; Mori Books, Milford, NH; Mosher Books, Ephrata, PA; Nicholas Riccio Rare Books & Prints, Florham, NJ; Old Book Shop, Morristown, NJ; Peter Luke Old & Rare Books, New Baltimore, NY; Shelter Island Antiques & Art, Shelter Island, NY; Stan Gorski - Books, Doylestown, PA; The Archive, Lansdale, PA; The Card Shark, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, NJ; The John Bale Book Company, Waterbury, CT; The Zussman Collection, Brigantine, and NJ; Thomas R. Farley, West Orange, NJ. These and many other other fine Exhibitors will be found at this exceptional show.

Date: December 2 & 3, 2011.
Location: The Ramada Inn & Conference Center, 130 Rt. 10 W, East Hanover, NJ 07936.
Hours: Friday 5-9pm / Saturday: 10am-4pm.
Admission: Adults: $6, Youths 12-21: $3, under 12: free w/paid Adult.
Directions: Check our website, FlamingoEventz.com, for full details, merchandise samples, discount coupons and easily downloaded maps.
Miscellaneous: Appraisals Saturday 1-3pm, $5/Item. Restaurant on-site. Plenty of Free Parking.

Background: Flamingo Eventz, LLC presents the finest, most innovative, and respected Book & Ephemera Fairs, Formal Antiques Shows, and Antiques Appraisal Events in the Northeast. They have over 25 years experience as antique dealers and over 17 years experience as professional event promoters. They are members of the Antiques & Collectibles National Association, and John Bruno is an antiques appraiser and television personality who appears on numerous shows discussing and appraising antiques.

Editors: For further information, photographs, descriptions, or dealer biographies, please contact: TINA or JOHN BRUNO at FLAMINGO EVENTZ, LLC.
Office: 603.509.2639 / E-Mail: FlamingoEventz@metrocast.net / Web: FlamingoEventz.com

PASADENA, Calif. -- From February 10 - 12, 2012, Southern California will become the rare book capital of the world as thousands of book lovers, U.S. and international dealers and scholars converge for the 45th California International Antiquarian Book Fair at the Pasadena Convention Center.  Recognized as one of the world's largest and most prestigious exhibitions of antiquarian books, the Book Fair gives visitors the opportunity to see, learn about and purchase the finest in rare and valuable books, manuscripts, autographs, graphics, prints, maps, photographs and more.

Featuring the collections and rare treasures of more than 200 booksellers from the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), the Book Fair will feature volumes from five centuries of printing, as well as original manuscripts that predate Gutenberg.  Books will cover every imaginable area of interest -- from the history of travel and exploration, early science and medicine to classic literature, modern first editions, children's and illustrated books, and the arts. Items range in price from a few dollars to more than six figures.

"It's impossible to walk through the aisles of the Book Fair without being wowed by the visual beauty and cultural significance of the volumes on display," said Michael R. Thompson, Book Fair Chair of the Southern California Chapter of the ABAA, which organizes the event.  "First time visitors are amazed that they can browse, touch and even go home with items that they imagine could only be found in a museum or special collections library."

The Book Fair will feature a special exhibit entitled "A Love Affair with Books: Personal Stories of Noted Collectors."  This colorful, wide-ranging exhibit examines the avid pursuits of rare book collectors past and present-- from legendary library builders to Southern California book lovers like actress Sarah Michelle Gellar. The Book Fair also includes seminars on the basics of collecting as well as various themed topics.  Sunday, February 12 is Discovery Day, which gives attendees the opportunity to present up to three items to experts for free examination.
 
Book Fair hours are Friday, February 10 from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday, February 11 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday, February 12 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Pasadena Convention Center, located at 300 East Green Street, Pasadena, CA.    Tickets on Friday, February 10 are $25 and provide three-day admission.  Proceeds from Friday tickets will benefit the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Tickets purchased on Saturday or Sunday are $15 and include return entry throughout the remainder of the Book Fair.

For more information, visit www.labookfair.com or call 800-454-6401. Connect with the Book Fair at http://twitter.com/labookfair or http://www.facebook.com/LABookFair.

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PASADENA, Calif. -- From February 10 - 12, 2012, Southern California will become the rare book capital of the world as thousands of book lovers, U.S. and international dealers and scholars converge for the 45th California International Antiquarian Book Fair at the Pasadena Convention Center. Recognized as one of the world's largest and most prestigious exhibitions of antiquarian books, the Book Fair gives visitors the opportunity to see, learn about and purchase the finest in rare and valuable books, manuscripts, autographs, graphics, prints, maps, photographs and more.

Featuring the collections and rare treasures of more than 200 booksellers from the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), the Book Fair will feature volumes from five centuries of printing, as well as original manuscripts that predate Gutenberg. Books will cover every imaginable area of interest -- from the history of travel and exploration, early science and medicine to classic literature, modern first editions, children's and illustrated books, and the arts. Items range in price from a few dollars to more than six figures.

"It's impossible to walk through the aisles of the Book Fair without being wowed by the visual beauty and cultural significance of the volumes on display," said Michael R. Thompson, Book Fair Chair of the Southern California Chapter of the ABAA, which organizes the event. "First time visitors are amazed that they can browse, touch and even go home with items that they imagine could only be found in a museum or special collections library."

The Book Fair includes seminars on the basics of collecting as well as various themed topics. Sunday, February 12 is Discovery Day, which gives attendees the opportunity to present up to three items to experts for free examination.

Book Fair hours are Friday, February 10 from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday, February 11 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday, February 12 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Pasadena Convention Center, located at 300 East Green Street, Pasadena, CA. Tickets on Friday, February 10 are $25 and provide three-day admission. Proceeds from Friday tickets will benefit the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Tickets purchased on Saturday or Sunday are $15 and include return entry throughout the remainder of the Book Fair.

For more information, visit www.labookfair.com or call 800-454-6401. Connect with the Book Fair at http://twitter.com/labookfair or http://www.facebook.com/LABookFair.

BOSTON, MA -Imagine a place where the best printed works are not downloadable, but available to touch and view in their original forms—that place is the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair.  The annual fall gathering for booklovers, returns to the Hynes Convention Center in Boston’s beautiful Back Bay, November 11-13, 2011, offering an engaging cross-section of the best printed works from around the world.  More than 120 dealers will be in attendance, featuring fine and rare books, manuscripts, maps, prints and modern first editions.  Participants come United States, England, Germany, Canada, France, Hungary, The Netherlands, and for the first time Argentina.

Seminars and events punctuate the weekend, including the Ticknor Society Roundtable on Saturday, a panel discussion of collectors talking about their collections; and free appraisals on Sunday where patrons can bring in their own books for expert evaluation.  More events will be announced, and folks can visit www.bostonbookfair.com for up to the minute details.

