A Parker's Books, Inc., ABAA and Book Bazaar, Inc. Blog
The Baltimore Summer Antiques Show is fast approaching. We're taking a wide variety of things, including a lovely example of a modern jeweled binding. Please visit us in Booth 2423A. By the way, our sister store in Boston, Commonwealth Books, will be exhibiting next to us, in 2423B. The particulars on this lovely jeweled binding follow: Francois Villon; Illustrated by Lucien and Esther Pissarro. LES BALLADES DE MAISTRE FRANCOIS VILLON. London: Eragny Press and issued by Hacon&Ricketts;, 1900....
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Posted August 12, 2015 at 01:00 PM
The 33rd Florida Antiquarian Book Fair will be held March 14-16, 2014 at the St. Petersburg Coliseum. The Book Fair is is hosted by the Florida Antiquarian Booksellers Association. Its cosponsors are St. Petersburg Public Library, Bright House Networks and WUSF 89.7 Radio. Dealers throughout Florida and the rest of the country will offer rare books, antique maps and vintage photographs. A. Parker's Books, Inc., and Book Bazaar, Inc. are proud to be a part of this annual event.&nbs...
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Posted March 12, 2014 at 06:08 PM
The third Annual Sarasota World War I Conference will be held at the Harley Sandcastle on January 29, 2014. Moderated by author Robert J. Delessandro, the Conference will have lectures about the Eastern Front in the Great War, the Allied Intervention in Russia, Fighter Pilots on the Western Front, the Strategic Impact of Verdun and the Somme, the US Army versus the Marine Corps and a panel discussion among this year's presenters, Edwin C. Bearss, Roger Cirillo, George A. Kranz, Colonel Jerry ...
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Posted January 27, 2014 at 12:04 PM
On Sunday, May 6, 2012, A. Parker's Books and Book Bazaar will be hosting a Book Signing by nationally recognized, award winning cartoonist, illustrator and caricaturist Rob Smith, Jr., also known as "Swampy." The Downtown Sarasota Book Signing starts at 12 noon, at 1488 Main Street, one storefront west of the southwest corner of Main Street and Lemon Avenue. In addition to being a cartoonist, Rob is also a nut about the Great State of Florida. After 25 years working in a zillion ways helping...
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Posted May 03, 2012 at 04:48 AM
On March 26, 1911, American playwright Tennessee Williams was born in Columbus, Mississippi. His works featured Southern settings and include; The Glass Menagerie, Night of the Iguana, and two Pulitzer Prize winning plays, A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. In celebration of Williams' birthday, A. Parker's Books and Book Bazaar offer the following two titles: Williams, Tennessee. SELECTED PLAYS. Franklin, PA: Franklin Library, 1980. Limited edition. Signed b...
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Posted March 25, 2012 at 03:46 PM
March 17th is St. Patricks Day, commemorating the patron saint of Ireland. In celebration, A. Parker's Books and Book Bazaaar offer the following 4 items: 1. Wright, Thomas. HISTORY OF IRELAND. From the Earliest Period of the Irish Annals, to the Present Time. he London Printing&Publishing Co. Ltd. Nd, London & NY. Hardcover. Illustrated by H. Warren (illustrator). Small 4to. 3 Volumes. Numerous b/w full page engravings, text illustrations and decorations including a frontispiece and ...
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Posted March 16, 2012 at 04:24 PM
A. Parker's Books and Book Bazaar will be exhibiting at the 31st Annual Florida Antiquarian Book Fair this weekend. It's a great Fair, with many notable book dealers from across the country attending. Please visit us in Booth 11, or at our stores in downtown Sarasota. For more information, please go to the FABA (Florida Antiquarian Booksellers' Association) website.
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Posted March 09, 2012 at 05:21 AM
A. Parker's Books and Book Bazaar, with the cooperation of the Sarasota Literacy Council, have declared the 8th of every month to be Literacy Day. Literacy Council tutors, staff and members receive a 10% discount on all purchases on the 8th of every month. A. Parker's Books and Book Bazaar will also gratefully accept donations to the Literacy Council of Sarasota on these days. Please be generous and give the gift of reading.
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Posted March 07, 2012 at 04:34 AM
In 1681, King Charles II of England granted a huge tract of land in the New World to William Penn to settle an outstanding debt. The area later became Pennsylvania. Two years later, Penn was busy with plans for a city he called "Philadelphia." As one of the earlier supporters of colonial unification, Penn wrote and urged for a Union of all the English colonies in what was to become the United States of America. The democratic principles that he set forth in the Pennsylvania Frame of Governmen...
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Posted March 04, 2012 at 04:30 AM
On March 28, 1922, the United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence. To celebrate Egypt's Independence, A. Parker's Books and Book Bazaar offers the following: ANCIENT EGYPT OR MIZRAIM, by Samuel Augustus Binion. New York: Henry G. Allen, 1887. 2 vols. EDITION DE LUXE, number 320 of and edition limited to 800 copies. Engraved titles, 72 plates, (including 45 colored ). . Elephant folio. Professionally rebound in dark red 3/4 polished morocco...
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Posted February 28, 2012 at 06:10 AM
