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Edit: The recording of this event is now available: The April Brown Bag Lunch Series will feature a panel discussion with ABAA members on the Expansion of Materials of the Antiquarian/Rare Book Trade. The webinar will focus on unique and unusual items, dealers expanding the diversity of traditional materials represented as antiquarian books, and more. Please join the Gender Equity Initiative on Zoom... [ more about Brown Bag Series: Expansion of Materials of the Antiquarian/Rare Book Trade]

The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America is proud to announce sponsorship of the David Ruggles Prize. The David Ruggles Prize is an international book-collecting prize to encourage and support young collectors of color. The Prize honors the legacy of David Ruggles, an early American abolitionist, publisher, and Underground Railroad conductor. The New York grocery store he opened in 1828 so... [ more about David Ruggles Prize]

Our members list new acquisitions and recently cataloged items almost every day of the year. Below, you'll find a few highlights from these recent additions... (Trade catalog): Your Typewriter. Shipman-Ward Mfg. Co. "The Rebuilders of the Underwood" Chicago: Shipman-Ward Mfg. Co, 1926. Softcover. Fine. Trade catalog. Quarto. Unpaginated. Illustrated. Order form and promotional letter laid in. Stapled... [ more about Weekly Highlights]