Friday, November 11 5:00-9:00pm Tickets: $15.00 - Opening Night (tickets valid throughout the weekend)

Saturday, November 12 12:00-7:00pm Tickets: $8.00 each day

Sunday, November 13 12:00-5:00pm Tickets: $8.00 each day

Haynes Convention Center

900 Boylston Street

Boston, MA
www.mccahome.com

The Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair is sponsored by the New England Chapter of the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America. A portion of the ticket sales proceeds will benefit the Boston Pubic Library and the American Antiquarian Society. Tickets will be sold online at www.bostonbookfair.com and at the show’s box office during show hours. Additional information, including a list of exhibitors, can be found at www.bostonbookfair.com.

The Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair is produced by Commonwealth Promotion, Inc

Cowan, TN - May 16, 2011 -- Cowan is the only small town in America with a national book fair. There are a number of major antiquarian book fairs held in the United States every year. These annual fairs are typically weekend events held in large cities such as St. Petersburg, Washington D. C., Akron, Albuquerque, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Seattle, Denver, and San Francisco. The 2011 Tennessee Antiquarian Book Fair will be held July 16 and 17 at Monterey Station in Cowan. Over fifty booksellers from more than 12 states are expected to participate in this year’s fair. Virginia, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, and Florida are just some of the states represented by participating booksellers. More than a thousand book collectors and bookworms from all over North America are expected to attend the event.

The fair will include lectures by authors and scholars on many different topics of interest to collectors and book lovers in general. The keynote speaker will be bestselling author Nicholas Basbanes. Mr. Basbanes is best known for his book A Gentle Madness in which he relates stories about book collectors from antiquity to the 1980’s. Children’s literacy, the War Between the States in Tennessee, and book collecting 101 are just some of the other scheduled lectures.

Cowan is located just an hour's drive northwest of Chattanooga. It was established in the early 1850's as a station for the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad. The town is best known for its railroad depot museum and the nearby 2200-ft long, hand-drilled tunnel. It is the unique venue that makes this national event possible. The building now known as Monterey Station was built in the 1920’s and was originally used as a shoe factory and a yarn mill. With over 20,000 sq ft, it is one of the largest indoor event complexes in southeastern Middle Tennessee. The low operating costs and its location make it very attractive to booksellers and bookworms alike. Atlanta, Birmingham, Chattanooga, Huntsville, Knoxville, and Nashville are all less than 3 hours by car.

The fair will include a variety of collectable and rare books, autographed documents, and other ephemera. Bibliophiles will discover modern first editions of mystery, science fiction, and literature. Collectable books and documents concerning the War Between the States, the American Revolution, and both World Wars will be available. Dealers specializing in children’s literature, art, religion, fine bindings, and books about books will also be exhibiting at the fair. Book prices will range from $10 to $20,000, so there are sure to be interesting books for the leisure reader as well as the most avid collector. For highlights of the 2010 fair see: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jcznd5hxu8

The fair will be open 10 AM to 6 PM on Saturday and 11 AM to 5 PM on Sunday. Admission is $5 for adults and free to those under 18. The price covers both days and includes attendance at all the lectures as well as admission to the fair. Seating in the lecture hall is limited and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

www.tennaba.org

For Immediate Release:
Contact: Tom McGee
TN Antiquarian Booksellers’ Assn.
Tel. 931/636-5752
Cell Phone: 615/330-3812
Email: tom@tennaba.org
www.tennaba.org

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Turn off your cell phone, forget texting and put down your I-pad. Spend the day leafing through pages, savoring original illustrations and reuniting with old printed friends when the Boston Book & Paper Exposition and Sale debuts May 7 at the Shriner’s Auditorium in Wilmington, Mass.

Sponsored by the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Antiquarian Booksellers and produced by Marvin Getman, this special event puts a new spin on the delights of book and paper collecting.  Seminars, talks, exhibits and show content is all designed to appeal to an inquisitive audience that is fast turning to the comfort of ink and paper in the age of the Kindle.

Here is an opportunity to embark on a literary adventure through the world of old books, prints, photographs, historical documents, autographs, maps and postcards which will provide enjoyment not only for a few short hours, but for years to come.  With over seventy top sellers from throughout the Northeast and as far away as Tasmania participating, the shopping will be seductive.  Show goers will be drawn to booths that are like mini bookstores and antique shops, to browse and enjoy.  Plus, it’s an opportunity to buy these historical works and bestsellers of the past in their original state, before they become electronic memories.

“It is becoming increasingly important to reach out to a younger, electronically savvy audience that doesn’t want to lose its cultural foundation,” says Getman, founder of the highly regarded series of New England Antiques Shows.  “Collectors today are just as likely to be the young family, the twenty-something business professionals and pop culture stars as they are college professors, librarians and teachers who are trying to reinvigorate the classics for a generation raised on the internet.”

The upcoming Book & Paper Exposition & Sale makes history come alive for this new collector, leaping off the page with images and words which endure and inspire.  A highlight of the show is the unique collection of Civil War cartes-de-visite compiled by Greg French of Jamaica Plain, Ma.   His exhibit, “Women of the Civil War:  Female Soldiers, Vivandieres, a Doctor, A Nurse and a Spy,” consisting of 14 of these early photographic “visiting cards,” challenges conventional thinking about the roles of women in war-time.

Five special talks also contribute to the fascinating historical content of the show.  John Hench of Shrewsbury, a former curator from the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, throws new light on the role American books, magazines and newspapers played during World War II.  He began collecting World War II Armed Services editions some time ago,  which eventually led to his writing of a book on the subject “Books As Weapons:  Propaganda, Publishing and the Battle for Global Markets.”  John will display his collection, present a talk and sign copies of his book at the show.

Deborah Child brings the dangerous and illicit world of the counterfeiter to life in her special talk, “Bad Counterfeit versus Good Counterfeit:  Lyman Parks and his Funny Money.    Parks, one of the most accomplished counterfeiters of all time, produced “funny” banknotes in the nineteenth century, which fooled the experts, but led to his serving prison time.  Michael Russem of Kat Ran Press tells how fifteen top designers have elevated the seemingly modest postage stamp to a work of graphic art.  His talk “Postage Stamps by Top Designers,” looks at the design of over 200 stamps - perfect for stamp lovers and collectors.

A fan of Ancestry.com?   Show goers won’t want to miss meeting and enjoying a talk by Maureen Taylor, the nation’s foremost historical photo detective.  Ms. Taylor can date a family photograph by studying the details -everything from hairstyles and fashion to the size and shape of a car’s headlamps—and can solve photographic mysteries for her clients.  Come here what Ms. Taylor has to say about your own photographs by signing up for a private consultation. A regular contributor to Family Tree Magazine, Ms. Taylor will address a recent project - her search for images from the American Revolution—in her talk, “The Last Muster:  Images of the Revolutionary War Generation consultation.

Elaine Koretsky, the director of the International Paper Museum & Research Institute of Paper History and Technology in Brookline has made 38 field expeditions, spanning a quarter of a century, exploring hand paper-making in 43 countries.  Enjoy an exhibit from her collection of decorated handmade papers and a talk on the early origins of paper in China.

