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Miniature Books are Big Collector Items

Miniature BooksBy Kenneth Gloss

While miniature books are by their very definition smaller than other books, they are every bit as collectible as their larger counterparts. In fact, collecting miniature books has become so popular that enthusiasts have even formed a Miniature Book Society. Even those who do not primarily collect miniature books may treasure a few and keep them in their collection. 

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Bloggers of the World Unite

This is a collaborative post by Brooke Palmieri and Daryl Green and can be found cross-posted on both of their blogs (8vo and Echoes from the Vault)

In August 2011 Brooke Palmieri wrote an entry over at her blog, 8vo, about a discovery she made while cataloguing a book for Sokol Books Ltd: an unassuming copy of an incunable on the authority of the pope...

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New ABA Member - Emanuel von Baeyer

Dassonville - Portrait of a PainterEmanuel von Baeyer London was founded in 1998 and has since become firmly established as a leading representative of the younger generation of old master dealers. Emanuel von Baeyer deals principally in fine European drawings, rare prints and selected paintings from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries.

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Olympia 2012 Dates and Location

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Olympia 2012. The ABA's London International Antiquarian Book Fair will be held in the superb National Hall at Olympia. The National Hall provides the Fair with much more space – both for circulation and more stands.

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Collecting Pre-Raphaelite - Paul Goldman

victorian illustration 2The June seminar in the new series on book-collecting organised jointly by the Institute of English Studies (London University) and the ABA Educational Trust will be given by ABA member Paul Goldman.

Make a note in your diary: 6pm on Tuesday 12 June 2012 - Room 261 (Senate House, second floor), Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU. All are welcome.

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