Rare Books San Francisco 2025 will take place in the Gateway Pavillion at Fort Mason.
- February 1-2, 2025
- Gateway Pavillion, Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, San Francisco
- Saturday 10am-6pm; Sunday 11am-4pm
Meet the rare book experts
All exhibitors are foremost experts for antiquarian books, maps or prints. They are happy to help you if you have questions about specific objects - before, during, and after the Fair.
Established in 1976, Ten Pound Island specializes in selling old and rare books, manuscripts, ephemera, and documents pertaining to the sea and its history.
Johnson Rare Books & Archives offers a wide array of materials from fine first editions to holographic letters, vernacular photography, archives, and other cultural resources.
Douglas Stewart Fine Books Pty. Ltd. is an antiquarian bookseller based in Melbourne, Australia. Douglas began buying and selling books in 1995.
Kayo Books is a brick and mortar bookstore recently re-located to our new location at 907 Post Street in San Francisco.
All exhibitors are members of ILAB and foremost experts for antiquarian books, maps and prints. They look forward to your visist of Rare Books San Francisco, and they are happy to answer any questions you may have.
Ken Sanders Rare Books is a full service antiquarian bookshop in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah.
Peter Harrington Antiquarian Bookseller has grown to become one of the largest and best known rare booksellers in Europe.
Established in 1853, Maggs Brothers is one of the world's oldest antiquarian booksellers.
Geographicus Rare Antique Maps was founded in New York, New York, by Kevin James Brown in 1999.
Jane Austen
As part of Rare Books San Francisco's celebration of the 250th birthday of Jane Austen, we show a selection of rare early editions of her iconic novels.
Jane Austen's first published novel introduced many of the themes which would dominate Austen's future work.
Published in 1813, Pride and Prejudice announced the arrival of the comedy of manners, a welcome change from the stiff, moralistic novels of the past.
In recent years, Mansfield Park has come to be regarded as Austen's most controversial novel.
Emma is Austen's most technically accomplished novel, with a hidden plot, the full implications of which are only revealed by a second reading.
A special talk by Rebecca Romney, rare book dealer and guest star of the hit show Pawn Stars about her new book. This ticketed event includes entry for one to Rare Books San Francisco, an advance copy of Rebecca Romney’s new book - Jane Austen’s Bookshelf, and a special Jane Austen-themed book bag.
