Rare Book Monthly

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

  • Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
  • Rare Book Hub is now mobile-friendly!
  • Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.

Article Search

Archived Articles