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Taylor Books is the last independent bookstore in the state capital city. Intrinsically, it became West Virginia's main venue for author talks. Past speakers include William Brewer, [7] Tony Caridi, [8] and Stephen King. [9] The bookstore includes an Annex Gallery, a café, and pottery studio in the basement. [10]
The magazine began as a column in Publishers Weekly called "Antiquarian Bookseller"; in 1948, it spun off as a separate publication, at a time when there was a flourishing mail-order business in out-of-print and second-hand books. [4] Malkin purchased the magazine from Bowker in 1953. It first appeared under its final title in 1967. [5]
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Bookstore tourism is encouraged by organizations such as the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Antiquarian Booksellers (MARIAB). Founded in 1976, the organization has 125 business members as of 2013, publicizes its member bookstores with a website and a free annual directory booklet, and sponsors an annual "Pioneer Valley Book & Ephemera Fair".
Founded in 1949, the ABAA is the benchmark for professionalism and ethics in the rare book trade in the US. [1] The founding of the ABAA was the direct result of the founding of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) a year earlier: "It was quickly recognized in the United States that national and international cooperation among booksellers was an idea whose time had come ...
Ken Sanders (born 1951) is an American antiquarian bookseller who is also well known for his pursuit of book thieves. He organized a sting operation to capture John Charles Gilkey, [1] and is a major focus of the book The Man Who Loved Books Too Much, [2] [3] about Gilkey's thefts. He has been an appraiser on Antiques Roadshow. [4]
[9] [10] By the early twentieth century Pickering & Chatto was solely concerned with antiquarian book selling. [11] [12] Lord William Rees-Mogg bought Pickering & Chatto in 1981. [13] [14] In 1983 he re-established Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Limited as an independent publishing house, serving as chairman and proprietor.
Adrian Harrington (born 1948, Chelsea, England) is an antiquarian bookseller, a past president of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), 2001–2003, and a recent past president of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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