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Continue VISIT WEBSITE Trillium Antiquarian Books OWNER: William R. Van Nest Member since: 2002 (only displayed to logged-in members) MEMBER-TO-MEMBER DISCOUNT: % COUPON CODE (if applicable): trilliumantiquarianbooks@gmail.com 705-868-4443 1285 Albertus Avenue, Peterborough, ON, K9J 6A4, Canada More about this bookseller 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 Featured Items Terms of Sale

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BIOPREDATION - INSECTS (BOOKWORMS) < Back to Terminology List BIOPREDATION - INSECTS (BOOKWORMS) Defect Larvae of any insect which harms books by feeding on binding or leaves. As they eat their way through the pages of a book, they leave a trail known as “worming.” At times the worms will eat through an area of the pages; at other times holes are the diameter of one worm. In each case it is common to see the damage on many consecutive pages. For additional information consider: Hickin, Norman. BOOKWORMS: The Insect Pests of Books. London: Sheppard Press, 1985. The author illustrates and discusses insects and damage they cause. He also describes environmental conditions that make damage more likely, and ways to improve the environment to lessen damage. Previous Next

ARBITRAGE < Back to Terminology List ARBITRAGE General Arbitrage is the financial term for buying an item in one market or venue and offering it in another market or venue, so as to take advantage of price differences between the markets. Applied to books, someone might buy a book on one site to sell on another, thus taking advantage of pricing differences. This can produce greater profit, after all costs, than use of a sole marketplace. Sellers can exploit buyers' ingrained habit of making nearly all purchases using one online venue rather than looking at the universe of offerings. Price differentials between markets have reinforced the practice termed bookjacking. See bookjacking / bookjacker . Sites like viaLibri.net search multiple bookselling sites and allow one to see pricing differentials between sites. Previous Next

Continue VISIT WEBSITE Wonderful Books of Oz OWNER: Cynthia Ragni Member since: 2018 Vintage and Unusual Books and Ephemera (only displayed to logged-in members) MEMBER-TO-MEMBER DISCOUNT: 15 % COUPON CODE (if applicable): 15% with Paypal, 20% with check cindyr@booksofoz.com 3231-C Business Park Dr #114, Vista, CA, 92081, United States More about this bookseller 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 Featured Items Terms of Sale

Continue VISIT WEBSITE The Tolkien Bookshelf OWNER: David Miller Member since: 2007 The Tolkien Bookshelf specializes in hard to find, out of print, used, and rare books by, or relating to, J.R.R. Tolkien. (only displayed to logged-in members) MEMBER-TO-MEMBER DISCOUNT: 15 % COUPON CODE (if applicable): info@TolkienBookshelf.com 3162885835 127 Evan Rd, Billings, MO, 65610, United States More about this bookseller The Tolkien Bookshelf specializes in hard to find, out of print, used, and rare books by, or relating to, J.R.R. Tolkien. We carry 1st Editions and Custom Fine Bindings of single books and sets, including The Hobbit , The Lord of the Rings , and The Silmarillion . We also have Signed copies, Limited/Numbered Editions, and many scarce or unusual items. 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 Featured Items Terms of Sale Digital photos available upon request. Satisfaction guaranteed. We offer a no quibble return policy for any reason, if returned within two weeks, and in the same condition as sent. For items that were returned because they were not as described, shipping charges will be refunded as well. We request that you notify us in advance of any returns. Items offered are subject to prior sale. We accept payment in U.S. Dollars only, by U.S. check, Bank Transfer, most major credit cards and/or PayPal. Usual trade courtesies observed for direct sales. $25 charge for returned checks. 4.225% sales tax added on orders to Missouri addresses, please provide resale number if appropriate. We offer free shipping by USPS Media Mail. Orders are carefully packaged for safe transit and shipped promptly, usually within one business days, often same day. Transit times can vary due to postal handling.

