Hi! Happy Autumn! We would like to introduce ourselves as the new MWABA Coordinators, John Montes and Karen Klancir. We will be happy to assist you with any questions you should have about your membership or book fair matters, as we are managing the 2023 Book Fair at the Plumbers Hall on June 17th. We . . . read more
You MWABA Board is pleased to announce the new Chicago Book & Paper Fair Manager. Quoting your president, Hank Zuchowski: “We are pleased to announce the selection of John Montes as our 2022 MWABA Chicago Book Fair Manager. John succeeds M. Sylvia Castle who has resigned from that position. John was a MWABA member for . . . read more
The ABA in the UK and ILAB were alerted today about the following incident: The book in question – see full description below – was purchased in 2013 by a Bermuda-based collector, since deceased. The collection is being handled by Bryars and Bryars in the UK (contact details below). In August 2021, the book was listed as . . . read more
The son of longtime Chicago Bookseller, Harry Stern, is asking for help finding an item missing from his late father’s shop. If you have any information about this book, please get in touch with Mr. Stern III. Below is his message and a photograph of the missing book. My name is Harry L. Stern III . . . read more
Below is a warm and thoughtful tribute to our friend and colleague, Chris Rohe. It captures the character of Chris perfectly. He was a quiet force in bookselling. https://tinyurl.com/6a294epm If you’d like to make a donation to honor Chris, please visit Openlands at https://openlands.org/support/donate/.
