Book Fair

The Ninth Annual Houston Book Fair will take place on Saturday, November 5, 2011 from 10am-5pm

On Saturday, November 5^th, the ninth 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.

From 10am-12pm, local book appraiser, Kurt Zimmerman will provide free book appraisals (limit 2) for Book Fair attendees. Visitors are encouraged to bring a couple of books and find out how much they are worth.

Tony Diaz and David Kaplan, contributors to Literary Houston will give a presentation at 12:00 P.M. in the Museum Theatre. Literary Houston is a collection of historical and contemporary writing about this Texas city.

At 2:00 P.M., local author and Texas Southern University professor, Michael Berryhill, will give a presentation in the Museum Theatre on his recent book The Trials of Eroy Brown: The Murder Case that Shook the Texas Prison System.

Copies of both books will be for sale, available for signing by the authors, courtesy of Brazos Bookstore.

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. Specialties include antiquarian and rare books, fine bindings, first editions, Texana, history, Civil War, art books, children’s books, mysteries, illustrated books, classics, historical documents & maps, ephemera, prints and photographs, comics, and book art crafts.

Admission is $5.00. Free for Museum Members. For questions about this year's Book Fair, please email Amanda Stevenson, Curator.

Vendors for the 2011 Houston Book Fair

Sponsors for the Ninth Annual Houston Book Fair include:

12th Street Books
Austin, Texas
General, Modern Firsts

Abracadabra Books
Denver, Colorado
Antiquarian

Arader Galleries
Houston, Texas
Antiquarian

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

Exquisite Corpse, Booksellers
Houston, Texas
Rare, art, architecture, photography, and decorative arts

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

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

Synnott Books
Houston, Texas
Texana and Houston

Tornbooks
Austin, Texas
Fine Arts and General Interest

Wanabee Books
Houston, Texas
Cookbooks