Berkshire Antiquarin Book and Ephemera Fair 7/26 and 7/27
markbrumberg
13 June, 2019
Great Barrington, Massachusetts –
The Berkshire Antiquarian Book and Ephemera Fair has been
revived and will held on Friday, July 26th, 5-8 pm and Saturday, July 27th, 10
am – 4pm at the Berkshire South Regional Community Center, 15 Crissey Road, Great
Barrington, Massachusetts. After Bernice Bornstein, the former fair producer,
retired from her long-popular summer Searles Castle book fair, there was
nothing to replace it until this year.
The event will showcase used & antiquarian booksellers, ephemera and
autograph dealers, fine letterpress printers, book binders, and artist book
makers from throughout the region and admission will be free to all.
At last report there are exhibitors from seven states, including Laurie Alpert,
(Brookline); Joslin Hall Books & Ephemera, (Hatfield); Melrose Books & Art,
(Melrose), New England Auctions,
(Deerfield); Alan James Robinson, (West Hatfield); John R. Sanderson,
Antiquarian Bookseller, (Stockbridge); Peter L. Stern & Co., (Boston);
Warwick Press, (Easthampton); Wiggins Fine Books, (Shelburne Falls); and Willow
Bindery, (Shrewsbury) - all from Massachusetts.
Country Bookshop (Plainfield), will represent Vermont.
Jeffrey Bergman Books (Fort Lee); Brenner's Collectable Books (Manasquan);
Stuart Lutz Historic Documents (Short Hills) and Pied Oxen Printers (Hopewell)
are all from New Jersey.
New York booksellers will include Blind Dog Books (Chappaqua), Carydale Books
(Stamfordville); Carnegie Hill Books (New York); Doyle's Books (Fayetteville);
Peter Luke Americana (New Baltimore), and Old Editions, Inc, (North Tonawanda).
Colebrook Book Barn (Colebrook) and Yesterday’s Gallery (East Woodstock) are
both from Connecticut and James Arsenault (Arowsic, ME) and William Hutchinson
(Mendenhall, PA) complete the roster as this is published.
The fair is being produced by Book Arts Promotion, a collaboration between Mark
Brumberg and Wiggins Fine Books. For more information, call (413) 588-8011, visit
the website at www.berkshirebookfair.com
or e-mail m...@berkshirebookfair.com.
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Mark Brumberg
Book Arts Promotion
139 Federal Street
Northampton, MA 01062-2703
413.588.8011 (mobile) 413.341.3943 (home/office)