I will be exhibiting this weekend at the great Boston Antiquarian Book Fair. As usual it is in the comfortable and central Hyne Convention Center and is beautifully organised by Julie Roper for the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America. To see what I am bringing to the fair please click on the image above, or here

The books are not listed online yet, to keep them back for the fair attendees and personal customers so please do ask if you see anything you like…

Details of the fair can be found here

If you would like a ticket please do let me know.

This weekend I am looking forward to exhibiting in Amsterdam in my first international book fair of the season. If you are in town, please come to see me on Stand 4 in the beautiful Zuiderkerk. Please click on the image above to view the 40 books I will be exhibiting there including a remarkable vellum copy of the final Kelmscott Press book in a fabulous contemporary Zaehnsdorf binding.

The details of the fair can be seen here

I will be exhibiting at the exciting York Book Fair this weekend. The largest book fair in Europe, the exhibitors are spread over 3 floors.  There is something for everyone. Do come along to the Knavesmire Suite at York Racecourse. My catalogue is easily viewed by clicking here or on the image above. Lots of illustrated books including a John Piper Brighton Aquatints, work by Ravilious, Paul Nash, John Nash, Agnes Miller Parker, Clare Leighton, John Buckland Wright and many more.

I will be exhibiting at the Salon du Livre Rare in Paris this weekend. It begins on Thursday night, 12th June, and runs until Sunday the 15th June at the beautiful ‘Le Carreau de Temple’ in the Marais.

If you would like a ticket please email me: sophie@ssrbooks.com

I will be standing at A9 with Justin Croft and showing a variety of illustrated, artists’ and fine press books from Britain, France, Switzerland and Germany. To see the catalogue please click here

For more details please click on the fair website

I hope to see you there!

This week I am exhibiting at Firsts London, the Rare Book Fair at the Saatchi Gallery on the King’s Road. It opens on Thursday 15th and runs until Sunday 18th.

I am showing over 100 new items from stock, most of which do not appear on my website so please do take a look at the illustrated catalogue by clicking on this link

If you would like a ticket to the fair please let me know. It is free on Sunday.

3rd-6th April 2025

Come to New York this weekend and visit the most exciting book event of the year, the city’s Antiquarian Book Fair at the Park Avenue Armory.

We will be showing some amazing new finds on our stand – E5 which is right at the front of the fair. Fancy seeing some Kelmscott Press books printed on vellum, beautiful and unique bookbindings, some original woodblocks by the great masters of the art, etchings by Picasso, Miro? Just drop by this weekend and see what we have or look at our fair catalogue here

‘On the Distaff Side’: Women Makers from 1897 to the Present Day

Catalogue 31 is now available online (click here) or as a hard copy – email sophie@ssrbooks.com to receive a copy.

It focuses on women makers including bookbinders, calligraphers, illuminators, miniaturists, artists and illustrators, book artists & fine presswomen, designers, paper-makers and stonemasons. Do take a look.

I will be exhibiting this weekend at Rare Books San Francisco. It is in the beautiful Fort Mason pavilion with a stunning view out to the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz. For details of where to come see here.

Please click on the image above to see what I will be showing  – for those in the know you will see the nod to the Ashendene Press Chaucer (item 1) on the front cover… Colin Franklin talked about the original cover as being “like stars in the night sky”. Not sure that has been achieved here but it is rather fun. (Thanks to James Alexander of Jade Design).

You can also view the fair catalogue here

I am thrilled to be exhibiting at Le Salon du Livre Rare at Le Carreau du Temple this weekend, alongside Thomas Heneage at stand D8. All the fair details can be found here.

I will be showing illustrated and private press books, artists’ books, bookbindings and prints from France, Germany and Great Britain.

My list can be seen here or if you click on the image below (one of a series of images for each month on letter paper by Guy Arnoux)

Spring has sprung and I will be in New York to enjoy Rare Book Week and the splendid fair at The Armory, Park Avenue. Some of the greatest books available to buy anywhere in the World will be on show and I can’t wait to see what is on offer.

If you can’t make it you can see a small part of it here – over 80 very recent acquisitions – some superb Private Press books including both the deluxe English edition and the German edition of the Cranach Press Hamlet (very useful to see the two of them together and appreciate the variations), some really fine Golden Cockerels, an inscribed Kelmscott Press Hand and Soul, a whole case of fine and designer book bindings. I also have a remarkable 19th century Scottish Bible salesman’s sample book, several paper samples and some really good illuminated ms. from the late 19th and early 20th century including a remarkable and large scale ms. of Baudelaire by the francophile artist Bulwer-Lytton.

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