The experience of leafing through the pages of a vintage book brings back memories in a way that cannot be duplicated by the Internet.  Look for modern first editions of beloved novels such as Hemingway’s Farewell to Arms, Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep, Ann Rand’s Atlas Shrugged and such childhood favorites as Huckleberry Finn, Dr. Seuss’ Cat In the Hat and National Velvet at this event.

The Boston Book & Paper Exposition & Sale will also carry wonderful old cookbooks that bring back the pleasures of hearth and home as surely as a home-cooked meal.  Rabelais Books understands the pull of nostalgia as well as the pleasure of the senses.  Their collection of rare and out-of-print cookbooks appeals not only to those who long for the joys of home cooking, but those who relish haute cuisine.  

Scientific books, old postcards, valentines, snapshots, arcade photos, broadsides, and pop-up books such as those that Boston book artist Laura Davidson creates from wood, paper, metals and old photographs, are among the special finds at this event.  Laura’s Fenway Park pop-up book brings to life that beloved stadium as surely as a Yankees Red Socks blow out.

Want to know how much your favorite old book or paper item is worth?  Between the hours of 2-4pm, show goers are invited to bring up to three items to the show.  Ken Gloss of the Brattle Book Shop and other experts will be on hand to offer an estimate of value.   Want to know more about your own old family photographs?  Sign up for a private consultation with Maureen Taylor, the “Photo Detective.”  

Show hours are Saturday May 7, 10-5pm, admission is $7 for adults.  Free admission for students with a college ID or anyone 17 and under.  The Shriner’s auditorium is located at 99 Fordham Road in Wilmington, MA. Just fifteen minutes outside of Boston.  Visit www.bookandpaperexpo.com or contact Marvin Getman at 781-862-4039 or info@bookandpaperexpo.com, for more information.    Follow the show on Facebook and Twitter.
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PARIS - For more than half a century the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair has attracted thousands of book collectors and connoisseurs to see important acquisitions presented by as many as 200 of the world’s most renowned dealers in rare and collectible books and manuscripts.
 
This year is no exception as LES ENLUMINURES (www.lesenluminures.com) gallery of Paris and Chicago is bringing a richly illuminated Book of Hours by Guillaume II Le Roy of Lyon that owner Sandra Hindman says is “one of the most unusual works of the genre.”
 
“Visitors to the fair, which takes place April 8 - 10 at the Park Avenue Armory at 67th Street in New York, will be impressed with this handsome and brightly colored Book of Hours created by a celebrated miniaturist of the Royal circle who was either the son or nephew of the first printer established in Lyons.”
 
In Latin, this important Book of Hours (Use of Rome) was made in Lyons, France between 1495 and 1510. The richly illuminated manuscript on parchment features 11 full page, 28 small and 1 half page miniature is bound in old red velvet.
 
“This Book of Hours was created by Guillaume II Le Roy, who was also known as Guillaume the Younger and was one of the most sought-after Lyonnais artists, with numerous commissions from the courts of King Louis XII and Francis I,” Dr. Hindman says.
 
“I always look forward to bringing interesting new acquisitions to this perennial New York book event, where I see many long time clients,” Hindman adds.
 
The New York International Antiquarian Book Fair is sanctioned by the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers and exhibitors must be members of the League of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America.
 
Les Enluminures is well known for offering exceptional examples of Medieval and Renaissance miniatures, manuscripts, stained glass and finger rings at both its Paris gallery and at fairs in New York, Paris, Maastricht, San Francisco and London.
 
Sandra Hindman founded Les Enluminures gallery in Paris 20 years ago at Le Louvre des Antiquaires, opposite The Louvre, and has seen it become among the top ranked sources for the most significant manuscripts and art entering the market. Dr. Hindman is Professor Emerita at Northwestern University, where she twice headed the Art History Department.
 
Hindman divides her time between her Paris gallery and her offices in Chicago and has written many books and catalogues on the subject.
 
IF YOU GO
 
Galerie LES ENLUMINURES
Booth B12
NEW YORK INTERNATONAL ANTIQUARIAN BOOK FAIR
April 8 - 10
Park Avenue Armory at 67 Street
 
Preview April 7 from 5 - 9
Friday April 8 Noon - 8
Saturday April 9 Noon - 7
Sunday April 10 Noon - 5
 
and at Le Louvre des Antiquaires,
2 Place du Palais-Royal,
75001 Paris (France)
Tel: +33 1 42 60 15 58
info@lesenluminures.com
www.lesenluminures.com
 
 

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., April 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Seth Kaller, Inc. and University Archives, two leading dealers in American historic documents, are pleased to announce The Unique Abraham Lincoln. This collection of iconic Lincoln documents is being shown for the first time and offered for sale at the New York Antiquarian Book Fair, April 7-10, 2011. The collection includes:

    •    A unique leaf from Lincoln's homemade Sum Book—the frontier boy's earliest surviving manuscript. Here, Lincoln teaches himself the rules of compound interest;
    •    Two unique pages from Lincoln's final draft of his last State of the Union message, written less than five months before his assassination;
    •    The Lincoln Family copy of his inaugural addresses, messages to Congress, Emancipation Proclamation, and other key Lincoln documents.

These historic documents, along with several additional Lincoln items, are being offered for $1,650,000.

Seth Kaller has handled the manuscript of Lincoln's House Divided speech, signed copies of the Emancipation Proclamation, and many other exceptional documents. "Lincoln's writing has long been the most sought after of any president," Kaller states, "and iconic Lincoln items are especially coveted." Despite the financial crisis, new auction records were set for Lincoln documents in each of the last three years. Kaller says that his current collection "is the most important Lincoln group I have ever had the privilege of offering at one time."

The Unique Abraham Lincoln will be on display at the Seth Kaller, Inc. booth (E-8) at the New York Antiquarian Book Fair. The fair starts with a preview party on Thursday, April 7 from 6 to 9 p.m. and then runs from Friday, April 8 through Sunday, April 10. For ticket prices and more details visit http://www.sanfordsmith.com/.

Details on the collection:

Lincoln's Earliest Surviving Manuscript

Written by Lincoln as a teenager, his Sum Book is a powerful testament to the roots of the future president's greatness: tenacious drive, unremitting enterprise, and a limitless thirst for knowledge. Lincoln's handwritten "Compound Interest" calculations cover both sides of the tattered leaf offered here.

"We don't usually think about Lincoln's financial side," Kaller points out. "But these compound interest exercises taught him a fundamental principal of investment. This was critical to Lincoln's later success in confronting the economic complexities of the Civil War."

Life in frontier Indiana was primitive and public education virtually nonexistent when young Abe created the Sum Book to teach himself math and finance in 1824-1826. His stepmother, Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln, later recalled that when paper was unavailable, Lincoln would write his calculations on a board. When that became too black, "he would shave it off with a drawing knife and go on again." Lincoln eventually put together his Sum Book from paper obtained by cousin Dennis Hanks. It was preserved by Sarah and discovered after the war by William Herndon, his biographer and former law partner. The Library of Congress considers its leaf a rare and significant "American Treasure."

