Attic Books - Marvin Post

Marvin Post

Marvin Post is the owner of Attic Books. He is a member of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), the Antique Books Association of Canada (ABAC), and the Canadian Booksellers Association (CBA). He "appraises a variety of archives, books and other donations for a number of public institutions for insurance and tax purposes". As an established expert in his field, he was recently part of the Canadian Antiques Roadshow. Before Attic Books, Marvin owned a record store in the early 1970s called B-side Records, which used the label from an antiquarian book press for its symbol, a triad of bumblebees. Before opening Attic Books, Marvin Post was a stamp dealer in 1969. He established Attic Books in 1976 and then became a founding shareholder of Canada Book Auctions in 1979. He joined the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) in 1981. An active participant in the book trade, he partnered with Gardner Galleries from 1982–1984 to create the London Book Auctions, the sole Canadian auction house at the time specializing in books and ephemera. He was a member of the London Historical Museum Committee, Co-Organizer of the Toronto Spring and Fall Bookfairs, member of the Strathroy Middlesex Museums Board and Director of the ABAC from 1993–1994. He joined the Canadian Booksellers Association in 1996, and appeared as a book expert on Canadian Antiques Roadshow in 2007. He has been a guest lecturer at the former School of Library and Information Science (Masters Program) at the University of Western Ontario on various aspects of the antiquarian book trade, its relationship with libraries, and the building and preserving of collections. He is a regular attendee at the Ottawa Book Fair, the Toronto Book Fair and the Toronto Paper Show.