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Booksellers
Introducing the scholarship winners for the 2022 ILAB Congress: Raphaël Thomas (France)
23 Aug 2022
From 9 - 14 September, booksellers will finally be able again to gather at the much anticipated ILAB Congress in Oxford. We will introduce the…
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There’s nothing like a wintry Canadian day to make one appreciate books and cozy bookstores!
15 Aug 2022
The Canadian Antiquarian Booksellers' Association, ABAC, announced only a couple of weeks ago a new edition of the Toronto Antiquarian Book Fair. We…
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CABS Minnesota 2022 - A report by Simon Beattie and Angelika Elstner
05 Aug 2022
The summer break has come to an end for the ILAB Committee, preparing the upcoming ILAB Congress and ILAB Symposium. Some booksellers spent a week…
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Education
ILAB announces scholarship for YABS 2022 - Apply until 15th July!
13 Jun 2022
ILAB is pleased to offer an annual scholarship for the York Antiquarian Book Seminar (YABS).
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Booksellers Worldwide
Inclusion & Driving Business: A few questions to Sheryl Jaeger, recently elected President of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America
10 Jun 2022
Sheryl Jaeger, well-known dealer in ephemera and long standing member of the ABAA Board, was elected in February 2022 as new President of the…
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ILAB announces sessions and speakers at the 2022 Symposium in Oxford
06 Jun 2022
Register now to attend a day of discussion on some of the complex and challenging issues faced by those working with antiquarian books and related…
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Libraries
The Queen's Library: A BBC Radio 3 podcast episode to mark the occasion of the Platinum Jubilee celebrated across the UK today
03 Jun 2022
Celebrations across the UK and throughout the world mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee today. Of particular interest to bibliophiles will be the…
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Booksellers Worldwide
"Direct contact with books remains the best way to create new vocations"
30 May 2022
Speaking to Jean-Marc Dechaud, new President of the SLAM, the French antiquarian booksellers' association
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Bibliography
ILAB Breslauer Prize 2022: A jury works through 99 submissions! 
27 May 2022
The ILAB Breslauer Prize Jury were faced with the huge task of working through no less than 99 submissions for the upcoming 18th ILAB Breslauer Prize…
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Book Fairs
The Melbourne Rare Book Fair is back!
25 May 2022
After a two year break due to the pandemic and strict border closures in Australia, the Melbourne Rare Book Fair returns this July.
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Book Fairs
ILAB-sponsored stands at book fairs - Apply now for Paris 2022!
16 May 2022
Are you a young or recently established bookseller and wish to exhibit at an ILAB affiliated fair? Use the opportunity of an ILAB sponsored stand!
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Collecting
"Meet the New Old Book Collectors" and "Judging a Book by Its Dust Jacket"
09 May 2022
... read a headline in the New York Times in the last weekend edition. A number of ILAB booksellers and collectors were interviewed on the occasion…
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