Of the eleven known Lincoln Sum Book leaves (paper with writing on both sides), nine are now in museum and library collections. A tenth, in private hands, is not expected to ever return to the market. Our leaf, which hasn't been offered since 1953, is likely to be the last opportunity for a collector to acquire any document from Lincoln's youth.
 
Lincoln's Last State of the Union Address

These two pages capture the heart of Lincoln's December 6, 1864 Annual Message to Congress—that the Union will win the war and America will emerge a stronger nation. Lincoln was assassinated less than five months later, just short of seeing his vision realized.
Only a portion of Lincoln's autograph manuscript is believed to have been saved by the printer. Just one other complete page (at Brown University) and five fragmented pages (most in institutions) are known to survive. The two pages offered here descended in the family of William Dole, Lincoln's commissioner of Indian Affairs, before being separated in the 1940s - 1950s. They are now reunited after more than half a century.

"The text of Lincoln's message is readily available," Kaller notes, "but these original manuscripts do more than just convey the text. In Lincoln's cutting and pasting a paragraph he had written earlier, we see him taking an idea and using it where it would have the greatest effect. This captures Lincoln holding these pages, in the act of creation."

Lincoln's Presidential Addresses and Proclamations—Passed Down in His Family

This unique book contains the preliminary and final Emancipation Proclamations, and Lincoln's inaugural addresses and annual messages to Congress, including his 1864 State of the Union address, as well as other key presidential documents.

These messages were gathered together and specially bound after Lincoln's second inauguration. Did the president give them directly to his son? It's certainly plausible. The book is signed by Robert Todd Lincoln, who identifies the contents as "All Messages & Inaug. Addresses 'Letters & Proclamations.'" It was handed down through the Lincoln family, until the 1980s, to the last direct descendant, Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith.

Several of the printings contained in this book are rare first editions; bound together they are unique. Only one similar book has been identified: a copy owned by Lincoln secretary John Hay, now in the John Hay Library at Brown University. But the Lincoln family copy contains four titles the Hay copy lacks: the 1863 and 1864 annual messages, the "Arrangements" for the second inauguration, and the second inaugural address ("With malice toward none; with charity for all…"), one of the most valuable and sought-after Lincoln imprints.

See additional information about Seth Kaller and John Reznikoff of University Archives.

SOURCE Seth Kaller, Inc.

OLD GREENWICH, CT - March 18/19/20, 2011: The Ephemera Society of America and Flamingo Eventz, LLC are pleased to announce that Ephemera 31 - the thirty-first annual Ephemera Society of America International Paper Fair and Conference - will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Old Greenwich, CT on March 18/19/20. Treat yourself to a special weekend of conferences, presentations & the finest Ephemera Fair in America! Come learn, talk with collectors and dealers in all the worlds of vintage paper; historical papers to funky rock posters, it's all here. As an added bonus, all attendees will be offered exceptional room rates at the Hyatt. Interested parties should contact the hotel directly for room information at 203-637-1234 and be sure to ask for Discount Code “Ephemera Society”; space is limited so call as soon as possible.

Undeniably the finest Ephemera Fair in North America, this year we are especially proud to welcome the National Valentines Collectors Association (NVCA) and the Poster Stamp Collector Club (PSCC). Both groups will have dealers participating in the fair and will present exhibits, information tables, and a dinner show & tell on Friday evening. Presented fields include historical documents, advertising, prints, posters, photography, books, autographs, maps, documents, World’s Fair, Civil War, comics, puzzles, political, postcards, trade cards, view cards, sheet music, TV & movie memorabilia, games, puzzles, and much, much more. The Ephemera Society of America completes this fabulous International Fair with fascinating exhibits, conferences, appraisals, conservation workshops, discussion groups, and a gala “Fun Raiser” auction Saturday evening. While Society membership is not necessary to attend the fair, participation in the conferences, workshops, discussions, and the auction does require membership. Interested parties may join the Ephemera Society at the fair or through their website: www.ephemerasociety.org. Membership is a mere $50/person and you will be eligible for early admission Saturday morning along with all the other fascinating events of this fabulous weekend.

The fair will feature Internationally prominent vintage ephemera and rare book exhibitors from across the United States, Canada, England, and Europe, presenting an incredible array of vintage ephemera, books and works on paper! Selected exhibitors include Agatherin', West Sand Lake, NY; Aiglatson, Framingham, MA; American Historical Collection, Plantsville, CT; Antipodean Books, Garrison, NY; Austin's Antiquarian Books, Wilmington, VT; Bartleby's Books, Washington, DC; Blaine A. Hill Antiques, Harriman, NY; Bradbury Poster Stamps, Worcester, MA; Britanna Enterprises, Orleans, MA; Bruce Shyer, Oakland, CA; CJG Enterprises, Northport, NY; Cardtique, Stillwater, MN; Caren Archive, Lincolndale, NY; Cartophillians, Cheshire, CT; Castle Halloween, Benwood, WV; Certain Books, Westhampton, NY; Class Menagerie, Bolton Landing, NY; Connecticut Cinderellas, West Hartford, CT; Curtis Lindner, Redding, CT; Dan Miranda, Brookline, MA; David Pollack Vintage Posters, Sherman, CT; Dennis Holzman Antiques, Albany, NY; Dramatis Personae Booksellers, Sheffield, MA; Eclectibles, Tolland, CT; Elizabeth Baird Ephemera, Falmouth, ME; Eureka! Antiques, Evanston, IL; Eveleigh Books and Stamps, Dover, MA; Evie Eysenburg, Cold Spring, NY; Fine Books & Paper Treasures, New Boston, NH; Franklin Gilliam Rare Books, Charlottesville, VA; Gary White - Bookseller, Montrose, NY; Gilann Books, Darien, CT; Goose River Exchange, Lincolnville Beach, ME; Honey & Joseph Freedman, Merion Station, PA; Ian Brabner, Bookseller, Wilmington, DE; Island Antiques & Art Gallery, Shelter Island, NY; James Arsenault & Company, Arrowsic, ME; Joe Maynard, Brooklyn, NY; John Grammer Ephemera, Montgomery, NY; Kaplan & Kopelson Books, New York, NY; Kay Associates, Brooklyn, NY; Kit Barry Ephemera, Brattleboro, VT; Leon Jackson Antiques, Gloucester, MA; Leonard Stamps, Rockville, MD; Marc Chabot Fine Arts, Southbury, CT; Mary L. Martin, Ltd, Perryville, MD; NCC Antiques, Dover, NH; Oxbow Books, Newbury, VT; Paper Americana, Pittsford, NY; Patricia Reilly, Brooklyn, NY; Paul J. Brzozowski, Fairfield, CT; Peter Luke Old & Rare Books, New Baltimore, NY; Quadrille, London, England; R. Dana Sheaff & Company, Scottsdale, AZ; Rare Book & Print Gallery, Elmira, Ontario; Resser-Thorner Antiques, Manchester, NH; Robinson Murray III, Bookseller, Melrose, MA; Rockland Bookman, Orchard Park, NY; Savoy Books, Lanesboro, MA; Stephen & Carol Resnick, Cazenovia, NY; Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Short Hills, NJ; Tamerlane Books, Haverstown, PA; Ten Pound Island, Gloucester, MA; The John Bale Book Company, Waterbury, CT; The Old Pacrats, Newark, DE; Three Sisters Antiques, New Suffolk, NY; University Archives, Westport, CT; Valley Americana, Pepperell, MA; Vintage Charmings, Paris, France; and Willis Monie, Cooperstown, NY.

