[Rarebooks] ILAB 57th Birthday Celebration of the Book

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA]

Press Release


ILAB commemorates 57th birthday with virtual celebration of the book

February 9, 2004:   The International League of Antiquarian
Booksellers (ILAB) will celebrate its 57th birthday by hosting a
ìvirtual celebration of the bookî online at www.ilab.org, May 19  22,
2004.  The four day event will include a virtual auction, book fair,
lectures, appraisals, and a ìBiblio Quizî where entrants can win
prizes by testing their book knowledge.  ILAB will also launch new
features on its website, including educational resources for book
collectors and highlighting its powerful new search engine which
searches a database of over 3 million books, maps, prints and
autographs from nearly 2000 booksellers from all over the world.


The celebratory event will kick off Wednesday, May 19, 2004, at 6:00
p.m. Amsterdam time  the site of ILABís first conference in 1947
with a virtual auction to benefit Unicef, a non-profit organization
helping children in need around the world, and  will continue through
May 22nd.  Donated by ILAB booksellers,  books and prints will be up
for auction at www.ilab.org during the four day event.


Thousands of antiquarian books, prints, maps and autographs will be
available for purchase from trusted ILAB booksellers through the
Virtual Book Fair, beginning at 6:00 p.m. Amsterdam time on Thursday,
May 20th and running until 10:00 p.m. May 22nd.  Visitors to the book
fair at www.ilab.org can also test their book knowledge and compete
for prizes such as gift certificates during the Biblio Quiz on May
22nd.


Friday, May 21st, brings Education Day to www.ilab.org. Guests will
find a large resource of information related to the book collecting
hobby, libraries, and ILAB, as well as the opportunity to post their
own favorite book related website links.


The virtual Celebration of the Book concludes Saturday, May 22nd,
with Appraisal Day.  ILAB booksellers will be available for live
online appraisals from 4:00 p.m.  8:00 p.m., Amsterdam time.

The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, an organization
of national associations of antiquarian booksellers around the world,
speaks for twenty nations and nearly two thousand leading booksellers
bound by a code of ethics to promote the integrity and
professionalism of the antiquarian book trade.

http://www.ilab.org