News Archive
08/18/2017
Featured Items: What ABAA Members are Taking to Brooklyn
Preview some of the items ABAA members will be exhibiting at the upcoming Brooklyn Antiquarian Book Fair.
08/09/2017
In Memoriam: Jack Hanrahan
Jack Hanrahan, a member of the ABAA since 1971, passed away in Wells, ME, aged 85.
08/03/2017
In Memoriam: Edwin V. Glaser
Members of the book trade remember Ed Glaser, former-president of the ABAA, who died recently aged 88.
07/25/2017
Reading: Solitary or Social?
18th-century hipsters in England were so into reading aloud that they formed clubs and wrote guidebooks to becoming better readers. A new book explores the social life of books...
07/24/2017
The Hitchhiker's Guide to Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams may be best remembered for his humorous saga The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, a “trilogy” of five books which sold over 15 million copies during the author’s lifetime, but he was much more than a simple humorist...
07/16/2017
Biggest Book Fairs of the Year
The ABAA co-sponsors the largest annual book fairs of the season, in Boston, California, and New York. Learn about these three cornerstones of the book collector's year.
06/29/2017
An Introduction to Virginia Woolf
There have been many authors over the past century who have been considered forerunners in the art of the Modern Novel, but perhaps none more so than Virginia Woolf.
06/12/2017
Books of Wonder to Open New Store
Famed children's bookstore Books of Wonder is to open a second location this summer!