Conferences include: A Child's View: 19th-Century Paper Theaters by Eric Bernard, The Ephemera of Magic by Robert A. Olson, Pleasures of London by Valerie Jackson-Harris, "Parker's Seal of Cleanliness:" A Look at the Parker Shows Carnival Midway by Barbara Fahs Charles, P. T. Barnum - The Man, The Myth, The Legend by Kathy Maher, The Magic Lantern: 200 years in the Limelight of Popular Culture by Dick Balzer, The Playbill, from Greece and Rome to Broadway by Don B. Wilmeth, American Theatrical Photographs, 1860-1930 by Michael A. Morrison, Collectors Roundtable: A View of My Collection by Art Groten, Steve Miller, Diane Olin, Nancy Rosin, Tamar Zimmerman, and The Other 362 Days: Ephemera Enthusiasts and Social Networking by Lauren Sodano.

There will be a meeting of the Poster Stamp Collectors Club Saturday afternoon at 4pm. Poster Stamps are stamps that were issued from 1895 to 1930 as way to promote special events, exhibits, products, and patriotic symbols. There will be a special display room highlighting these interesting stamps and the fair portion of the weekend will feature several dealers that specialize in poster stamps for your collecting and learning pleasure. Contact ArtGroton@optonline.net with any Poster Stamp questions.

The National Valentine Collectors Association will also be in attendance with a display case of beautiful valentines of all periods as well as dealers at the fair with valentines for sale. If you are interested in participation in a show and tell or group dinner Friday evening, please contact NancyRosin@aol.com with any Valentine’s questions.

There will be a Collectors Roundtable discussion by 5 inveterate ephemera collectors discussing their collections of poster stamps, valentines, toys, games, and the imagery of Shakers on Sunday morning at 9am.

Conservation Workshops will be announced at the fair, and Collector’s Forum discussions will pop up spontaneously throughout the long weekend. The highlight of the weekend is the Saturday night gala fun-raiser auction - all proceeds of which directly benefit the Society.

For complete dealer or customer information contact Flamingo Eventz at 603-509-2639, e-mail them at FlamingoEventz@metrocast.net, or visit www.FlamingoEventz.com.

Conference Hours: Friday, March 18: 9am-4pm/Sunday March 20: 9-11am.
Fair Hours: Saturday, March 19: 10am-5pm/Sunday March 21: 11am-4pm.
Appraisals: Saturday/Sunday, March 19/20: 12:30-2pm Daily, $5/item.
Auction: Saturday, March 19. Silent bids may be made from 8am-6pm with the final auction at 6:30pm
Admission: Adults: $12, Youths 12-21: $6, Under 12: free w/paid Adult, plenty of free parking.
Directions: The Hyatt Regency Hotel located at 1800 East Putnam Avenue (Rt. 1), Old Greenwich, CT. Take I-95 to Exit 5 in Connecticut. Turn right at the end of the ramp onto East Putnam Ave (Rt. 1). Follow to the third traffic light and turn right into the hotel entrance.
Miscellaneous: Refreshments will be available at the fair and a four-star restaurant is on-site at the Hotel.

Background: Flamingo Eventz, LLC presents the finest, most innovative, respected, and successful Book Fairs, Ephemera Shows, and Antiques Shows on the East Coast. The Brunos have over 25 years experience as antique dealers and over 20 years experience as professional antiques show promoters. They are members of the national Professional Show Managers Association (PSMA), and John Bruno is an antiques appraiser and television personality who has appeared on and hosted numerous national television & radio shows discussing antiques.

Editors: For further information, photographs, descriptions, or dealer biographies, please contact:
TINA or JOHN BRUNO at FLAMINGO EVENTZ, LLC.
Phone/Fax: 603.509.2639 / E-Mail: FlamingoEventz@metrocast.net
Web: www.FlamingoEventz.com / www.EphemeraSociety.org.

February 7, 2011 -- National Book Festival to be Two-Day Event, Sept. 24-25

The 11th annual National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, will become a two-day event this year. The festival will be held on the National Mall between 9th and 14th Streets on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and on Sunday, Sept. 25 from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., rain or shine. The event is free and open to the public.

Several festival-related events will take place in the weeks preceding the beloved yearly festival, which celebrates the joys of books and reading. More information will be posted as planning for the festival continues at the festival’s website, www.loc.gov/bookfest.

"Fans of the National Book Festival have urged us to make it a weekend-long event for many years," said Librarian of Congress James H. Billington.

"Last September, during our wonderful 10th-anniversary celebration, we crossed the threshold of a million festival-goers over the life of the festival - and we look forward to welcoming millions more festival-goers of all ages for many years to come," Billington said. Some 150,000 book fans attended the festival of 2010.

The 2011 National Book Festival will feature award-winning authors, poets and illustrators in several pavilions dedicated to categories of literature. Festival-goers can meet and hear firsthand from their favorite authors, get books signed, have photos taken with mascots and storybook characters and participate in a variety of learning activities.

The Pavilion of the States will represent reading- and library-promotion programs and literary events in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. trusts and territories.

The popular Let’s Read America Pavilion will offer reading activities that are fun for the whole family. The Library of Congress Pavilion will showcase the cultural treasures to be found in the Library’s vast online collections and offer information about popular Library programs.

The 2011 National Book Festival will be made possible through the support of David Rubenstein, co-chairman of the National Book Festival Board and many other generous supporters.

The Library of Congress, the nation’s oldest federal cultural institution, is the world’s preeminent reservoir of knowledge, providing unparalleled collections and integrated resources to Congress and the American people. Many of the Library’s rich resources and treasures may be accessed through the Library’s website, www.loc.gov, and via interactive exhibitions on myLOC.gov.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Thousands of book lovers, buyers, browsers and sellers will come together when the 44th California International Antiquarian Book Fair returns to San Francisco Friday, February 11, through Sunday, February 13, 2011 at the Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco.  

    Featuring the collections and rare treasures of more than 200 booksellers from the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), the world's largest rare book fair is a bibliophile's delight, featuring a rich selection of books, manuscripts, maps and other printed materials, including incunabula, literature from all centuries and nationalities, fine bindings, children's and illustrated books, ephemera, and antiquarian books of all kinds, such as law, architecture, cookery, science, history and more subject areas than one can conceivably imagine.

   In addition to book-related lectures and seminars, the Fair will have a special focus on music this year, including a stunning exhibit of rare musical books and manuscripts dating back as far as the 1300’s from the Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library of the University of California at Berkeley and a lecture on collecting early music and musical autographs entitled “The Abduction from the Scenario" by Donald W. Krummel, one of the world’s authorities on the subject and professor emeritus at the University of Illinois.

