Northeastern Ohio Book Fair - Akron

This is a great place to find books and other printed materials, especially the historic stuff:

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NOBS Akron Antiquarian Book & Paper Fair

The 30th Annual NOBS Akron Antiquarian Book & Paper Fair will be held on Friday, April 6, 2012 and Saturday, April 7, 2012 at the John S. Knight Center, 77 East Mill Street, Akron, Ohio.

The Fair will be Friday 3:00 pm to 8:30 pm and Saturday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.

General admission: $5.00,  Students: $3.00,  NOBS Members: FREE.

More than 35 dealers will be on site, offering selections that are:  “Old and Rare, Readable and Collectible, First Editions, Children’s Books, Americana, Maps, Prints,

Illustrated Books, Mysteries, Science Fiction, Cookbooks, Civil War, Aviation,

Art, Literature, Travel and More!”

Additionally, there will be something new at the Fair to celebrate our 30th year.  A one hour session on Saturday, April 7th will be devoted to discussing how much old books are worth and another session will be a roundtable discussion about collecting illustrated books, school books and paper ephemera (mainly autographs).

At 11 am on Saturday in the lobby to the Exhibition Hall, Jim Best, owner of The Bookman of Kent in Kent, Ohio will give a one hour talk about what determines how much old books are worth.  At 1 pm on Saturday in the lobby to the Exhibition Hall a one hour session will be devoted to collecting books and paper ephemera, featuring Larry Rakow, owner of Wonderland Books in Cleveland Heights discussing collecting illustrated and pop-up books, Reene Alley, of Talmadge, discussing collecting old school books, and Garry Gibbons, owner of Historical Realia in Wooster, discussing collecting paper ephemera, mainly autographs. Both talks will be FREE and open to the public.