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The Rose City Book Fair Returns June 14-15

Find the purrfect book at the 19th annual Rose City Book & Paper Fair.

Find the purrfect book at the 19th annual Rose City Book & Paper Fair.

Come June, it will once again be time for the annual Rose City Book & Paper Fair held in the “Rose City,” Portland, Oregon. The annual book fair will once again be held at the DoubleTree at Lloyd Center, 1000 NE Multnomah, Portland, Oregon. The dates are Saturday and Sunday, June 14-15. Hours are 10:00 a.m – 5:00 p.m. Admission is the same as last year, $5 at the door.

 

At this writing, they already have over 60 exhibitors signed up and there will likely be more. They go from ACS, Inc., to Zephyr Used & Rare Books. The sponsor is the Cascade Booksellers Association. Cascade's members come from Oregon and Washington. Visitors to the fair may come from anywhere!

 

This the link for more information or to buy tickets in advance - www.rosecitybookfair.com.

 

Here is a list of the currently confirmed exhibitors.

 

ACS, Inc.

Arches Bookhouse

Authors Against Book Bans

Backstory Books & Yarn

Balcony Books

Barbara Mader Children's Books

Belmont Books

BOLD Coffee & Books

Book Bin, ABAA

Book Feast

Books Read & Books New

boredom books

Bottom Feeder's Book Collective

Bud Plant & Hutchison Books ABAA

Burnside Rare Books, ABAA

Clinker Press

Collins Books

Comics Adventure

cool, calm, and collectible

Crooked House, ABAA

Cross Genre Books

Cultural Images, ABAA

Daedalus Books

Desert Wind Rare Books

Fairlook Antiques

Fandomland Crafts

Fantasy Illustrated, ABAA

John Howell for Books, ABAA

Junk Empire

Last Word Books

Lee Johnson's Zephyr Books, ABAA

Librariana, LLC

The Literate Collector

Magic Bird Books

Melville Books

MJ Rare Books & Manuscripts

Moothart Books N' Stuff

Munster & Company, ABAA

Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA

Orca Books Cooperative

Parallel Worlds

Passages Bookshop

Paul Johnson Fine Books

Peruse the Stacks, ABAA

Revolutions Bookshop

Richard Bishop, Bookseller

Rob & June Edwards

Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA

Stellar Books & Ephemera, ABAA

Studio Books

Suzanne & Truman Price

Swan's Fine Books, ABAA

Taylor Bowie, ABAA

Terry's Old School Comics

Thorn Books, ABAA

Timbuktu Books

Tylor's Books, Toys & Comics

Vandello Books

Wallace Books

Zephyr Used & Rare Books, ABAA

 

Rare Book Monthly

  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
  • Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000

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