Fine Book Fairs

01/02/2025

🚨 Announcement!️️ 🚨

We have just launched the Fine Book Fairs Society, a membership program for those interested in rare books, social and literary events. We will pilot the program in Philadelphia.

An annual membership costs $200. It includes:

Kickoff party in Philadelphia (Spring 2025, details TBD)
An Evening with Hugo Vickers, Philadelphia, April 4th (details TBD)
One run of show ticket to the Indianapolis Rare Book Fair, April 25th-26th (cash value $50)
One run of show ticket to the Capital Rare Book Fair, May 2nd-4th (cash value $60)
One run of show ticket to the Empire State Rare Book and Print Fair, September 26th-28th (cash value $75)
One run of show ticket to the Philadelphia Rare Book Fair, December 4th-6th (cash value $60)

We will be scheduling a series of social events, talks, readings and mixers throughout the year, mostly in Philadelphia.

Join here: https://finefairs.com/membership

12/30/2024

Coming in 2025- we are excited to launch our new membership society for Fine Book Fairs, which we will pilot in Philadelphia. Expect a lot of fun events throughout the year!

More details to follow!

12/09/2024

It's a wrap...

12/08/2024

We are open until 5 pm today for The Philadelphia Rare Book and Print Fair !

12/06/2024

Come hear Glen Phillips play at the 23rd Street Armory on Philadelphia tonight!

What's on your Friday playlist?
🎧 https://toadthewetsprocket.com/stream/

12/06/2024

Getting ready for Philadelphia!

12/02/2024

Ever wondered what your book is worth? We are offering a FREE appraisal service at the Philadelphia Rare Book and Print Fair. You can bring a maximum of five items. Appraisals are included with entry to the fair.

Book your place at finefairs.com

12/01/2024

Jeff Gordon O'Neal explains why he is looking forward to the upcoming talk on the US Constitution by Professor Kermit Roosevelt and exhibitor Seth Kaller at the Philadelphia Rare Book and Print Fair!

12/01/2024

With hundreds of books, maps, ephemera and prints, the virtual component of the Philadelphia Rare Book and Print Fair is now live!

The fair features exhibitors from 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇹🇼 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 including Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts, Librairie Michel Morriset, Kunstantiquariat Monika Schmidt, Segolene Beauchamp Livres Anciens, Librairie Nicolas Malais, L'Artisan Biblio-Phil, SVA Books, De Bry Rare Books and Mingtang Books.

Access everything: finevirtualfairs.com

12/01/2024

Join us for the Philadelphia Rare Book and Print Fair at the 23rd Street Armory from December 6th to 8th.

We have some exciting guests! The fair will open on Friday night with a special performance by Glen Phillips of Toad the Wet Sprocket, who will play at 7 pm. Tickets cost $60, including access to the fair, drinks and canapes.

We have a packed schedule of talks on Saturday. We will open at 1 pm with a talk by Professor David Greven of the University of South Carolina, who will talk about how Melville was influenced by Shakespeare. Historic document dealer Seth Kaller and Prof. Kermit Roosevelt will discuss the constitution and how it should be interpreted with a series of historic documents at 2 pm. At 3 pm, award-winning author Katherine Paterson will discuss her career, answer questions and sign books. Local author Cordelia Biddle will talk about her books about the Philadelphia area at 4 pm. Finally, at 5 pm collectors Angelo Cifaldi Lindsay Doering, Gerald Peary and head of special collections at the Free Library of Philadelphia Janine Po***ck will take us through the ins and outs of book collecting.

Tickets for all the talks include entry to the Philadelphia Rare Book and Print Fair, which will features tens of thousands of books, prints, ephemera and historic documents. They cost $15, $10 for students and under 16s go free.

More information and tickets:

https://finefairs.com/philadelphia%2C-pa

A new type of book fair

11/30/2024

Happy 150th birthday, Winston Churchill! We have some exciting news related to this great statesman at the Capital Rare Book Fair. Stay tuned!

11/29/2024

Happening in one week!

Philadelphia Rare Book and Print Fair on Dec 06, 2024, 5:00 PM – Dec 08, 2024, 5:00 PM. Located on 22 S. 23rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19103.

BCADA members in this show are Liz Griswold, Gary Block, and Stan Gorski. Check it out!

11/29/2024

Find Bluemango Books - Manuscripts, Ephemera & Rare Antiquarian Books in Booth 7!

11/22/2024

Join us at 3 pm on December 7th at the Philadelphia 23rd Street Armory for a talk, Q&A and book signing with legendary author Katherine Paterson. Tickets cost $15 and include entry to the Philadelphia Rare Book and Print Fair.

Katherine Paterson is the author of more than 40 books, including 18 novels for children and young people. She has twice won the Newbery Medal, for Bridge to Terabithia in 1978 and Jacob Have I Loved in 1981. The Master Puppeteer won the National Book Award in 1977 and The Great Gilly Hopkins won the National Book Award in 1979 and was also a Newbery Honor Book. For the body of her work she received the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1998, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2006, and in 2000 was named a Living Legend by the Library of Congress.

She is a vice-president of the National Children’s Book and Literacy Alliance and is a member of the board of trustees for Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is also a honorary lifetime member of the International Board of Books for Young People and an Alida Cutts lifetime member of the US section, USBBY. She was the 2010-2011 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature.

The Patersons have four grown children and seven grandchildren. Katherine currently resides in Vermont with her faithful dog, Pixie.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/katherine-paterson-at-the-philadelphia-rare-book-and-print-fair-tickets-1068691046689?aff=oddtdtcreator

A new type of book fair

11/14/2024

Philadelphia Rare Book and Print Fair exhibitor Desert Wind Rare Books featured in Fine Books & Collections!

Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues with Christian Fassbender, proprietor of Desert Wind Rare Books.

11/13/2024

Join us in Philadelphia on December 6th!

New shows announced in Santa Barbara CA, Belleville IL, Stoughton WI & Novato CA.
🎟️🎟️ on sale Friday at 10am local 🐿️🎶🚐

Plus Glen’s opening for 2 special shows with .h.t.m in St. Paul MN & Chicago IL in January and touring with in CO, UT & ID in February 🎿❄️🏂

Details at GlenPhillips.com

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