The Capital Rare Book Fair Comes to Washington May 3-5

Tickets for The Capital Rare Book Fair Comes to Washington May 3-5 in Washington
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General Info
📅 Date: Select your dates directly in the ticket selector
📍 Location: 1135 16th St NW, Washington, DC, United States
 

Description
The Capital Rare Book Fair will bring 35+ antiquarian booksellers from across the country to the historic University Club at 1135 16th St NW in Washington, DC, from May 3rd to 5th, 2024. Building on the success of last year’s Georgetown Rare Book Fair, Fine Book Fairs has moved the fair to a prestigious downtown location, just steps from the White House. This year the fair will take over two floors in the illustrious mansion on Sixteenth Street and showcase thousands of beautiful, notable, and rare books, maps, and historic documents from around the globe. Exceptional examples that will be offered include Leaf twenty-seven of a forty-leaf xylographic Biblia pauperum, a picture bible from 1465 for $85,000 from Bruce McKittrick Rare Books; George Washington’s “Justice and Public Good” letter and one of Abe Lincoln’s signed checksfrom Seth Kaller Inc., an inscribed copy of John F. Kennedy’s “Profiles in Courage, Decisive Moments in the Lives of Celebrated Americans” from B & B Books, and a 17th century map of the Chesapeake Bay from New World Cartographic. The weekend will kick off with an opening night preview party on Friday evening where guests will have first access to the diverse and coveted books while enjoying literary-themed cocktails, wine, and beer, canapes, and musical entertainment. The night will benefit the PEN/Faulkner Foundation, who champion the breadth and power of fiction in America. They administer the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story to help call attention toward literary achievements; by bringing free books and authors into under-resourced DC schools to inspire the next generation of readers and writers; and by curating public literary programs to amplify the work of accomplished authors.