On Saturday, November 8^th, the sixth annual Houston Book Fair at the Museum of Printing History will delight visitors with a wide range of items from moderately priced used books to rare and collectible volumes. The fair will provide a great variety of material for gift giving or personal enjoyment. The working studios will also be open for a variety of demonstrations led by artists. From papermaking to letterpress printing, to bookbinding and lithography, visitors will be introduced to the Museum’s workshop offerings.

At 2:00 p.m. visitors will be treated to a special guest lecture by Houston author Marks Hinton. The author will entertain attendees with a discussion of his recent book, Historic Houston Streets: The Stories Behind the Names. Hinton spent six years researching this 235-page book. It includes explanations of the oddest reasons for street names, as well as the historical importance of the people behind the names. Copies of the book will be for sale at the event, available for signing by the author.

The Houston Book Fair has been growing in size and popularity since its debut in 2003. This year’s line-up includes over 20 dealers from across the country. Subjects include children’s books, Texana, mysteries, historical documents, out-of-print, first editions, comics, among many others.

Admission is $5.00. Free for Museum Members. For questions about this year's Book Fair, please email bookfair@printingmuseum.org or Amanda Stevenson, Curator at astevenson@printingmuseum.org.

Committed Vendors for the Sixth Annual Houston Book Fair: Bedrock City Comic Co. Houston, Texas Comic Books Black Horse Books Montgomery, Texas Civil War A Book Buyers Shop Houston, Texas General. Books About Books, Fine Bindings Bud Plant & Hutchison Books Cedar Ridge, California Children’s Books and Illustrated Books Butler & Sons Books Rosenberg, Texas Texana, Civil War, WWII Exquisite Corpse, Booksellers Houston, Texas Art, Architecture, Design, Photography First Folio Paris, Tennessee Illustrated, Rare Books, Fine Bindings Graham Book Gallery Houston, TX Antiquarian Historical Collections Houston, Texas Historical Documents, Ephemera Autographs, Early Printing/Writing, Texana Houston Book Arts Group Houston, Texas Handmade books, book arts Judy Bond Interiors, Inc. Houston, Texas Texana, Maps Kaboom Books Houston, Texas Used, scarce, and scholarly Kopinitz & Muraski Houston, Texas Books and Bindings MPH Printers Guild Houston, Texas Letterpress items Murder by the Book Houston, Texas Mystery Page Books Hillsboro, Ohio Children’s Books, Pop-ups Peter L. Stern & Company, Inc. Boston, Massachusetts English & American Literature, Detective Fiction Raven Books Woodlands, Texas Texana, West America, History, Modern Firsts Susan Melton Bruneni Houston, Texas Book Related Gifts Synnott Books Houston, Texas Texana and Houston Tornbooks Austin, Texas Fine Arts and General Interest 12th Street Books Austin, Texas General, Modern Firsts