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Articles - January - 2024 Issue

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

Rare Book Monthly

  • High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD

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