{"id":3428,"date":"2018-11-21T21:36:05","date_gmt":"2018-11-22T05:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tavbooks.com\/?p=3428"},"modified":"2018-11-21T21:45:25","modified_gmt":"2018-11-22T05:45:25","slug":"we-give-thanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.tavbooks.com\/?p=3428","title":{"rendered":"We Give Thanks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As those of you who don’t live under rocks are aware, around this time of year immense\u00a0attention is placed on discovering what we are grateful for and giving thanks. We here at Tavistock Books are grateful for many things indeed – a finely mixed Manhattan, a wonderful dinner with like-minded bibliophiles\u2026 the San Francisco Giants. But most of all we are grateful for our customers. They keep our business, and passion, alive and kicking. Our customers vary widely – like most booksellers we connect with libraries, museums, bibliophiles and collectors on a daily basis. And it is one of these categories (though all are beloved) that we would like to bring attention to this holiday season – to young collectors in our state of California.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Last month we reported on the National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest, which grants awards to collectors at University level that have put together rather outstanding collections at such young ages. Here in California, the Northern and Southern Chapters of the Antiquarian Bookseller\u2019s Association of America have put together the California Young Book Collector\u2019s Prize – a sought after prize to a young collector (age 35 and under, if you please) that shows the remarkable promise of being a great book collector – one that we will owe our livelihood and our profession to as years go by!\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As the ABAA chapters state, \u201cAll collections of books, manuscripts, and ephemera are welcome, no matter their monetary value or subject. The collections will be judged on their thoroughness, the approach to their subject, and the seriousness which with the collector has catalogued his or her material.\u201d The prize includes a $500 credit to spend at the upcoming 2019 California International Antiquarian Book Fair, an exhibition space at the fair for their collection (as well as a stipend for exhibiting expenses), a years memberships to both the Book Club of California and the Bibliographical Society of North America, and a year long subscription to The Book Collector.<\/i> This prize aims to celebrate the pleasure of antiquarian book collecting, and to bring understanding and awareness to others that this is an enjoyment that can be achieved by any – so long as you have the heart and the soul to do so! Congratulations to all applicants – you are one of the things we are most grateful for year-round.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Applications must be sent as a .PDF file to ABAA Northern CA Chapter Chair Ben Kinmont at bkinmont@gmail.com by December 1st, 2018 to be considered. Find out more information by emailing us or commenting!\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Happy Thanksgiving to All!\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

(But you know, especially to our faithful book collectors.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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