Discount tickets to Chicago Book & Paper Fair.
When: Saturday, June 15, 2019 10AM-5PM
Where: Chicago Journeyman Plumbers Union Hall, 1340 W. Washington Blvd., Regular Admission: $6.00 / $4.00 for students with ID
Chicago Book & Paper Fair: Rare Books, Vintage Maps & More Comp tickets plus $2.75 fee
Booksellers from all over the Midwest and the US will offer fine antiquarian, rare and collectible First Editions and books.
While I realize most of use aren’t antiquarian book dealers if you’re into books it’s always fun to browse through unique books you’ll never see anywhere else. Think of it as 40 pop-up bookstores in one place.
Fields of books:
- Americana
- Art & Photography
- Literature
- Poetry
- Children’s Books
- Cookbooks
- Science & Technology
- Transportation & Railroadiana
- Civil War
- Illustrated Books
- Chicago History & Authors
Also featuring:
- Leather bindings
- Autographs
- Letters
- Broadsides
- Vintage paperbacks and pulps
- Maps
- Photographs
- Posters
- Prints
- Vinyl Records
- Ephemera, and other paper items!
Exhibitors (so far)
Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc / Chicago, IL
Bay Leaf Books* / Newaygo, MI
George Ritzlin Maps and Prints* / Evanston, IL
Plain Tales Books* / Arlington Heights, IL
Glover’s Bookery / Lexington, KY
First Folio* / Paris, TN
Main Street Fine Books* / Galena, IL
Autumn Leaves Books* / Chicago, IL
Chicago Rare Book Center* / Evanston, IL
Shaw’s Books* / Gross Pointe Park, MI
Eureka! Antiques / Evanston, IL
Thomas A. Lyons Fine Books* / Neenah, WI
Kubik Fine Books / Dayton, OH
Stick Figure Books / Lake Barrington, IL
Kurt Gippert, Bookseller* / Chicago, IL
Bookworks* / Beloit, WI
Beasley Books* / Chicago, IL
Bibliodisia Books* / Chicago, IL
Out-of-the-Way Books / North Adams, MI
The Fine Books Company* / Rochester, MI
Jeff Hirsch Books* / Wadsworth, IL
David McCord, Bookseller / Atlanta, GA
Bookleggers Used Books* / Chicago, IL
Kenneth Mallory Bookseller / Decatur, GA
Americana Books / Stone Mountain, GA
James Eckerling Antiques / Chicago, IL
Jerry Merkel, Bookseller* / Xenia, OH
Little Button Rose / Elkhart, IN
Fireproof Books* / Minnetonka, MN
Magnolia Books / Chicago, IL
Looking Glass Books* / Oak Park, IL
West Side Book Shop* / Ann Arbor, MI
Kobetsky Fine Book Boxes / Chicago, IL
*MWABA Member
Special presentations and demonstrations by
Pacific Book Auction Galleries (PBA Galleries)
Book Artist Pamela Olson
Chicago Literary Hall of Fame
The Caxton Club
