Book Fair

The Seventh Annual Houston Book Fair will take place on Saturday, November 7, 2009 from 10am-5pm

On Saturday, November 7^th, the seventh 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.

Noted Texas food writer, Robb Walsh, will be one of two guest speakers at this year’s Book Fair. At 12:00 P.M., Walsh will discuss his recent book Sex, Death & Oysters: A Half-Shell Lover’s World Tour, a chronicle of the author’s “quest for the truth about the world’s most profitable aphrodisiac”.

At 2:00 P.M. cinema historian David Welling will discuss his recent book Cinema Houston, a concise history of the theatres in Houston, including hundreds of photos, clippings and advertisements. Copies of both books will be for sale, available for signing by the authors.

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 Subjects include children’s books, Texana, mysteries, historical documents, out-of-print, first editions, comics, among many others.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 Amanda Stevenson, Curator.

Vendors for the 2009 Houston Book Fair

Sponsors for the Seventh Annual Houston Book Fair include:

12th Street Books
Austin, Texas
General, Modern Firsts

Beckers Books
Houston, Texas
Used, Out of Print, Rare

Bedrock City Comic Co.
Houston, Texas
Comic Books

Black Horse Books
Montgomery, Texas
Civil War

Bud Plant & Hutchison Books
Cedar Ridge, California
Children’s Books and Illustrated Books

Douglas Adams Books
Kingwood, Texas
First Editions

Exquisite Corpse, Booksellers
Houston, Texas
Art, Architecture, Design, Photography

First Folio
Paris, Tennessee
Illustrated, Rare Books, Fine Bindings

Good Books in the Woods
The Woodlands, Texas
Literature, Modern Firsts, Signed

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Historical Documents, Ephemera Autographs, Early Printing/Writing, Texana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

Russell Light Gallery
Fort Worth, Texas
Antiquarian, Fine Bindings

Synnott Books
Houston, Texas
Texana and Houston

Tornbooks
Austin, Texas
Fine Arts and General Interest