April 09, 2010

The New York Antiquarian Book Fair 2010

Where can you find a first edition Charles Dickens, an antique map of Australia and a Russian Avant Garde leaflet all under one roof? At the Seventh Regiment Armory on Park Avenue where the 2010 New York Antiquarian Book Fair is now underway! The 50th Anniversary of this annual event is a book lovers paradise with 200 exhibitors from across North America and Europe offering every form of printed material imaginable.

From incunabula to contemporary artists' books, from leather bound sets of Shakespeare to elephant folios of botanical plates, from autographed letters to celestial chartss you can find it here! Every language, every period, every price point is all on view this weekend as New York becomes the center of the book world once again!

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