First Printing: The Antique Maps and Antique Prints Blog

First Printing is a weekly blog devoted to antique maps and antique prints. We announce meetings, events, exhibitions, etc. We also list upcoming auctions and antiquarian bookfairs. Please email us if you want to announce an event.

Saturday, August 26, 2006

Antique Maps & Antique Prints News

Antique Maps & Antique Prints Upcoming Events
September 7-9, Portland, Oregon. Society for the History of Discoveries, 47th Annual Meeting. The theme of the 2006 meeting is Exploring the Wonders of the Northwest. For information, email: Tom Sander.

September 9, New York. New York Map Society meeting at 2 pm. Room 117, New York Public Library, 5th Ave. at 42nd St., New York. For information, email: nymapsociety@webtv.net.


Antique Maps & Antique Prints Ongoing Exhibitions
For information on a wide range of current exhibitions, please visit the Exhibitions Page at Vintage World Antique Maps & Prints.


Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs
September 8-9, Sturbridge, Massachusetts. The Sturbridge Book & Ephemera Fair. Sturbridge Host Hotel, 366 Main St., (Rte. 20) Sturbridge. For information: flamingoshows@aol.com; Tel. 613-261-4590.
September 9-10, Santa Monica, California. The Santa Monica Book Fair. Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, 1855 Main St., Santa Monica. For information: sheila@bustamante-shows.com, 209-564-6494.
September 15-16, Denver, Colorado. Rocky Mountain Antique Map Fair. The 6th Annual fair, at Denver Central Library, 13th Avenue & Broadway, Denver, Colorado. Friday 5 pm - 8 pm; Saturday 9 am - 5 pm.


Auction Calendar, August 27 - September 3.
August 30, Gloucestershire, England. Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps, & Ephemera.
September 1, London, England. Bloomsbury Auctions. Maps & Atlases.

Are we missing an event or an auction? We'd love to know. If you know of something upcoming that we missed, please email us.


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Monday, August 21, 2006

Antique Maps & Antique Prints News

Antique Maps & Antique Prints Upcoming Events
September 7-9, Portland, Oregon. Society for the History of Discoveries, 47th Annual Meeting. The theme of the 2006 meeting is Exploring the Wonders of the Northwest. For information, email: Tom Sander.

September 9, New York. New York Map Society meeting at 2 pm. Room 117, New York Public Library, 5th Ave. at 42nd St., New York. For information, email: nymapsociety@webtv.net.


Antique Maps & Antique Prints Ongoing Exhibitions
For information on a wide range of current exhibitions, please visit the Exhibitions Page at Vintage World Antique Maps & Prints.


Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs
August 26-27, Hartford, CT. Papermania. Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut. 860-563-9975.

September 15-16, Denver, Colorado. Rocky Mountain Antique Map Fair. The 6th Annual fair, at Denver Central Library, 13th Avenue & Broadway, Denver, Colorado. Friday 5 pm - 8 pm; Saturday 9 am - 5 pm.


Auction Calendar, August 20-26.
Quiet week at the auctions as far as I can see. If you know of something upcoming, please email us.


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Sunday, August 13, 2006

Antique Maps & Antique Prints News

Antique Maps & Antique Prints Upcoming Events
August 22, Hingham, Massachusetts. Hingham Public Library, 7 p.m. Presentation and discussion by Joseph G. Garver: Surveying the Shore: Historic Maps of Coastal Massachusetts, 1600-1930. Mr. Garver will discuss his recently-published book of the same name. He is reference librarian of the Harvard Map Collection at Harvard College Library, and newsletter editor of the Boston Map Society.


Antique Maps & Antique Prints Ongoing Exhibitions
For information on a wide range of current exhibitions, please visit the Exhibitions Page at Vintage World Antique Maps & Prints.


Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs
August 19, Cincinnati, Ohio. 19th Annual Cincinnati Book Fair. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Business Club of Montgomery, 7777 Ted Gregory Lane (formerly Sycamore Street), Cincinnati. Information: 513-321-7567.

August 26-27, Hartford, CT. Papermania. Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut. 860-563-9975.


Auction Calendar, August 13-19.
Quiet week at the auctions as far as I can see. If you know of something upcoming, please email us.


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Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Antique Maps & Antique Prints News

Antique Maps & Antique Prints Upcoming Events
No major events or meetings scheduled through August 12. But summer is a great time to find antiquarian book fairs in your area -- see our listings below.


Antique Maps & Antique Prints Ongoing Exhibitions
For information on a wide range of current exhibitions, please visit the Exhibitions Page at Vintage World Antique Maps & Prints.


Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs
August 12-13, Jacksonville, AR. Arkansas Book & Paper Show. Community Center, Jacksonville, Arkansas. Contact: edmyrick@pickwicketbooks.ws, 501-336-9313

August 13, Woodstock, VT. Vermont Summer Antiquarian Book Fair. Union Arena Community Center, Route 4, Woodstock, Vermont. Contact: gary@austinbooks.com, 800-556-3727

August 26-27, Hartford, CT. Papermania. Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut. 860-563-9975.


Auction Calendar, August 6-12.
Quiet week at the auctions as far as I can see. If you know of something upcoming, please email us.


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