by Jay Platt The Ann Arbor Antiquarian Book Fair is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Begun as a three day fair with fourteen dealers in July of 1976 and held in conjunction with the meeting of the Rare Book Conference of the American Library Association, it has grown to a one day fair with . . . read more
A review by Joel Hyde Out of Print and Into Profit: A History of the Rare Book Trade in Britain in the Twentieth Century edited by Giles Mandelbrote. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2006. 414 pp., hb. $55.00. (Note: since I wrote this review of Out of Print and into Profit, a second printing . . . read more
Volume 6, No.2 ROCKWELL KENT SYMPOSIUM A four day symposium on the American artist, Rockwell Kent, was held this past September. Participants assembled at the State University of New York’s Plattsburgh State Art Museum for two days of presentations before moving on to the Adirondack Museum at Blue Mountain Lake, New York. The last day . . . read more
Volume 6, No. 1 Board Election Results 128 ballots were mailed, of which 68 were returned. The totals were very close. Eimi Andrews-Rose, Becky Scott, Richard Wunsch and Hank Zuchowski will be returning to the board; Chris Rohe and Lawrence Van De Carr are our new board members. The transition between the ten-member and twelve-member . . . read more
Volume 5 No. 3 Fall Navy Pier Book Fair Plans are moving along smoothly for the Fall Book Fair, October 17, 1999, which will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom at Navy Pier. At this point there are still some spaces available. If you are interested, please call Joycelyn . . . read more
