Dozens of booksellers from around the country will be offering their most interesting, most memorable, and most hard-to-find books for two days this August at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, 500 Fairgrounds Rd., Castle Rock.
The Rocky Mountain Book and Paper Fair, now in its 41st year, is a delight for booklovers of all ages, tastes and budgets. It’s a chance to see books from your childhood you never thought you’d see again, or rare copies of books you never thought you’d ever see, or books you’ve never even heard of that grab your attention and won’t let go.
The fair also will have a large offering of ephemera: Scrapbooks, photographs, posters, letters and other documentation of times gone by.
“Book fairs are unique because dealers bring together books and other materials for just one time and for just one place, and that’s what makes them such an attraction for booksellers,” said fair organizer Carol Mobley. “There’s also no greater accumulation of people who are extremely knowledgeable about books than at a bookfair, so this is a time to learn as well as to shop.”
The fair opens Friday, August 15 at 1 pm and runs to 7 pm. It opens again Saturday, August 16 from 10 am to 4 pm. Admission is $7 – good for both days, but free passes are available from members of the Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association (RMABA.org), sponsor of the fair.
Parking is free, and food is available. Daily door prizes.
Admission is also free to anyone who is a member of a Friends of the Library group and can show a membership card. Children under 12 are free. Letter press printing demonstrations each day, print your own design.
Back again this year is the Author Room where authors are there to sign their books for you as you purchase them. The event is sponsored by The Book Fair Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Book Association (RMABA) and also supported by Taylor Kirkpatrick.
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