2024 Northampton Antiquarian Book Fair: Full Details

The 2024 Northampton Antiquarian Book, Ephemera, and Book Arts Fair, the eighth edition, will run November 22, 5pm – 8pm and November 23 10am - 4pm in the Northampton Center for the Arts at the Northampton Community Arts Trust in Northampton, Massachusetts.

More than 30 rare booksellers, paper Americana specialists, and book artists, including hand bookbinders, papermakers, and fine letterpress printers from New England and the mid-Atlantic states will convene to exhibit, sell, and schmooze at the popular two-day fair. 

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.

Exhibitors include:

• 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) 

Advance tickets are available now or can be purchased at the door.