The Pacific Northwest’s biggest book event returns to the Seattle Center next month! The Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair is set to take place over two days in October, with all things antique and rare.
This year’s event has dealers from across the U.S. and here’s what you can expect.
When is The Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair?
Taking place on Saturday, October 26th and Sunday, October 27th, the 2024 Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair will be at the Exhibition Hall at 301 Mercer Street.
What does the event entail?
Dealers from across North America and around the world descend annually upon Seattle, offering for sale thousands of collectible books, prints, maps, autographs, photographs, posters, postcards, ephemera, manuscripts, broadsides, fine bindings and more.
Organizers call it “the most literate city’s beloved event.”
Who are the confirmed SABF 2024 exhibitors?
The Book Fair has listed its 2024 exhibitors so far, and they include:
Aardvark Rare Books, Eugene, OR
Arches Bookhouse, Portland, OR
Archetypal Artworks, Kent, WA
Arundel Books, Seattle, WA
Avant Retro Books, Sacramento, CA
Back In Time Rare Books, Jacksonville, FL
Backstory Books & Yarn, Portland, OR
Ballard Books, Seattle, WA
Belmont Books, Portland, OR
Carl Blomgren Fine Books, Petaluma, CA
The Book Bin, Corvallis, OR
Book Club of Washington, Seattle, WA
Books As Issued, Petaluma, CA
Taylor Bowie, Seattle, WA
Burnside Rare Books, Portland, OR
Chaparral Books, Portland, OR
Coast to Coast Books, Anacortes, WA
Collins Books, Seattle, WA
Crooked House Books & Paper, Portland, OR
Cross Genre Books, West Linn, OR
Cultural Images, Portland, OR
Dark Parks Books & Collectibles, Fallon, NV
Desert Wind Rare Books, Reno, NV
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, Portland, OR
Easton’s Books, Mount Vernon, WA
Elk River Books, Livingston, MT
Fairlook Antiques, Seattle, WA
Fantasy Illustrated, Silvana, WA
Mark Funke, Bookseller, Mill Valley, CA
Garcia-Garst, Booksellers, Turlock, CA
Gateway: A Division of Collins Books, Seattle, WA
Giant Nerd Books, Spokane, WA
James Graham, Bookseller, Palm Desert, CA
Gregor Rare Books, Langley, WA
Half Price Books, Redmond, WA
Peter Harrington Rare Books, London, UK
Lee Johnson’s Zephyr Books, Reno, NV
Michael Laird Rare Books, Lockhart, TX
John Michael Lang Fine Books, Seattle, WA
Live Oak Booksellers, Langley, WA
Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books
Peter Luke, Americana, New Baltimore, NY
Kenneth Mallory, Bookseller, Decatur, GA
Michael Maslan Vintage Posters & Photographs, Seattle, WA
Melville Books, Portland, OR
J. Michaels Books, Eugene, OR
Monograph Bookwerks, Portland, OR
Munster & Co. Rare Books, Corvallis, OR
Nachtigall Books, Newfields, NH
Nudelman Rare Books, Seattle, WA
Parallel Worlds, Portland, OR
Pelican Bay Books, Anacortes, WA
Peruse the Stacks, Gig Harbor, WA
Pirages Fine Books & Manuscripts, McMinnville, OR
Plant & Hutchison Books, Grass Valley, CA
Revolutions Bookshop, Portland, OR
Rulon-Miller Books, St. Paul, MN
Rural Hours, La Grande, OR
Ken Sanders Rare Books, Salt Lake City, UT
Stellar Books & Ephemera, Moab, UT
Studio Books, Corvallis, OR
Ten Pound Island Book Co., Gloucester, MA
Thorn Books, Tucson, AZ
Timbuktu Books, Seattle, WA
Vandello Books, Seattle, WA
Walkabout Books, Curtis, WA
Wallace Books, Portland, OR
Whitmore Rare Books, Pasadena, CA
John Windle, Antiquarian Bookseller, San Francisco, CA
Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA
Cost to attend
If you’re looking to check it out, tickets are $10 at the door.
Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair
When: Saturday, October 26th and Sunday, October 27th, the 2024
Where: Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, 301 Mercer St
Cost: $10+
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