Booth #A20 “Les Enluminures” had this book named Book of Prayers woven after illuminations in manuscripts of the fourteenth and fifteenth century which was selling for $55,000.00. This uncommon Book of Prayers is entirely machine-woven of gray and black silk, with a grayish-silver texture to the cast and various styles […]
Antiquarian Book Fair
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Every year, sellers from all over the world gather in New York City to show and sell rare items such as books, maps, and artwork at the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair. On March 6, 2020, I visited the Park Avenue Armory to experience this event for the first […]
March of this year, our Book Technology class visited the 2020 New York International Book Fair. Held at Park Avenue Armory, The New York International Book Fair is where booksellers from all over the world fly to NYC to exhibit and sell various rare printed materials ranging from rare books, […]
Walking around the New York International Book Fair, I felt drawn to a certain bookstall. This book stall contained many aged books. The stall was not only huge, but the pictures from the books were being showcased behind a glass container. The pictures are what drew my eyes to the […]
While trying to choose from a myriad of different collections at New York’s Antiquarian Book Fair this past March, I was drawn to a very beautiful book on Japanese Inro. The book, titled A Paper on Inro: Read Before the Japan Society, was written by Michael Tomkinson in 1895 and […]
Visiting the Antiquarian book fair for the first time was a truly refreshing and insightful experience. As someone who was never initially interested in any form of book collecting, being able to attend such an event does succeed in sparking an interest in someone to engage in the world of […]
Bryan and Christine Bilby are the owners of Appledore Books in Waccabuc, just north of NYC. They used to own two successful bookstores in San Francisco before moving to New York. Bryan joined the Antiquarian Bookseller’s Association of America in 2004, and has been exhibiting since then at the […]
It wasn’t until the third time I heard my name being called out at this year’s New York Antiquarian Book Fair that I headed to the next booth. I had no plans of departing from the booth I was in, Jonkers Rare Books; I wanted to take my time, make […]
As the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America’s (ABAA) New York International Antiquarian Book Fair marked its 58th year, over 200 rare book collectors gathered and exhibited their manuscripts, paintings, books and other ephemera. Oddities and strangeness was included in every stall, including bizarre photos and lithographs, and obscure letters from […]
John W. Knott, Jr.’s Science Fiction Stall The 58th New York Antiquarian Book Fair brought together collectors and booksellers of various disciplines, genres, time periods, and areas of interest. Some stalls featured interesting and bizarre oddities, while others showcased rare children’s books. One particularly interesting […]
