Northampton Book and Book Arts Fairon Friday, November 30, 2018, 5 to 9 pm and Saturday, December 1, 2018, 10 am to 4 pm at the Smith College Campus Center.
The region’s leading used & antiquarian booksellers and fine letterpress printers, book binders, paper makers, and artist book makers will be showcased at the fair. In addition to an exhibition and sale, on November 30th at 4pm, the fair will feature a round-table discussion with curators of special collections from the 5-College libraries, at Graham Hall auditorium, adjacent to the Smith College Art Museum. Participants include:
Leslie Fields, Head of Archives & Special Collections at Mount Holyoke College,
Karen Kukil, Associate Curator of Special Collections at Smith College
Robert Cox, Head of Special Collections and University Archives at University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Sidney Berger, round table moderator and rare book librarian
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“There is no end to the designs, illustrations, materials, texts, genres, and fascination of fine press books. For more than 150 years, they have been produced--and seriously collected. This round-table will look at private and institutional collecting of these amazing books,” says moderator and rare book librarian Sidney Berger.
Admission to the book fair and the event program is free and open to the public.
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Book fair exhibitors represent some of the best used and antiquarian booksellers in New England and beyond. Our exhibitors work in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, Maine, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. We're proud to be able to share the work of celebrated book artists, fine printers, hand papermakers, and fine book binders.
