Over the weekend of October 14th and 15th in Seattle at the 1962 World’s Fair Grounds the Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair will be held as it has been over the past four decades.  The fair throughout its history has reflected the ups and downs of the rare book field, contracting occasionally, selling out in recent years.  Whatever the year brings, this show has and continues to hang out the welcome mat to a changing field that, for decades has been moving from Main Street to the Web and to book fairs such as this event that reflect the new world order supported by databases such as Abebooks and Rare Book Hub.  We know much more about the material anymore but know much less about the dealers to whom we occasionally send 4 and 5 figure checks.  At shows we meet the people on the other side of the counter, can compare their descriptions with their examples, and sometimes negotiate.

 

Robert Rulon-Miller, a long-time exhibitor at this fair calls it “an important event.  I’ve had some wonderful years here.  The truth is you never know what you’ll sell but I always find the buying very good.”

 

The established promoter, Louis Collins, for the past few years has co-produced this event with a thirty-something, Bill Wolfe, who has, over the years become a rare book guy himself.  When I asked Louis about the future he said, “You can call me the present and Bill the future.”

 

So put this event on your calendar.  If you are in the field, have a heartbeat, and are within a few hundred miles we’ll expect to see you there.

 

Days and Hours

 

Saturday, October 14^th:  10am-6pm

Sunday, October 15^th:  11am-4pm

 

Admission is $5.00 and is good for both days

 

Here is a list of exhibitors:

 

 

