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The Right Book - Derek McDonnell

Derek McDonnell"It is uncanny how often you pick out the right book that way"

 

Derek McDonnell has, over the course of 25 years at Hordern House, established himself as a pre-eminent dealer in Australiana and the history of Pacific exploration. He and his partner Anne McCormick have produced a series of beautiful and scholarly catalogues, which have established a new bibliographical standard for their subjects, as well as publishing a series of essential bibliographies. By BT Wolfe.

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Book Collecting at Senate House

Flyer for SeminarsThis is a new co-operative venture run by the Institute of English Studies (IES) and the Educational Trust of the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association (ABA). It is aimed at a broad audience including book collectors, would-be book collectors, book dealers, historians of all kinds, librarians, indeed at anyone with an interest in collecting. The atmosphere will be informal, as will the presentations. For full details of the remainder of the 2012 programme - click here.

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Countdown to the 2012 Edinburgh Book Fair

edinburgh-2012-fairThe clock is ticking as Edinburgh 2012 moves closer and closer. Full details of the fair are now available on the new website developed to publicise the event: www.edinburghbookfair.org

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ILAB'S History of the ABA (Part 1)

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By Dudley Massey and Martin Hamlyn

This short survey of the British Antiquarian Booksellers' Association consists of the account of its first half-century prepared by Dudley Massey for the fiftieth anniversary in 1956 (slightly revised) with a continuation to the present year by Martin Hamlyn. It was published in the ILAB Newsletter 36.

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Olympia 2012 Dates and Location

Olympia National HallThe 2012 event will be held in the superb ‘National Hall,  Olympia ’ just next door to our previous position in ‘Olympia 2’.  The National Hall provides the Fair with much more space – both for circulation and more stands – and confirms its place as a leading International Book Fair.

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