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ANZAAB web page now has a book search and secure online ordering facility. Click Book Search to find a book or click Member Search to find a particular dealer or see member details and specialities. Alternatively you may click these search items in the menu above. Click to join the ANZAAB mailing list to receive details of ANZAAB's bookfairs and other activities. ANZAAB 36th Australian Antiquarian Book Fair, Sydney, 2009. The ANZAAB 36th Australian Antiquarian Book Fair will be held at The State Library of NSW in Sydney from 12th to the 14th November, 2009. Several lectures on book collecting will be held in conjunction with the Book Fair. Details and booking information will be available closer to the event. The ANZAAB Occasional Newsletter BOOKFARE detailing the exhibitors and some of the choice items they will be bringing to the Fair will be available prior to the commencement of the Fair. The ANZAAB Occasional Newsletter Book Fare published in 2008 for the 35th Australian Antiquarian Book Fair can be seen by clicking on the link. Most exhibiting booksellers at the 2008 Fair contributed a short article on some aspect of book collecting. These can be viewed below. Click on the links to view each Aspect. Aspects No.1. Collecting Early French Voyages to Australia. Contributed by Hordern House Aspects No.2. Collecting Mary Grant Bruce. Contributed by Books on Dean Aspects No.3. Collecting Egyptology & Ancient History. Contributed by Ankh Antiquarian Books Aspects No.4. Collecting Australian Military History. Contributed by Bradstreet's Books Aspects No.5. Collecting Antarctica. Contributed by Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Aspects No.6. Collecting Rare Australian Art Books. Contributed by Douglas Stewart Fine Books Aspects No.7. Collecting European Books on China. Contributed by Asia Bookroom Aspects No.8. Collecting Oscar Wilde and his Circle. Contributed by Roz Greenwood Old & Rare Books Aspects No.9. Collecting Cricket Fiction. Contributed by Christopher Saunders Books Aspects No.10. Collecting Australian Bushranging Books. Contributed by Time Booksellers Aspects No.11. Collecting Photographically Illustrated Books. Contributed by Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers Aspects No.12. Collecting Vintage Comics. Contributed by Camberwell Books & Collectibles Aspects No.13. Collecting Books about Book Collecting. Contributed by Kay Craddock Antiquarian Booksellers Aspects No.14. Collecting Australian Angling Books. Contributed by Bookmark Australia Aspects No.15. Collecting Maps. The French Connection. Contributed by Brighton Antique Prints and Maps Aspects No.16. Collecting European Australiana. Contributed by Harbeck Rare Books Aspects No.17. Collecting Photography Books. Contributed by Sainsbury's Books Aspects No.18. Collecting Australian Botanicals. Contributed by Out of Print Books Aspects No.19. Collecting Patrick White. Contributed by The Grisly Wife Bookshop Aspects No.20. Collecting Prints on the Art of Satire. Contributed by Antique Print Room Aspects No.21 Collecting Bookbindings. Contributed by Louella Kerr Books Aspects No.22 Collecting Children's Books. Contributed by Kookaburra Books Aspects No.23. Collecting Van Diemen's Land Tasmania. Contributed by Astrolabe Books Aspects No.24. Collecting Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. Contributed by Justin Healy Antiquarian Books Aspects No.24. Collecting Ion Idriess. Contributed by Burnet's Books Aspects No.26. Organising the Private Book Collection. Contributed by Antique Bookshop & Curios Aspects No.27. Bookbinding & Collection Maintenance. Contributed by Newbold & Collins Aspects No.28. Collecting Australian Trade & Corporate Histories. Contributed by Messrs Berkelouw Aspects No.29. Collecting Melbourne New South Wales: the literature on Melbourne and the Port Phillip District published before Separation in 1850. Contributed by Peter Arnold Antiquarian Booksellers Aspects No.30. Collecting Australian Crime Fiction. Contributed by Cornstalk Bookshop We trust you find the Aspects interesting and informative. Click on the BookFair link to see further details. LEADING AUSTRALIAN DEALERS WILL OFFER SCARCE & INTERESTING BOOKS, PRINTS, MAPS,PHOTOGRAPHS, MANUSCRIPTS & EPHEMERA COVERING A WIDE RANGE OF COLLECTING INTERESTS. The annual publication "Book Fare" detailing the exhibitors and some of their offerings for the 2008 Melbourne Book Fair may be seen by clicking on the link Book Fare. What is ANZAAB? The Australian & New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB), which was formed in 1977, has 62 members today. ANZAAB is the professional body which represents the members of the antiquarian book business in Australia and New Zealand. It aims to promote antiquarian bookselling and collecting; it makes statements on matters affecting these topics on behalf of its members. The ANZAAB Code of Ethics may be seen by clicking on the preceding link. Click on ANZAAB Office Bearers to see the current ANZAAB Office Bearers. A list of Life Members and Retired Members can also be seen on this page. The association organises a regular series of antiquarian book fairs in major cities. Like many national associations, ANZAAB is affiliated with the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. Like other national associations it sets out standards of commercial behaviour to which its members voluntarily adhere. It encourages the observance of the courtesies and honourable practices traditionally associated with the trade. In particular, ANZAAB seeks to encourage its members to achieve high standards of accuracy in descriptions of materials offered for sale. Click here to send an email to ANZAAB.

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