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by Anthony Marshall

I was pleased with the sign. It was home-made but looked rather professional. The real estate agents had quoted me around $550 for a truly professional sign, but I was happy to have confected my own for around $55. It wasn’t difficult. I went along to an instant printing shop where the assistant helped me with the lay-out and type face, and then printed off the words onto an A0 sheet which she laminated. Back home, I tacked the notice carefully onto a piece of chipboard, about 4 feet x 3 feet. Yes, it looked pretty damn good. Weatherproof too. How simple was that? ...more

Paul Minet

by John Huckans

When writing about Paul Minet, one scarcely knows where to begin. I knew one of his bookshops, World of Books on Sackville Street, just across and down the road from Sotheran’s, some years before we actually met. It was in the late ’70s or early ’80s just before Paul and his family went on extended sabbatical to Greece where, as he sometimes put it, he got to know his children better while taking time to write his early memoirs that were published with the title Late Booking: My First Twenty-five Years in the Secondhand Book Trade. I believe the title was chosen after careful thought. Paul wanted to be a bookseller to Everyman – offering good used, antiquarian (and sometimes new) books that were affordable to readers at every income level. He was less interested in selling extremely expensive and rare books to people who might never read them – although he certainly had the resources to do it. It will be interesting to see which direction the antiquarian book trade ultimately takes in the light of the present e-book phenomenon. ...more

Book Fair Calendar

Buffalo Niagara International Antiquarian Book & Ephemera Fair. Buffalo, NY. May 19–20, 2012. (See ad in May/June issue.)

Ann Arbor Antiquarian Book Fair. Ann Arbor, MI. May 20, 2012. (See ad in May/June issue.)

PBFA Antiquarian Book Fair. London, England. May 20, 2012.

London (Olympia) International Antiquarian Book Fair. London, England. May 24–26, 2012. (See ad in May/June issue.)

PBFA Antiquarian Book Fair. London, England. May 25, 2012.

New England Antiquarian Book & Ephemera Fair. Concord, NH. June 3, 2012. (See ad in May/June issue.)

Twin Cities Book Fair. St. Paul, MN. June 29–30, 2012. (See ad in May/June issue.)

Cooperstown Antiquarian Book Fair. Cooperstown, NY. June 30, 2012. (See ad in May/June issue.)

Tennessee Antiquarian Book Fair. Cowan, TN. July 21–22, 2012. (See ad in May/June issue.)

Great Eastern U.S. Summer Antique Advertising, Book & Paper Show. Allentown, PA. July 21, 2012. (See ad in March/April issue.)

Searles Castle Antiquarian Book Fair. Great Barrington, MA. July 28, 2012. (See ad in May/June issue.)

Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Book Fair. Denver, CO. August 3–4, 2012. (See ad in May/June issue.)

Westfield Book & Paper Show. Westfield, NY. August 4, 2012. (See ad in May/June issue.)

Book Hampshire Vintage Book & Paper Fair. Portsmouth, NH. August 5, 2012. (See ad in May/June issue.)

PulpFest 2012. Columbus, Ohio. August 9–12, 2012. (See ad in May/June issue.)

New Hampshire Antiquarian Book Fair. Concord, NH. August 12, 2012. (See ad in May/June issue.)

Vermont Summer Book Fair. Brattleboro, VT. August 12, 2012. (See ad in May/June issue.)

Rochester Antiquarian Book Fair. Rochester, NY. September 8, 2012.

York National Book Fair. York, England. September 14, 2012.

Paper Town. Boxborough, MA. September 15, 2012.

Georgia Fine & Collectible Book Fair. Marietta, GA. September 22–23, 2012. (See ad in May/June issue.)

Pasadena Book Fair. Pasadena, CA. October 6–7, 2012.

Great Eastern U.S. Fall Antique Advertising, Book & Paper Show. Allentown, PA. October 6–7, 2012. (See ad in March/April issue.)

Toronto International Antiquarian Book Fair. Toronto, Ontario (Canada). October 12–14, 2012.

Cleveland Antiquarian Book & Paper Fair. Shaker Heights, OH. October 14, 2012.

NYC Vintage Paperback & Pulp Fiction Expo. New York, NY. October 14, 2012.

Pioneer Valley Book & Ephemera Fair. Northampton, MA. October 14, 2012.

York Book & Paper Fair. York, PA. October 20, 2012.

Chelsea Antiquarian Book Fair. London, England. November 2, 2012.

Autumn Long Island Book & Ephemera Fair. Hempstead, NY. November 3–4, 2012.

Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair. Boston, MA. November 16–18, 2012.

Boston Book, Print & Ephemera Show. Boston, MA. November 17, 2012. (See ad in May/June issue.)

New Jersey Vintage Book & Ephemera Fair. East Hanover, NJ. December 1–2, 2012.

Book News & Notes

55th London International Antiquarian Book Fair

The ABA (Antiquarian Booksellers' Association), who organise the London International Antiquarian Book Fair has announced that 161 exhibitors have now signed up for this year’s event. Now in its 55th year, the biggest and oldest fair in the UK will take place for the first time in the larger National Hall at Olympia (London) from May 24 through May 26, 2012.

This year’s fair will be truly international with exhibitors from 15 countries taking part. 41 new exhibitors will be attending for the first time and they will be traveling from all corners of the globe, including seven from Germany; eight from the USA, one from France and Belgium, two from Sweden, Italy and Denmark and three from Australia (including Tasmania), plus seven London-based dealers, eight from throughout England and one from Northern Ireland.

The fair will also have more “graphics” exhibitors than in previous years, with ten exhibitors of visual materials including maps and prints compared to previous years. New participants include Classic Bindings and Daniel Crouch Rare Books LLP, both based in London. ...more

Book Auction Calendar

Swann Galleries. New York, NY. May 22, 2012. (See ad in May/June issue.)

PBA Galleries. San Francisco, CA. May 24, 2012.

Sotheby’s. London, England. May 29, 2012.

Christie’s. London, England. May 29, 2012.

Freeman’s. Philadelphia, PA. May 31, 2012. (See ad in May/June issue.)

Swann Galleries. New York, NY. June 7, 2012. (See ad in May/June issue.)

Christie’s. London, England. June 13, 2012.

Swann Galleries. New York, NY. June 14, 2012. (See ad in May/June issue.)

Christie’s. London, England. June 19, 2012.

Bonhams. New York, NY. June 19–20, 2012.

Swann Galleries. New York, NY. June 21, 2012. (See ad in May/June issue.)

Christie’s. New York, NY. June 22, 2012.

Bonhams. Los Angeles, CA. June 24, 2012.

Swann Galleries. New York, NY. June 28, 2012. (See ad in May/June issue.)

Bonhams. Oxford, England. July 3, 2012.

Christie’s. London, England. July 4–5, 2012.

Sotheby’s. London, England. July 11–12, 2012.

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago, IL. August 8, 2012.

Christie’s. London, England. September 19–20, 2012.

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago, IL. September 20, 2012.

Bonhams. Oxford, England. September 25, 2012.

Bonhams. San Francisco, CA & New York, NY. October 4, 2012.

Heritage Auctions. Dallas, TX. October 17–18, 2012. (See ad in May/June issue.)

Bonhams. New York, NY. October 23, 2012.

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago, IL. November 7, 2012.

Skinner, Inc.. Boston, MA. November 18, 2012. (See ad in May/June issue.)

Bonhams. New York, NY. November 20, 2012.

Bonhams. New York, NY. December 4, 2012.

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago, IL. December 13, 2012.