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Booksellers Worldwide
Joie de Livre or "I’m looking for surprises"
18 Jun 2025
In May of this year, New York bookseller Heather O'Donnell of Honey & Wax was interviewed by The New York Review of Books, for a "glimpse into the…
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Posters Paris 2025
Book Fairs
From Illuminated Manuscripts to Avant-Garde and Modern Book Art: The Paris Salon du Livre Rare opens tomorrow
11 Jun 2025
The posters are all over town! Open from 13 to 15 June 2025, the Salon du Livre Rare & des Arts Graphiques will attract once again book lovers from…
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The 2025 ILAB Presidents Meeting in Melbourne – A Celebration of Rare Books Down Under
09 Jun 2025
This year's ILAB Presidents’ Meeting, the annual gathering of ILAB's member associations, takes the ILAB Committee and presidents of ILAB's national…
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David Ruggles Prize
Collecting
ILAB proudly supports the David Ruggles Prize - encouraging and supporting young book collectors of colour
03 Jun 2025
ILAB is delighted to announce a donation and its support of the David Ruggles Prize, an annual award established to encourage and support young book…
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Association
Binding the book trade together: how associations work to protect and promote dealers - Part 3 of 3
30 May 2025
And here the final extract of this larger interview, featured in the recently published "Books, Maps & Print Supplement 2025" of the Antiques Trade…
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Association
Binding the book trade together: how associations work to protect and promote dealers - Part 2 of 3
28 May 2025
"...more young collectors, and greater diversity overall": The recently published "Books, Maps & Print Supplement 2025" of the Antiques Trade Gazette…
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Books Maps and Prints ATG 2025
Association
Binding the book trade together: how associations work to protect and promote dealers - Part 1 of 3
26 May 2025
The recently published "Books, Maps & Print Supplement 2025" of the Antiques Trade Gazette spoke to representatives of ILAB and two of its member…
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Association
New Board Elected at ALAI, the Associazione Librai Antiquari d'Italia
23 May 2025
The Associazione Librai Antiquari d'Italia (ALAI), the national association of antiquarian booksellers in Italy, has announced the election of its…
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Education
Apply now! ILAB and SLAM offer scholarship to French bookseller seminar / Inscrivez-vous dès maintenant ! La LILA et le SLAM offrent une bourse pour participer à un séminaire sur le commerce des livres rares
20 May 2025
ILAB and the Syndicat National de la Librairie Ancienne et Moderne (SLAM) are pleased to offer a scholarship to an early-career bookseller to attend…
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Book Fairs
Firsts London 2025: Chelsea in Bloom - Books in Bloom!
07 May 2025
Just days before the famous Chelsea Flower Show bursts into bloom nearby, over 100 ILAB booksellers from around the globe will gather at London's…
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Bernard Shapero
Booksellers Worldwide
The Antiquarian Booksellers Association in the UK welcomes Bernard Shapero as new President
22 Apr 2025
In April 2025, ABA members voted for Bernard Shapero to represent the association as their new President for the next two years.
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International Trade
Save the date! 30th July 2025 - The ILAB Symposium comes to Melbourne
17 Apr 2025
Following the successful symposia in New York (2019), Oxford (2022) and Paris (2024), ILAB invites rare booksellers, librarians, collectors, and…
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