The Annual Gold Rush Book Fair

- by Karen Wright

Ken Sanders Rare Books of Salt Lake City (left), Bud Plant & Hutchison Books of Grass Valley.


Along about 4:30 we all began to get antsy to pack it in. We made a last minute visit to a seller who had a book we really wanted then began to re-pack boxes and break down shelving. As we were all packing up, the guy from the 2008 Central Valley Antiquarian Book Fair in Sacramento came by with forms to ask us to do the Sacramento Book Fair in September. If you are interested, email Jim Kay at jimkay@comcast.net. We're itchin' to do it but our only hesitation is the gas from our place to Sacramento, and I'm sure we're not the only ones worried about that. Boy, it's getting hard to go anywhere!

We loaded the Suburban, said goodbye to friends and went on down the road. We broke even, and might have made a bit of money if we hadn't just HAD to buy a few books! If you are interested in doing this fair in the future, contact John Hardy at www.goldrushbookfair.com.

Have a good summer and keep up the good bookselling work.