The 2024 Northampton Antiquarian Book, Ephemera, and Book Arts Fair, the eighth edition, will be Friday, November 22nd from 5 – 8pm and Saturday, November 23rd from 10am to 4pm in the Northampton Center for the Arts at the Northampton Community Arts Trust at 33 Hawley Street in Northampton, Massachusetts, 01060.

 

More than 30 rare booksellers, paper Americana specialists, and book artists, including hand bookbinders, papermakers, & fine letterpress printers from New England and the mid - Atlantic states will convene to exhibit, sell, and schmooze at the popular two-day fair.  At this time, there are a handful of exhibitor spaces available, ranging from single six-foot tables to the traditional U-shaped booth. Contact fair director Mark Brumberg, of Book Fair Promotion, through www.northamptonbookfair.com , for a space reservation and fair contract.

 

Northampton is located in the Connecticut River Valley of Western Massachusetts, about an hour north of Hartford, CT, two hours west of Boston, and three and a half hours northeast of New York City. Northampton has been called Paradise City, as it repeatedly has been voted one of the best small arts cities and one of the best places to live in the country. Visitors will find a variety of small, independently owned new bookshops, rare booksellers, book artist studios, fine restaurants & cafes, craft shops, art galleries, and music venues in downtown and the surrounding region.

 

The Northampton Book Fair is sponsored by SNEAB, Southern New England Antiquarian Booksellers and the Northampton Center for the Arts. Media sponsor is New England Public Media and the NEPM Book Club.

 

Fair attendees will find a variety of books and ephemera ranging from rare travel books to literary first editions, paper Americana to historic account books and manuscripts, fine letter press printing to  fine letter press poetry books, mystery & science fiction to rare travel books, first editions, and signed books. Also featured will be handmade journals, handmade paper, fine bindings, artist books, limited edition wood engravings, and early printed books.  A wide variety of collectible books, priced under $100, will be available for sale.

 

The 2024 Northampton Book Fair will draw buyers, collectors, librarians, ephemera specialists, booksellers, and tourists  from throughout the region to browse and purchase from a diverse set of exhibitors, including:

 

Leslie Arthur, Second Wind Books, English & American 20th century firsts by, for, and about women; speculative & science fiction; & film-related ephemera (New Haven, CT)

Stefan Baer, Complete Traveller, rare travel books, WPA Guides, A&C Black, Baedekers (Westport, CT)

Karen Bullock, Old Working Books & Bindery, rare book restoration, hand bound blank note books, unique note cards from salvage book illustrations. (West Brookfield, MA)

Jay Cordeiro, Northeast Natural History & Supply, natural history and geography books (West Dennis, MA)

Greg Gibson, Ten Pound Island Book Co., ABAA, maritime rare books, manuscripts, &ephemera (Gloucester, MA)

William Hutchison, eclectic mix of antiquarian books in a wide variety of fields, including Americana (Mendenhall, PA)

Ben Koenig, The Country Bookshop, unusual books & ephemera including folk music and folklore (Plainfield, VT)

Tara Law, of Tara Law Design, artist books – etching, letterpress, screen printing, aquatint, and laser cut; written by artist/writer Tara Law (Marshfield, MA)

Peter Luke Americana, 18th, 19th, and early 20th century Americana (New Baltimore, NY)

Joel Levin, Dewey Decimals, vintage, old & rare books, a selection of books from the libraries of Madeleine L’Engle, Edward Herrmann, & Barry Moser (Northampton, MA)

Michael and Earl Manz, Yesterday’s Gallery & Babylon Revisited, ABAA, jazz age and depression era literature (East Woodstock, CT & Northampton, MA)

Peter L. Masi, books & ephemera (Montague,MA),

Joseph Phillips, Commonwealth Books, ABAA,  varied selection of vintage & antiquarian books (Boston, MA and Newport, RI)

Ed Rayher, Swamp Press/Slate Roof Press, designer and printer of fine letterpress poetry books, creates & casts new faces and ornaments in hot metal (Northfield, MA)

Jacob Romm, Letter and Spirit Press, letterpress prints, broadsides, chapbooks, stationary & ephemera (New Haven, CT)

John R. Sanderson, Rare Books, rare, early & fine books in diverse fields (Stockbridge, MA)

Richard Stephens, Supersession Press, unique and limited edition fine press books (Saint Louis Park, Minnesota)

Peter L. Stern & Co, Inc., literature, first editions, mysteries (Newtown, MA)

Richard Turnbull, Furious Day Press, artists’ book and prints (Leeds, MA)

William Turomsha, Omega Fine Art, Leonard Baskin and Barry Moser wood engravings, lithographs, & books (Northampton, MA)

Scott Vile, The Ascensius Press, prints & publishers letterpress editions (Bar Mills, ME)

 

For a roster of vendors from our last fair: www.northamptonbookfair.com/2022-exhibitors

 

Event Details

Friday, November 22nd, 5pm -8 pm
Saturday, November 23rd, 10am - 4pm

 

Advance tickets are available now or can be purchased at the door.  For a limited time, half-price (two-for-one) admissions, are offered at the “buy tickets” link at: northamptonbookfair.com

 

The venue is a universally accessible building with plenty of free on-site parking.

 

Northampton Community Arts Trust

33 Hawley Street

Northampton , MA 01060

United States

 

General Admission is $8. Students and Children Free.

When buying a ticket, please consider making a donation to Forbes Library, Northampton’s Public Library. Round up to $10 to benefit the city’s library.