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Articles - August - 2025 Issue

Book and Paper Events during August-September

- by Announcement, Rare Book Hub staff

The flow is steady

The flow is steady

There are some interesting possibilities to visit book fairs during August and September. For those on Cape Cod, August quickly starts with the Martha’s Vineyard Book Festival on August 1-3rd, on September, the Library of Congress National Book Festival (September 6th), the Printers Row Lit Fest in Chicago (September 6-7), the Mississippi Book Festival (September 13), and the Baltimore Book Festival (September 13-14) and then the Brooklyn Book Festival (September 14-22), and the Empire State Rare Book and Print Fair (September 26-27).

 

Beyond book fairs in the United States, there are 3 scheduled overseas.

 

Beyond book fairs, 140 collectible paper auctions are in the offing in August. For September, the full schedule won’t be published until later in August.

 

Book Fairs in the United States

 

  1. Martha’s Vineyard Book Festival (August 1-3) mvbookfestival.org/
  2. The Library of Congress National Book Festival (September 6th) www.loc.gov/events/2025-national-book-festival/
  3. The Printers Row Lit Fest in Chicago (September 6-7) printersrowlitfest.org/
  4. The Mississippi Book Festival (September 13) msbookfestival.com/
  5. The Baltimore Book Festival The Baltimore Book Festival (September 13-14) baltimorebookfest.com/
  6. The Brooklyn Book Festival (September 14-22) brooklynbookfestival.org/
  7. The Empire State Rare Book and Print Fair (September 26-27) finefairs.com/new-york%2C-ny

 

International Book Fairs

 

  1. The Ghana International Book Fair (August 7-10)
  2. The Edinburgh International Book Fair (August 9-24
  3. The Moscow International Book Fair (September 3-7)

 

 

Auctions

 

As to book and paper auctions we have 140 events scheduled for August https://www.rarebookhub.com/auctions/calendar

 

 

Rare Book Monthly

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    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.
    Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.
    Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.
    Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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