Participant	Address			Location
Aardvark Books	PO Box 5252	Eugene	OR	104
ABAA Pacific NW Chapter	2143 NW Highway 101	Lincoln City	OR
abebooks.com	655 Tyee Rd, Ste 500	Victoria	BC
Annette & Larry Hancks Booksellers	4169 Eaton St	Kansas City	KS	309
Anthology Booksellers	9405 NE Hancock Dr	Portland	OR	808
Antiquariat Botanicum	1113 Bridgeview Dr	Lynden	WA	D
Arundel Books	212  1st Ave S	Seattle	WA	210/209
Asian Steppes	1443 McAllister St	San Francisco	CA	802
Avant Retro	5855 13th St	Sacramento	CA	602
B & L Rootenberg Books	PO Box 5049	Sherman Oaks	CA	506
B Brown & Associates	3534 Stone Way N	Seattle	WA	102
Back of Beyond Books	83 N Main	Moab	UT	207
Barbara Mader Children's Books	4816 95th Ave W	University Place	WA	408
Barbarossa Books	5660 NE Tolo Rd	Bainbridge Island	WA	206
Bauman Rare Books	1608 Walnut St, 19th Floor	Philadelphia	PA	A
Ben Kinmont Bookseller	684 North Main St	Sebastopol	CA	107
Blakeney Griffin Booksellers LTD	15 Stratton St	London		507
Book Arts Guild	515 N 49th	Seattle	WA	T1
Book Club of Washington	PO Box 12314	Seattle	WA	T3
Books as Issued	Po Box 7176	Petaluma	CA	805
Booktryst	133SE Ford St	McMinnville	OR	407
Carl Mautz Vintage Photography	329 Bridgeway	Nevada City	CA	509
Carpe Diem Fine Books	245 Pearl St	Monterey	CA	609
Charles Seluzicki Fine Books	3733 NE 24th Ave	Portland	OR	103
Chet Ross Rare Books	PO Box 200	Southworth	WA	302
Columbia Basin Books	7210 Helmick Rd	Monmouth	OR	404
Cultural Images	8890 NW Ash St	Portland	OR	706
David Morrison Books	1420-A SE  37th Ave	Portland	OR	807
David Spilman Fine Books	PO Box 577	Sebastopol	CA	106
E.C. Rare Books	1455 Crown St	North Vancouver	BC	504
Easton's Books	701 S 1st St	Mount Vernon	WA	702
Ed Smith Books	14283 Sunrise Dr NE	Bainbridge Island	WA	E
Edition de Luxe	8050 13th Ave, Ste 206	Portland	OR	G
Elena Gallego Rare Books	PO Box 15486	San Antonio	TX	310
Elk River Books	120  N. Main St	Livingston	MT	106
Ephemerania	4825 Mt. Ararat Dr	San Diego	CA	101
Fairlook Antiques	81 1/2  S Washington St	Seattle	WA	108
Fantasy Illustrated	PO BOX 248	Silvana	WA	401
Garcia-Garst, Booksellers	1516 N Daubenberger Rd	Turlock	CA	403
Giant Nerd Books	709  N. Monroe St.	Spokane	WA	508
Gregor Rare Books	PO Box 1491	Langley	WA	510
Horizon Books	1423 10th Ave	Seattle	WA	809
J. Michaels Books	160 E Broadway	Eugene	OR	103
James Graham, Bookseller	109 Tesori Dr	Palm Desert	CA	305
John Howell For Books	5205 1/2 Village Green	Los Angeles	CA	205
John Michael Lang Fine Books	5416 20th Ave NW	Seattle	WA	501
John Michael Lang Fine Books Annex	5416 20th Ave NW	Seattle	WA	801
John Windle, Antiquarian Bookseller	49 Geary St #233	San Francisco	CA	B
Johnson Rare Books & Archives	134 N Citrus Ave	Covina	CA	307
Judith Rafferty Fine Art	PO Box 66745	Portland	OR	208
Ken Sanders Rare Books	268 South 200 East	Salt Lake City	UT	303
Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller	PO Box 464	Santa Monica	CA	502
Live Oak Booksellers	271 Laurel Loop	Langley	WA	505
Louis Collins Books	13005  3rd Ave NE	Seattle	WA	605/606
Michael Laird Rare Books	PO Box 299	Lockhart	TX	406
Michael R. Thompson Rare Books	8242 W 3rd, Ste 230	Los Angeles	CA	604
Michael R. Weintraub Inc.	231 West 29th St Suite 1401	NYC	NY	405
Mike Maslan Vintage Posters & Photos	PO Box 4099	Seattle	WA	109/110
Montford Press	3741 33rd Ave SW	Seattle	WA	T2
Montgomery Rare Books & Manuscripts	1696  SW Montgomery Drive	Portland	OR	105
Nat Des Marais Rare Books	PO Box 86506	Portland	OR	707
Nick Adams & Co. Rare Books	PO Box 189266	Sacramento	CA	F
Nick Aretakis Americana	PO Box 4218	Manteca	CA	610
Nudelman Rare Books	PO Box 25339	Seattle	WA	202
Pacific Coast Books	2143 NW Highway 101	Lincoln City	OR	701
Peter Harrington, Antiquarian Bookseller	100 Fulham Rd	London	UK	409/410
Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc.	15 Court Square #101	Boston	MA	603
Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books	1709 NE 27th St.  Ste G	McMinnville	OR	C/301
Plant & Hutchison Books	PO Box 1133	Cedar Ridge	CA	304
R.F. Wald	5 Becket St	Lake Oswego	OR	601
Rare Photo Gallery	1-41 Spadina Rd	Toronto	ON	708
Recollection Books	1423 10th Ave	Seattle	WA	810
Richard Bishop, Bookseller	1235 SE 26th Ave, Apt 7	Portland	OR	503
Riverow Bookshop Inc.	187 Front St	Owego	NY	607
Rob and June Edwards	PO Box 5469	Salem	OR	601
Robert Dagg Rare Books	3288 21st St #176	San Francisco	CA
Robert Fulgham Booksellers	1352 Mojave St	Idaho Falls	ID	306
Robert Gavora Fine & Rare Books	PO Box 448	Talent	OR	603
Rulon-Miller Books	400 Summit Ave	St Paul	MN	203
Sherburne Antiques	100 E 4th	Olympia	WA	709/710
Ten Pound Island Book Co.	76 Langsford St	Gloucester	MA	203
The Book Bin	215 SW 4th St	Corvallis	OR	806
The Book Lair	8 Twelve Oaks Drive	Pleasanton	CA	308
The Cook Book Lady	5768 Robin Hood Dr	El Sobrante	CA	803
Thorn Books	5721 N. Killdeer Dr	Tucson	AZ	402
Triolet Rare Books	PO Box 1821	San Luis Obispo	CA	307
Twice Sold Tales	1833 Harvard Ave	Seattle	WA
Vashon Island Books	22100 Vashon Hwy SW	Vashon	WA	804
Walkabout Books	25401  Cabot Rd	Laguna Hills	CA	204
White Fox Rare Books	974 Cemetery Rd	West Windsor	VT	H
William James Bookseller	829 Water St	Port Townsend	WA	608
Woodies Collectibles	1084 Sanders Drive	Moraga	CA	705
Xenophile Bibliopole	5107 S Dayton Place	Kennewick	WA	306
Zephyr Used & Rare Books	PO Box 55	Vancouver	WA	703/704