   On Saturday, February 12 from 4pm to 6pm, the Book Fair will host a Benefit Reception for the San Francisco Early Music Society and the 2012 Berkeley Music Festival. The reception, hosted by SFEMS Board of Directors and John Shepard (Head Librarian of the Hargrove Music Library) will include a private viewing of the special exhibit of rare musical books and manuscripts from the Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library, wine and hors d’oeuvres, as well as early music provided by noted early musicians of SFEMS. Benefit Reception tickets are $50 and include admission to the fair throughout the weekend and reserved seating for the Donald W. Krummel lecture. Proceeds from the Reception will enable SFEMS to continue and strengthen programs in education, performance, and outreach and to continue to provide early music performances and education in the Bay Area.

   On Sunday, February 13 fairgoers can sit in on special lectures and seminars ranging from What is this Book Worth?, Book Collecting 101 and Discovery Day where exhibitors will offer interested individuals an opportunity to receive free appraisals on up to three books.

   Whether browsing or buying, avid book lovers and collectors will find many treasures at the Book Fair. Rare books experts and avid collectors will give intriguing topical seminars. Bookbinders, calligraphers, printers and conservators will demonstrate their arts.  Additionally, representatives from San Francisco area book arts groups will be on-hand to meet like-minded rare books aficionados.


Tickets and Information

    The 44th California International Antiquarian Book Fair will be held at the Concourse Exhibition Center (635 8th Street in San Francisco) from 3 p.m. - 8 p.m. on Friday, February 11; 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. on Saturday, February 12; and 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. on Sunday, February 13.

   Tickets for the 44th California International Antiquarian Book Fair are $15 on Friday, and $10 on Saturday and Sunday, valid for re-entry all weekend.  Tickets will be available at the door. Tickets to the SFEMS Benefit Reception on Saturday February 12 from 4 to 6 p.m. are $50 and include admission to the fair throughout the weekend and special seating at the 3pm lecture on Saturday. SFEMS Benefit tickets are available online at www.sfbookfair.com <http://www.sfbookfair.com> or by calling (415) 551-5190.

   For more information about the 44th California International Antiquarian Book Fair, please visit the website at www.sfbookfair.com <http://www.sfbookfair.com> or the ABAA website at www.abaa.org; <http://www.abba.org;> or call (415) 962-2500, (800) 454-6401.
         

CONTACT:
Denise Lamott
(415) 381-8793
Denise@DeniseLamottPR.com

WHEN:           
Friday, February 11, 2011, 3 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Saturday, February 12, 2011, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Sunday, February 13, 2011, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
 
Special Events and Discussions at the Fair

Saturday, February 12 at 1pm Topic to be determined. A discussion by Adrian Johns, professor in the Department of History and chair of the Committee on Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science at the University of Chicago. He is the author of Piracy: The Intellectual Property Wars from Gutenberg to Gates, the award-winning The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making, and Death of a Pirate: British Radio and the Making of the Information Age.
                       
Saturday, February 12 at 3pm
“The Abduction from the Scenario", a special lecture on collecting early music and musical autographs, by Donald W. Krummel,

Saturday, February 12 from 4pm to 6pm
Benefit Reception for the San Francisco Early Music Society and the 2012 Berkeley Music Festival.

Sunday, February 13 at 12pm          
Seminar: Book Collecting 101

Sunday, February 13 at 12:45 pm
Seminar: What’s This Book Worth?

Noted rare booksellers will provide a speed course on the essentials you need to know to start collecting. This seminar will provide the following overview on getting started in rare book collecting:
    • What makes a book rare? Edition, condition, availability/rarity, etc.
    • The different areas of collecting
    • Internet as a research tool for shopping
    • How to care for your books
 
Sunday, February 13 at 1:30 pm:           
Seminar: Discovery Day
Discovery Day is open to the public, free with paid admission. Exhibitors will offer interested individuals an opportunity to receive free appraisals on up to three books.
 
WHERE:           
Concourse Exhibition Center
635 8th Street, San Francisco (Entrances at 7th and 8th Streets)
 
Gala Benefit Reception located in the Special Exhibits area of the Fair
 
WHO:           
Sponsored by the Northern California Chapter of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America
 
Featuring over 200 rare book dealers from the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America <http://ABAA.org> and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers <http://ilab.org> .

TICKETS:           
$15 for a three-day ticket, including Opening Day
$10- for Saturday or Sunday
Available at the door, valid for re-entry all weekend

$50 for SFEMS Benefit (includes Book Fair admission and special seating at Donald Krummel lecture)

EVENT INFO:
Hotline: (415) 962-2500
Toll Free: (800) 454-6401
Websites: www.sfbookfair.com
 
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Baltimore, Md. (September 20, 2010) — The 30th Annual Baltimore Summer Antiques Show attracted tens of thousands of knowledgeable collectors and respected dealers from around the world who traveled from as far as Dubai, Brussels and Beijing to purchase from the extensive array of merchandise offered by more than 500 prominent exhibitors, many of which are the world’s foremost experts in their respective fields. Produced by the Palm Beach Show Group, the Baltimore Summer Antiques Show is the largest indoor antiques show in the country and includes a 70-dealer antiquarian book fair.

“This year’s show was absolutely phenomenal - a blockbuster,” said Joseph Belperio of Shimazu. “We saw educated clientele, a tremendous gate and heard a lot of positive feedback. This is a great show for dealers.”

“The Baltimore show was well organized, and despite the economy, well attended,” said Matt Kendall of The Kendall Collection. “I have come to expect an upscale setting, ready assistance and qualified leads from the Palm Beach Show Group - and they did not disappoint.”

Martin Chasin of Martin Chasin Fine Arts also commented, “There was a really wonderful mix of dealers at the show and the best clients that I’ve ever had came through this year.”

Not only was retail business booming at the 30th Annual Show, but trade business was thriving as well. Jim Alterman of Jim’s of Lambertville purchased an entire booth of important sculpture, including two Auguste Rodin pieces, “Suzon” and “Tete de Muse Tragique,” an Emile Gauguin sculpture, “Marquisian Man,” and an extremely rare Leo Laporte-Blairsy Art Nouveau lamp, “Les Paons,” that was first exhibited at the 1901 Societe des Artistes Francais.

“I will absolutely be returning next year,” adds Michael Pashby of Michael Pashby Antiques. “The show exceeded my expectations by far and I made some very good sales.”

Significant sales were reported throughout the show’s four-day run, September 2 - 5 at the Baltimore Convention Center, including an extremely rare ancient Chinese gold vessel with turquoise and garnet inlay from around the 3rd century AD sold by TK Asian Antiquities. The vessel is from the Royal workshop and had an asking price of $1.3 million.

“The selection, quality and attendance gets better every year,” said Michael Teller of TK Asian Antiquities. “The average buying point was higher than last year and I met new clients from London. The Palm Beach Show Group provides dealers with a little extra care that you don’t see at many other shows.”

