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56th California Book Fair in San Francisco: Feb. 9-11

Collectible Paper: great dealers and examples!

Collectible Paper: great dealers and examples!

The California International Antiquarian Book Fair returns to San Francisco in 2024! This three-day event features fine and rare materials from around the globe, including manuscripts, first editions, illustrated books, ephemera, maps, and autographs, as well as antiquarian books on a vast array of topics.

Friday, Friday, February 9, 2024 • 5pm to 8pm 
Saturday, February 10, 2024 • noon to 7pm
Sunday, February 11, 2024 • noon to 5pm 

FREE admission for students with current valid student ID. Children 12 and under are free.

FREE admission for librarians, curators, and related non-profit cultural institution workers who register in advance with a valid organizational email address (e.g. email@institution.edu or email@institution.org). 

 

Where to find the show? In San Francisco, at Pier 27, downtown on the Embarquedero.

 

Here are a 122+ reasons to plan to join this exceptional fair!

 

Here’s an (Alphabetical by Exhibitor) list:

 

210     Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc.
107     Libreria de Antaño
108     Appledore Books
234     Argonaut Book Shop
241     Athena Rare Books
142     Auger Down Books
132     B & B Rare Books
157     B Street Books
160     Antiquariat Michael Banzhaf
215     Bauman Rare Books
253     Simon Beattie Ltd
127     Stuart Bennett Rare Books
240     Antiquariat Reinhold Berg eK
120     David Bergman
225     Between the Covers Rare Books
226     Biblioctopus
209     Blackwell's Rare Books
207     Blank Verso Books 
246     Carl Blomgren Fine Books
247     Bolerium Books
228     The Book Bin
155     Bookleggers Fine Books
113     Books of Wonder
127     Brick Row Book Shop
125     Bromer Booksellers, Inc.
214     Edmund Brumfitt Rare Books Ltd
251     Buckingham Books
120     Pablo Butcher
148     Captain Ahab's Rare Books
152     Caroliniana Rare Books
242     Carpe Diem Fine Books
218     Jeffrey D. Carr
260     Cavendish Rare Books
227     Librairie Rodolphe Chamonal
117     Librairie Clavreuil
116     Stéphane Clavreuil Rare Books Ltd
137     Deborah Coltham Rare Books
254     Justin Croft Antiquarian Books Limited
116     Daniel Crouch Rare Books Limited
105     James Cummins Bookseller
141     Daniel / Oliver Gallery
129     Dark Parks Books & Collectibles
145     Nat DesMarais Rare Books
213     Wilfrid M. de Freitas - Bookseller
104     Discovery Bay Old Books
208     Dungeness Books
149     Editio Altera 
140     Christopher Edwards
258     Scott Emerson Books
123     The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
100     Antiquariaat Forum BV
245     Robert Frew Ltd
237     mark funke, bookseller
119     Elena Gallego Rare Books
118     Garcia-Garst, Booksellers ABAA
248     Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
106     Globus Rare Books & Archives
130     Hackenberg Booksellers
138     Amanda Hall Rare Books
156     David A. Hamilton Americana Books
212     Peter Harrington
154     Heritage Book Shop, LLC
147     Jeff Hirsch Books
200     John Howell for Books
102     HS Rare Books
209     Hyraxia Books
203     Inlibris Gilhofer
239     Jarndyce Books
151     johnson rare books & archives
201     Jonkers Rare Books
217     Ben Kinmont Bookseller
222     Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller
203     Kotte Autographs
206     Michael Laird Rare Books & Manuscripts 
144     Langdon Manor Books, LLC
146     JF Letenneur Livres Rares
205     Liber Antiquus, Early Books & Manuscripts
233     Locus Solus Rare Books
114     Lucius Books
109     Maggs Bros Ltd
126     Bruce Marshall Rare Books
131     McBride Rare Books
252     Bruce McKittrick Rare Books
135     Kate Mitas, Bookseller
250     Kunsthandel Mitmannsgruber
236     J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books & Musical Autographs
249     Munster & Company, LLC
128     Neatline Antique Maps
224     Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc.
216     Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books & Manuscripts
259     Bud Plant & Hutchison Books
133     John Price Antiquarian Books
219     Bernard Quaritch Ltd
158     Janette Ray Booksellers
110     William Reese Company LLC
223     Antiquariaat De Roo
220     Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
204     Barry Lawrence Ruderman
121     Ken Sanders Rare Books
112     Antiquariaat Schierenberg
256     Sophie Schneideman Rare Books
139     Susanne Schulz-Falster
136     Marc Selvaggio, Books & Ephemera
238     Shapero Rare Books
221     Sokol Books Ltd
202     Sophia Rare Books
255     Benjamin Spademan Rare Books
111     David Spilman Fine Books
122     Michael Steinbach Rare Books
257     Stellar Books & Ephemera
232     Douglas Stewart Fine Books
243     Swan's Fine Books
261     Symonds Rare Books
262     Ten Pound Island Book Co.
134     Michael Thompson Rare Books
235     Triolet Rare Books
150     Tschanz Rare Books
211     Voewood Rare Books
153     Whitmore Rare Books, Inc.
231     John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller
115     lizzyoung bookseller
143     Zephyr Used & Rare Books

