[Rarebooks] May 19-22 On-Line Book Fair / Celebration of the Book

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA]

VIRTUAL CELEBRATION OF THE BOOK / ON-LINE BOOK FAIR

                MAY 19th- 22nd, 2004

The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) will celebrate
its 57th birthday by hosting a “virtual celebration of the book” online at
www.ilab.org, May 19 – 22, 2004. The four day event will include a virtual
auction, book fair, lectures, appraisals, and a “Biblio Quiz” 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 ILAB’s first conference in 1947 – with a
virtual auction to benefit the U.S. Fund for 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 worldwide.


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JOSLIN HALL RARE BOOKS, ABAA / ILAB
Fine books of the 16th-20th centuries
Post Office Box 516
Concord, Massachusetts 01742 USA
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TERMS:
All payments must be in U.S. funds and negotiable through a U.S. bank;
We accept checks, money orders, American Express, Visa, Mastercard and
Discover.
Books may be reserved pending payment; Institutions may be billed;
Standard courtesies to institutions and the trade; Postage charges are
$5.00 for the first book, and $1.50 for each additional book.
Shipments outside the U.S. will be billed at cost. We accept returns if we
are notified within ten days of your receipt of the books-please
ask for full instructions and terms. Massachusetts residents must add
5% state sales tax.

As members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America we are
committed to upholding high professional standards and making sure your
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