Camilla Dietz Bergeron Ltd. had a successful show, selling a pair of Van Cleef & Arpels diamond and platinum earrings circa 1965, an Art Deco Raymond Yard platinum and diamond bracelet, and a pair of David Webb enamel earrings from the 70s, amongst other sales.

John Orban Antiques and Fine Art sold a very rare and important pair of George III terrestrial and celestial globes by John and William Cary of London circa 1839 and 1818, each measuring 15” in diameter, with an asking price of $85,000.
 
Sales made by M.S. Rau Antiques include a piece of Paul Revere silver, three paintings, an 8.9 carat emerald cut diamond ring, a 19th century French surgeons kit, several Russian pieces and a giant carriage clock.

“Best crowds ever,” said Bill Rau of M.S. Rau Antiques.

In addition to exploring the more than 200,000 items on display on the show floor, guests also enjoyed the show’s free, public lecture series. The well-attended lectures featured engaging talks by industry experts such as Grant Walker, education specialist at the United States Naval Academy Museum and Robert Mintz, associate curator of Asian art at The Walters Art Museum. Also presenting lectures were exhibiting dealers, including Janet Drucker of Drucker Antiques; Robert Lloyd of Robert Lloyd, Inc.; Timothy Stevenson of Carlson & Stevenson Antiques and Art; Jacqueline Smelkinson and Marcia Moylan of Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room; and John Forster of Barometer Fair.

Additional sales highlights from the 30th Annual Baltimore Summer Antiques Show include:

·       Drucker Antiques sold the first sugar muffineer ever made by Georg Jensen (no. 1).  The unique, hand-hammered sterling silver muffineer has a beautiful poppy motif raised from the inside.
 
·       David Brooker Fine Art sold 14 paintings all to new clients, a majority of which were marine paintings.

·       TK Asian Antiquities sold an extremely rare 10th century imperial yellow robe decorated with colorful birds.
 
·       Asiantiques sold a six-panel screen, gold leaf, ink on paper, Hogen Tan'Yu seal, Kano School, from the late 18th to early 19th century.

·       Robert Lloyd sold a large pair of sterling silver candlesticks made in London in 1764 with the maker’s mark, ‘NH.’
 
·       TOJ Gallery sold a bulbous, hand-painted Boch Freres Keramis vase painted by Leon Delfant, circa 1930, and a lidded floor vessel, measuring 22" high with an approximate circumference of 70”, which is a stunning example of the large-scale work done by Donna Craven. The vessel is coiled, hand-excised with applied decorations and strap handles, and then wood fired and salt glazed.

·       Reichner Antiques sold a Wedgwood Victoria Wear bowl gilded in bronze circa 1900.

·       Spencer Marks sold a very important sterling silver Art Nouveau coffee and tea set by Orivit, a significant German metalware firm that only made silver for a few years between 1901 and 1904. There is an identical example of the service in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.

·       Russack & Loto Books, LLC sold an unusual early 20th century design book for French hotel interiors that had great photographic images.

·       Carlson & Stevenson Antiques and Art sold an album done in 1877 in Rome showing illuminated manuscript skills and forms, and a set of five late 19th/early 20th century carved wooden puppets. In addition, they received interest from an academic institution in some of their 19th century hand-done copy books.

·       Robert Milberg Antiques sold an Art Deco Austrian painting circa 1920 and a very good antique Turkish Oriental rug circa 1870.

·       Kevin T. Ransom Bookseller sold a signed first edition Robert Frost book, entitled “In the Clearing.”
 
·       Steve Newman sold a total of 30 sculptures, including works by Emile Gauguin, Auguste Rodin, Leo Laporte-Blairsy, Jose de Creeft, Max Kalish, Joseph Konzal, Vincent Glinsky and Cleo Hartwig.
 
·       Berry & Co. sold a multitude of silver pieces, including a Turkish-style Gorham sterling silver coffee pot.

·       Larry Dalton sold a mini sterling silver carriage clock circa 1890 in its original leather traveling case.
 
·       Zane Moss Antiques sold many pieces, including a burled walnut pedestal desk circa 1860, a mahogany canterbury circa 1860, a leather-topped tufted walnut stool circa 1880, a Staffordshire pair of sheep circa 1860, a black forest coat rack with antler hooks and a dog head carving circa 1900, a pair of brass lamps circa 1880 and an Edwardian inkwell circa 1890.
 
·       Jay Chatellier Fine Art sold a Robert Edge Pine painting, titled “Portrait of Mary Nevett,” circa 1785.

·       Stevens Antiques sold two good sets of bronze andiron.

·       Martin Chasin Fine Arts sold a sterling silver hand-engraved teapot, London, circa 1799, by Solomon Hougham. It is ovoid in shape with a carved finial and ebony handle. Also sold, was a beautiful pair of sterling silver serving dishes made in Sheffield, England in 1838. They are oval in shape with a cast and applied border in a swirling foliateb design. The hand-engraved dishes are lobed and clearly hallmarked.
 
“This show has energy,” said New York City dealer Leah YM, who attended the show throughout the weekend. “There are certain shows that you can’t rock and roll in, but you can here - you can rock and roll from a hundred dollars to a million dollars.”

The 31st Annual Baltimore Summer Antiques Show will return to the Baltimore Convention Center August 25 - 28, 2011, and will feature more than 500 top dealers of antiques, jewelry and fine art. Tickets are $12 each and are good for all four show days. For more information about the Baltimore Summer Antiques Show, please contact Chrissy Lambert, director of public relations, at 561.822.5440 or chrissy@palmbeachshow.com, or visit www.baltimoresummerantiques.com.
 
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Bologna, Italy - World Capital of the Book - 39th ILAB Congress and 23rd International Antiquarian Book Fair from 20th to 26th September, 2010, in Bologna (Italy)

There are thousands of booksellers in the internet - fewer than 2000 are of a high enough standard to be ILAB dealers. Knowledge, expertise, many years of experience, and a high quality stock of rare books are essential to be an ILAB bookseller. The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers unites the world’s leading experts from 33 countries and 23 national associations under one roof - a global network of the rare book trade in the 21st century.

From 20th to 26th September more than 200 ILAB affiliates from all over Europe, the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan and China meet in Bologna (Italy) for their 39th Congress; more than 125 expert dealers show the best of the trade at the 23rd International Antiquarian Book Fair held at the beautiful Palazzo di Re Enzo (Bologna), among them Alberto Govi, L’Arengario and Libreria Antiquaria Pregliasco (Italy), Librairie Chamonal, Librairie Monsieur Le Prince and Librairie Thomas-Scheler (France), Peter Harrington, Bernard Shapero and Sims Reed(Great Britain), Librería Anticuaria Comellas (Spain), Buddenbrooks and Martayan Lan (USA), Antiquariaat Junk and A. Gerits & Son (Netherlands), August Laube (Switzerland), Norbert Donhofer (Austria), and F. Neidhardt (Germany).