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    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Messingham (Thos.) Florilegium Insulae Sanctorum seu Vitae et Acta Sanctorum Hibernia, Paris 1624. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus). The Haw Lantern, L. (Faber & Faber) 1987, First Edn., Signed and dated. €225 to €350.
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    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Powerscourt (Viscount). A Description and History of Powerscourt, Lond. 1903. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Moryson (Fynes). An Itinerary ... Containing His Ten Yeeres Travel Through the Twelve Dominions of Germany, Bohermerland, Sweitzerland…, Lond. (John Beale) 1617. €700 to €1,000.
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    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Dunlevy (Andrew). An Teagasg Criosduidhe De Reir Ceasda agus Freagartha... The Catechism or Christian Doctrine by Way of Question and Answer, Paris (James Guerin) 1742. €400 to €700.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: The Georgian Society Records of Eighteen-Century Domestic Architecture in Dublin, 5 vols. Complete, Dublin 1909-1913. €500 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Scale (Bernard). An Hibernian Atlas or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland, L. (Robert Sayer & John Bennet) 1776. €625 to €850.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: [Johnson (Rev. Samuel)]. Julian the Apostate Being a Short Account of his Life, together with a Comparison of Popery and Paganism,L. (Langley Curtis) 1682. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Nichlson (Wm.) Illustrator. An Almanac of Twelve Sports, Lond. 1898. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) trans. The Light of the Leaves, 2 vols., Mexico (Imprenta de los Tropicos/Bunholt) 1999. €1,500 to €2,000.
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    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST THREE FAIRY TALE PAMPHLETS, WITH ALL INDICES AND TITLE PAGES. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: THE FIRST FAIRY TALES WITH A SIGNED CARTE DE VISITE OF ANDERSEN AS FRONTIS. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: KARL LAGERFELD. Original pastel and ink drawing in gold, red and black for Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes (1992), "La cassette de l'Empereur."
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY OF THE SIXTH PAMPHLET FOR PETER KOCH. Eventyr, Fortalte For Børn, Second Series, Third Pamphlet. 1841. Publisher's wrappers, complete with all pre- and post-matter.
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    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST EDITION OF ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES IN ENGLISH. Wonderful Stories for Children. London, 1846.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN ON MEETING CHARLES DICKENS. Autograph Letter Signed ("H.C. Andersen") in English to William Jerdan, July 20, 1847.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR EDGAR COLLIN. Nye Eventyr og Historier. Anden Raekke. 1861.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: DOLL HOUSE FURNITURE BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON, DECORATED WITH FANTASTICAL CUT-OUTS, for the children of Jonna Stampe (née Drewsen), his godchildren.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR GEORG BRANDES. Dryaden. Et Eventyr fra Udstillingstiden i Paris 1867. 1868.
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