Book Fair

The Eighth Annual Houston Book Fair will take place on Saturday, November 6, 2010 from 10am-5pm

On Saturday, November 6^th, the eighth 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.

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 Subjects include children’s books, Texana, mysteries, historical documents, out-of-print, first editions, comics, among many others.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 2010 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

Butler & Sons Books
Rosenberg, Texas
Texana, Civil War, WWII

Douglas Adams Books
Kingwood, Texas
First Editions

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

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

Ken Sanders Rare Books
Salt Lake city, UT
Antiquarian, First Editions, Travel and Adventure, General Interest

Kopinitz & Muraski
Houston, Texas
Books and Bindings

Lawrence T. Jones
Austin, Texas
19th Century Western Photographs

Modernism 101
Shreveport, Louisiana
20th Century Visual Culture

MPH Printers Guild
Houston, Texas
Letterpress items

Page Books
Hillsboro, Ohio
Children’s Books, Pop-ups

Peter L. Stern & Company, Inc.
Boston, Massachusetts
English & American Literature, Detective Fiction

Raven Books
The Woodlands, Texas
Texana, West America, History, Modern Firsts

Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books
Talent, OR
Sci-Fi, Railroad

Synnott Books
Houston, Texas
Texana and Houston

Tornbooks
Austin, Texas
Fine Arts and General Interest

Wanabee Books
Houston, Texas
Cookbooks