A heaven for bibliophiles - the exquisite offers of the ILAB dealers represent the widest range of collectors’ interests: Rare incunabula like Dante’s "La Commedia“ (Venice 1491) or Colonna’s “Hypnerotomachia polihili” (Venice 1499) can be found in the showcases next to a spectacular autograph collection that depicts the history of the Italian Famiglia Farneses in letters, manuscripts and historical documents dated 1539 to 1729. Precious bindings attract the collectors together with beautifully illustrated books like Gallesio’s “Pomona Italiana” (Pisa 1817) or Fossati’s “Raccolta di varie Favole” (Venice 1744), modern art and illustrated books or a magnificent Buddhist painted manuscript from Burma.

The Italian Antiquarian Booksellers' Association (ALAI) and its President Umberto Pregliasco are proud to unite the most important rare book dealers, collectors and experts from all over the world to a week full of cultural highlights. For one week Bologna - home of the world’s oldest university - becomes the world’s capital of the book with its magnificent historic sites and bibliophile treasures, with visits to all the important libraries and collections of the Emilia Romagna region (Bologna, Ravenna, Cesena, Modena, Parma, Ferrara), with concerts and lectures, with a Rare Book Film Festival at the prestigious Cineteca di Bologna, a football match “Italy vs Rest of the (ILAB) World” and an International Antiquarian Book Fair integrated in the Artelibro Festival - Italy’s famous Art Book Festival which takes place for the 7th time and at the same time as the ILAB Congress and Fair.

Special highlight, Umberto Eco: The ILAB Congress and the opening of the International Antiquarian Book Fair will be celebrated with a Lectio magistralis “The Vertigo of the List” by Umberto Eco on Friday evening at the Aula Magna di Santa Lucia (Bologna).

ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography: At the Gala Dinner on Saturday evening the 15th ILAB Breslauer Prize will be officially awarded to Lotte Hellinga and Jan Storm van Leeuwen for their outstanding works on bibliophily. It is one of the most prestigious prizes worldwide.

Rare Book Film Festival: “When booksellers and libraries play a leading role on the screen”: 84 Charing Cross Road, The Ninth Gate and others. On the occasion of the ILAB International Antiquarian Book Fair and the Artelibro Festival the Bologna Bibliofilm Library presents a “bibliofilm” with famous scenes in which rare books, booksellers and libraries are the protagonists.

23rd International Antiquarian Book Fair - Palazzo di Re Enzo, Bologna, September, 24th to 26th, 2010, open Friday: 10.30 am to 7 pm, Saturday and Sunday: 10 am to 7 pm. The Book Fair Catalogue is available online together with an exhibitors’ list and a floor plan:

http://www.artelibro.it/gli-espositori/espositori/

More information on www.ilab.org // www.alai.it // www.ilabprize.org

c/o NECKER, CHRIST, GREGORC & de CANDOLLE, Notaires - Rue Toepffer 5 - Case postale 499
CH- 1211 GENEVE 12 - SUISSE
www.ILAB.org
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New Fair to be Hosted by Christie's in Frieze Week

Christie’s is delighted to announce Multiplied - an exciting new fair in the field of contemporary art. The fair will be held during the week of the Frieze Art Fair, 15-18th October, providing a platform to promote emerging talent in two and three-dimensional contemporary editions. Christie’s has invited over thirty of the most exciting galleries to showcase a selection of the most challenging, cutting-edge work being produced today. Exhibiting a wide range of publishers under one roof, Christie’s aim to help them promote their businesses and the artistic talent that they support.

The idea for the fair came about when Richard Lloyd, International Head of Christie’s Print department, attended the Editions and Artist's Book Fair in New York last winter: “I was inspired to stage something similar in London and help to create a buzz and a platform for the very best in contemporary publishing. Everyone benefits from a vibrant arts scene, and giving galleries an opportunity to promote themselves and their artists is our way of putting something back”. He added that Christie's are not taking any percentage of the sales; stands are very competitively priced and entry to the fair is free. “Since the October Contemporary art sale moved to Christie's King Street, there was space in South Kensington during one of the most important weeks in the calendar. It was just too good to miss.”

Contemporary publishers and gallerists representing established artists such as Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin will exhibit alongside many as yet unknown and emerging talents, providing collectors with a unique opportunity to discover a work by 'the next big thing' and perhaps make a lucrative investment at the same time.

Nic McElhatton, Chairman of Christie’s South Kensington is very excited about the fair, commenting, “Following the major refurbishment of our South Kensington salerooms in 2007 we now have an exceptional exhibition space within this cultural hub of the City. This enhancement has not only enabled us to present a much improved service to our clients through our core business as auctioneers but also to participate in and stage other exciting projects. The Multiplied Contemporary Editions Fair in October will use this space to provide a platform for artists and their publishers in this very important week for the art market.”

Exhibtion Dates:        

Friday 15 October:         9.00am - 5.00pm
Saturday 16 October:     11.00am - 5.00pm
Sunday 17 October:       11.00am - 5.00pm
Monday 18 October:      9.00am - 7.30pm

Leonie Ashfield

Tel +44 20 7752 3121

lashfield@christies.com

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Last week’s 2010 New York Antiquarian Book Fair marked the 50th anniversary of what has grown to be the most important book fair in the world.  Sponsored by the ABAA, the event brought together two hundred book dealers from all over the world to set up shop for the weekend in the Park Avenue Armory. 

“The best book fair in the world.” - Andy Rooney, CBS “60 Minutes”

OLD GREENWICH, CT - March 19/20/21, 2010: The Ephemera Society of America and Flamingo Eventz, LLC are pleased to announce that Ephemera 30 - the 30th annual Ephemera Society of America International Paper Fair and Conference - will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Old Greenwich, CT on March 19/20/21, 2010. “The response to this event grows more and more enthusiastic” according to the Society’s president, Gigi Barnhill. “The Society has been growing in members and the fair has been growing in size and features for the past several years,” she said. Tina Bruno of Flamingo Eventz said, “We have a full roster of Exhibitors, including a number of new participants from Europe. The Hyatt has always been a popular venue and, since the move back, we have no trouble filling the ample ballroom and adjacent gallery and are now collecting a waiting list”. This is a world-class fair designed to provide Ephemera enthusiasts an exceptional collecting and educational opportunity.

Massachusetts & Rhode Island Antiquarian Booksellers had a busy & productive finish to 2009:

In September, we held our quarterly meeting at the Phillips Library of the Peabody Essex Museum. Ann C. Pingree Director Sidney E. Berger offered a lively show & tell of some library treasures. After lunch, members toured the museum.

The Winter Antiques Show announces that Historic New England, the oldest, largest, and most comprehensive regional heritage organization in the nation, will display fine, decorative and applied arts from its 36 historically and architecturally significant properties in the featured loan exhibition at this year’s Show from January 22 -31, 2010 at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City. Colonial to Modern: A Century of Collecting at Historic New England, which celebrates Historic New England’s centennial, showcases some of the finest items from its collection of more than 110,000 objects. The exhibition is sponsored by Chubb Personal Insurance, which has sponsored the loan exhibition for 14 consecutive years.