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UPCOMING EVENTS SUBMIT AN EVENT These events are listed as a courtesy to members and friends of IOBA. Every effort is made to post accurate information. Inquires for more information should be to the point of contact listed in the event listing. Wednesday, November 4, 2026 Application Deadline: August 21, 2026 for ABAA's Diversity Initiative Discovery Program Boston Antiquarian Book Fair 900 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02115, USA VIEW EVENT DETAILS Friday, November 20, 2026 Northampton Antiquarian Book, Ephemera, and Book Arts Fair (November 20 - 21, 2026) Northampton Book Fair 33 Hawley St, Northampton, MA 01060, USA VIEW EVENT DETAILS Submit an Upcoming Event If you would like to list an upcoming event related to bookselling, please submit the event details below. The event will be reviewed and posted once verified. Submitter's Name Submitter's Email Addess Event Title Date of Event * required Event Location Start Time: End Time: Event Photo or Graphic upload .jpeg or .png Event URL Event Description SUBMIT Thank you for submitting! An error occurred. Please make sure to complete all required fields SUBMIT EVENT

Emphemeral Look at the Seed of Europe's Crises: Benjamin Vaughn - The Concert of Princes (1793) PRICE £ 200 PURCHASE / MORE INFO View Member Profile [VAUGHN, Benjamin] Letters, on the subject of the concert of princes, and the dismemberment of Poland and France. (first published in the Morning Chronicle between July 20, 1792, and June 25, 1793.) With corrections and additions. By a calm observer. [ The second edition.] London : printed for G. G. & J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, M.DCC.XCIII. [1793] An ephemeral & contemporary look at the European struggles that would haunt the Continent (& world) for centuries. In the long march of history, the 18th century set up a lot of pins, poised to fall in the subsequent two centuries, culminating (arguably) with World War I. In this second edition of “Letters, on the Subject of the Concert of Princes, and the Dismemberment of Poland and France,” published the same year as the first, a Calm Observer (ie Benjamin Vaughan) defends revolutionary rights, and, among other radical ideas, condemns the attacks on Poland and France. He also uses his pseudonym as a Calm Observer to criticize William Pitt (the younger). Vaughan was instrumental in drafting the Treaty of Paris, which ended the Revolutionary War between the newly-founded America and the well-established Great Britain. Vaughan’s interest in politics helped foster a friendship with another important American Benjamin: Mr Franklin. Ultimately Vaughan immigrated to America where legend has Jamaica Plain (a suburb of Boston) is named to reflect his island home. The book itself is the fact it’s not in a fine or even nice binding. It’s in a work-a-day, contemporary paper-board binding which tells the history of the intended, nearly-ephemeral circulation of this material. Bound just enough to keep the gatherings together and the paper protected, this item was the news-channel of its day. In fact, the first publication of this material was in a serial through the Morning Chronicle, between July 1792 and June 1793. A reader at some point (possibly the 19th century when such things were particularly in vogue) has used the book to press flowers and leaves. ESTC T76534 Copies in the British Isles clustered in Oxford, the BL, John Rylands, National Trust, and UCL. PURCHASE / MORE INFO More items from Mobilis Books, LLC Parlour Room Divination: The Birthday Oracle (1883) See Item Fear and Worship in Paris: Leaf from miniature French Book of Hours (early 15th c.) See Item Extremely Early Witness to the Promulgation of Canon Law: Gregory IX - Decretales (ca. 1230-1240) See Item The Crucifixion & the Eclipse : Follower of Maître d'Étienne Poncher - Cutting from Pontifical (1546 See Item Emphemeral Look at the Seed of Europe's Crises: Benjamin Vaughn - The Concert of Princes (1793) See Item Post-Revolution: Arthur Young - The Example of France, A Warning to Britain (1793) See Item Making the Past Speak: The Speaking Picture Book (1890s) See Item American Arthuriana: Mark Twain - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1889) See Item Carrie's Farwell to Physicke (1586) & Al-Farghani's Elements of Astronomy (13th c.) See Item Poetry Bound in the Novelty of Mauchline Ware: Casquet of Gems (1874) See Item Cosmographia - Peter Apian, 1575 (second Spanish edition) See Item

Continue VISIT WEBSITE Cleveland Book Company OWNER: Norman Graubart Member since: 2018 (only displayed to logged-in members) MEMBER-TO-MEMBER DISCOUNT: % COUPON CODE (if applicable): norman@clebookcompany.com 216-352-3940 PO Box 16923, Rocky River, OH, 44116, United States More about this bookseller 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 Featured Items Terms of Sale

Continue VISIT WEBSITE Kayleighbug Books OWNER: Nathan Barker Member since: 2009 (only displayed to logged-in members) MEMBER-TO-MEMBER DISCOUNT: 20 % COUPON CODE (if applicable): info@kayleighbug.com 315-750-4042 5587 E Dupont Ave PO Box D, Cedar Grove, WV, 25039, United States More about this bookseller 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 Featured Items Terms of Sale