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International Trade
90 Years of NVvA - A Celebration of Bookselling, Scholarship and Collaboration in The Netherlands
20 Oct 2025
On 3 September at 8:00 p.m., it was exactly 90 years since the Nederlandsche Vereeniging van Antiquaren (NVvA) - the Dutch association of…
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Book Fairs
Italy prepares for its annual fair in Milan and publishes 2025 edition of the Italian Rare Book Review
16 Oct 2025
Milan is not only a global capital of fashion and design, but also one of Europe’s earliest and most influential printing cities. Printing arrived…
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Security
The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist
13 Oct 2025
On 7th October 2025, the UK Guardian published a detailed and well-researched article following months of investigation into the series of thefts of…
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Education
"Shhh... I’m Cataloguing a New Chapter"
08 Oct 2025
An eventful week of the York Antiquarian Book Seminar (YABS) lies behind students and the faculty, followed by the York Book Fair, and a waiting…
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Book Fairs
Books, music and our youngest book lovers and collectors
06 Oct 2025
Congratulations to the organisers of the Amsterdam International Rare Book, Print & Map Fair for once again engaging the next generation of book…
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Education
ALAI and ILAB support the Summer School for Antiquarian Books at the Ugo da Como Foundation
02 Oct 2025
From 23 - 26 September 2025, the Fondazione Ugo Da Como in Lonato del Garda hosted the Luigi Nocivelli Summer School on “Il libro a stampa del XV…
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International Trade
"A large part of the bookseller’s job is seeing something significant in a book which others had missed, ..."
30 Sep 2025
"...and this seems likely to remain the case for many years to come. " ILAB President Angus O'Neill looks at the trade in the current edition of the…
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Libraries
ILAB at the CERL Summer Security School
25 Sep 2025
This September, ILAB was represented at the 8th CERL Collection Security Summer School, hosted by Trinity College Dublin and the National Library of…
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Collecting
Celebrating Young Collectors: Winners of the 2025 David Ruggles Prize Announced
11 Sep 2025
ILAB is delighted to share the announcement of the winners of the fourth annual David Ruggles Prize, an international award established to support…
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Education
"I believe all new booksellers should have such a resource"
08 Sep 2025
We are introducing Liam McGahern, who joined the ILAB Committee in October 2024 and has just taken on the role of Education Coordinator, mainly…
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Libraries
New Energy for Library Collaboration: Welcoming Emma Walshe
04 Sep 2025
Since 2018, ILAB has maintained a close partnership with the IFLA Rare Books and Special Collections Section through a dedicated working group. This…
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Book Fairs
Amsterdam's fair returns to the Zuiderkerk this September
03 Sep 2025
After hosting the ILAB Congress in 2024, Amsterdam once again welcomes bibliophiles, moving its fair back to the charming historic Zuiderkerk in the…
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