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Rare book fair underway in Buffalo

WBFO News photo by Eileen Elibol, WNED/WBFO

50 vintage booksellers from the northeast U.S. and Ontario have converged on Buffalo to sell rare books.The second annual Buffalo Niagara International Antiquarian Book, Paper & Ephemera Fair continues Saturday at the Adam’s Mark Hotel & Event Center in Buffalo, N.Y.

Credit WBFO News photo by Eileen Elibol, WNED/WBFO
Rare book show

You can browse through many books from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Vintage booksellers traveled from across New York State and as far away as Vermont, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Ontario to bring their wares to Buffalo.

Credit WBFO News photo by Eileen Elibol, WNED/WBFO
Rare book sale

The fair will be open to the public and admission will be $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and free for children under 12. Items in the following categories will be available for purchase:

? Americana, Civil War, American History

? Autographs, Manuscripts, Documents and Signed Books

? Books on Books

? Bound Periodicals

? Campanology

? Children’s and Illustrated Books

? Color Plate Books

? Ephemera

? Fine Bindings

? Fine Art

? Folklore

? Folk Music

? General Antiquarian

? History

? Maps

? Modern First Editions, Literature, Poetry and Fine Press Books

? Mystery, Detective, Espionage and Adventure Fiction

? New York State

? Paintings

? Maxfield Parrish

? Performing Arts, Music, Theatre, Dance and Film

? Periodicals

? Plate Books

? Postcards

? Photography

? Presidents

? Prints and Maps

? Regional and Town Histories, including New York State and Genealogy

? Theodore Roosevelt

? Science, Natural History and Medicine and Technology

? Sets

? Sporting, Angling, Hunting, Horses and Dogs

? Travel

? Western Americana

? Wizard of Oz

The fair is presented by Ronald Cozzi of Buffalo’s Old Editions Book Shop and Café and Garry Austin of Wilmington, Vermont’s Austin's Antiquarian Books. 

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Ronald Cozzi of Buffalo’s Old Editions Book Shop and Café

WNED’s photographer Eileen Elibol checked out the event Friday and shared her photos with WBFO!