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Book Fair Calendar 2007-8
A list of the major international fairs organised by members of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers.

 

 

 

ABA Summer Exhibition Women & the Book (ABA):
Friday 8th August - Tuesday 20th August, 2008
The ABA and the Women's Library present a selling exhibition on women and the printed word.
The Exhibition Room, Bernard Quaritch Ltd.,
8 Lower John Street, Golden Square,
London W1F 9AU.
email: admin@aba.org.uk
 
Madrid ILAB Congress and Book Fair 2008 (AILA) 
September 11th - 13th, 2008
Madrid Congress and Exhibition Centre.
email: info@ilabmadrid2008.com
website: www.ilabmadrid2008.com
 
Brussels International Antiquarian Bookfair (Supported by CLAM/BBA):
September 19th - 21st, 2008
Centre for Fine Arts, Rue Ravenstein 23, Brussels (tbc).
email: info@bibliofair.com
 
Artelibro Bologna (Supported by ALAI):
September 25th to 28th, 2008
Museo dell'Archiginnasio, Bologna.
email: info@artelibro.it   alai@alai.it>
 
Dritte Frankfurter Antiquariatmesse (Supported by VDA): 15th - 19th October 2008
Messegelande, Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1,
Frankfurt Am Main.
Contact: Helga Jansohn, Tel: +49 (0) 69 2102 224
email: info@book-fair.com
website: www.buchmesse.de/en/portal.php
 
ANZAAB 35th Australian Antiquarian Book Fair:
October 24th to 26th, 2008
Malvern Town Hall, Melbourne.
email: admin@anzaab.com
 
Amsterdam (NVvA): 23rd to 25th October 2008
Passenger Terminal Amsterdam, Piet Heinkade 27,
1019BR Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
email: machiel@asherbooks.com
website: www.amsterdambookfair.com
 
Prague (SVAZ): October 2008 (tbc)
AVENTIN – Kulturne spolecenské centrum, Purkynova 4/53 (tbc).
email: antikvariat@ztichlaklika.cz
website: www.ztichlaklika.cz
 
London Antiquarian Bookfair, Chelsea (ABA)
November 7th - 8th, 2008.
Old Chelsea Town Hall, Kings Road, Chelsea,
London SW3 5EZ, UK.
email: admin@aba.org.uk
Liber Berlin (Not ILAB): 7th to 9th November, 2008
Schluterhoff des Zeughauses, in the German Historical Museum, Berlin, Germany.
email: info@liberberlin.de
website: www.liberberlin.de

Boston (ABAA):   14th to 16th November, 2008

The Hynes Convention Center,
Boston, USA.
email: info@bostonbookfair.com
website: www.bostonbookfair.com

 

Quod Libet (Supported by VDA):  14th to 16th November, 2008

Hamburg Stock Exchange,
Adolphsplatz 1, Hamburg.
email: frauke@luckwaldt.de
website: www.luckwaldtmessen.de/index.php?page=Quod-Libet-English

 

XI Salon del Libro Antiguo de Madrid: (AILA) November 2008
(To be confirmed, 2007 details below)
Hotel Miguel Angel, Calle Miguel Angel 29-31, Madrid.
Contact: Fernando Contreras, Tel: +39 02 210223079 - 6056 -4942
website: www.salondellibro.com

 

 

Hong Kong: (Supported by ILAB)
17th to 19th January 2009
Hong Kong Island Exhibition Centre, Wan Chai.
website: www.hongkongantiquarianbookfair.com

 

Stuttgart: (VDA) 30th January to 1st February 2009
Wurttembergischer Kunsterverein, Schloßplatz 2,
Stuttgart, Germany.
website: www.antiquare.de

 

 

California (ABAA): 13th to 15th February 2009

Councourse Exhibition Center, 635 Eight Street, San Francisco, USA.

 

Antiquariats-Messe, Zurich: 6th to 8th March 2009

Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland.
website: www.bookfair.ch

 

Tokyo (ABAJ): March 2009 (tbc)

Tokyo International Forum Convention Center, Japan. (tbc)

 

Edinburgh (ABA): 13th and 14th March 2009

Music Room, The Assembly Rooms, George Street, Edinburgh, UK. (There will also be a PBFA Fair in the Assembly Rooms at the same time) (tbc)

 

New York (ABAA): April 2009 (dates and venue to be confirmed)

Park Avenue Armory, Park & 67th Street, New York, USA.

 

Milan (ALAI): May 2009,      Libri antichi e di pregio a Milano (dates and venue to be confirmed)

Salone dei Tessuti, Via San Gregorio 29
(500 metres from Central Station).
email: alai@alai.it
website: www.alai.it

 

London Antiquarian Bookfair, Olympia 2009 (ABA)
4th to 6th June 2009     

Olympia 2 Exhibition Centre, Hammersmith Road, Kensington, London W14 8UX, UK.

 

Paris (SLAM): 18th - 21st June, 2009

Grand Palais, Avenue Winston Churchill, Paris, France.
email: slam-livre@wanadoo.fr
Tel: +33 01 43 29 4638

 

 

2009 ABA Chelsea Book Fair
(Contracts are still to be signed, but the dates have been agreed with the venue) :
Chelsea: 6 and 7 November 2009

 

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Jonathan Kearns 2007