International League of Antiquarian Booksellers - National Associations

National Associations

• The Australian & New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB)
• Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Austria (Verband der Antiquare Österreichs), formed in 1949, includes those Austrian antiquarian booksellers who exclusively or primarily buy and sell antiquarian books, magazines, prints, autograph letters or music.
• La Chambre Professionelle Belge de la Librairie Ancienne et Moderne (CLAM)/Belgische Beroepskamer van Antiquaren (BBA)
• Associação Brasileira de Liveiros Antiquarios (ABLA), established in 1945 by Walter Geyerhahn, his brother Stefan Geyerhahn and Erich Eichner. They were proprietors of the "Livraria Editora KOSMOS", located in Rio de Janeiro since 1935. Among the dozens of important 19th century works re-edited by Livraria Kosmos and many of 20th century works edited, was the "Bibliografia Brasiliana", written by Rubem Borba de Moraes and published in association with "Editora Colibris", Amsterdam. The Brazilian Association joined the League in 1954.
• Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of Canada (ABAC)/Association de la Librairie Ancienne du Canada (ALAC)
• Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of the Czech Republic or Svaz Antikváru CR (SACR) has 16 rare booksellers from Eastern Europe as its members. It was founded in 1992 and became affiliated to the League in 1994.
• Den Danske Antikvarboghandlerforening (ABF)
• Finnish Antiquarian Booksellers Association Suomen Antikvariaattiyhdistys (SAY), was founded in 1941. Its first and long-standing chairman was Erik Olsoni during whose presidency SAY became a member of ILAB in 1948. The association started with 10 members in the early 1940s, and has 24 members at present.
• Syndicat National de la Librairie Ancienne et Moderne (SLAM)
• German Antiquarian Booksellers' Association (Verband Deutscher Antiquare, VDA) was founded in 1949 and unites some 260 antiquarian booksellers, auctioneers, autograph, art and print dealers who adhere to the ILAB Code of Ethics. This provides customers with guarantees of adherence to the ILAB code of ethics. The VDA organizes the Stuttgart Antiquarian Book Fair which is held every year in January, and runs an online database for book auction records: Auktionspreise Online.
• Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), United Kingdom
• Hungarian Antiquarian Booksellers' Association (Magyar Antikváriusok Egyesülete, MAE) became an ILAB member in 2010. The MAE was founded in 1992 and has 15 members at present.
• Associazione Librai Antiquari d'Italia is a founding member of the ILAB, having joined it in 1948, during the first Congress in Copenhagen.
• Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Japan (ABAJ)
• Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Korea (ABAK), founded in 1989 and joined ILAB in 1990 during the Tokyo Congress, thus becoming its 18th member.
• Nederlandsche Vereeniging van Antiquaren (NVvA), founded in 1935 with the object of promoting reliability in the trade of old books and prints
• Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of Norway or Norsk Antikvarbokhandlerforening (NABF) was established in April 1942 by Jørgen W. Cappelen of Cappelens Antikvariat. The NABF joined the League in 1948 and counts 19 affiliates at the *
• Russian Antiquarian Booksellers' Association, Forum Antikvarov Bukinistov (Russia) (FAB) is a relatively young organization, and was admitted to the League as its 22nd member in 2009.
• Spanish Antiquqarian Booksellers' Association or Asociación Ibéria de Librerias Anticuarias (AILA) was founded in Barcelona in 1990 and became an ILAB member in 1993. Currently 56 rare booksellers are members of AILA. The association organizes annual fairs alternating between Madrid and Barcelona.
• Svenska Antikvariatföreningen (SVAF), the Swedish Association of Antiquarian Booksellers, was established in 1936, and belongs to the League since its beginnings. Today SVAF has 64 members nationally.
• Vereinigung der Buchantiquare und Kupferstichhändler in der Schweiz (VEBUKU)/Syndicat de la librairie ancienne et du commerce de l'estampe en Suisse (SLACES), Switzerland
• The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA) in the United States