OLIVER & GANNON PARTNERSHIP
33rd Annual
Albany Institute of History & Art
Antiquarian Book Fair
New Location: The Armory, 195 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY
Sunday, November 12, 2006
10:00am to 4:00pm
75 Dealers
The Fall 2006 theme for the Albany Book Fair will be art and literature.
Some of the planned special exhibitions and events follow:
Exhibitions
Common Ground: 200 Years of Washington Park. Drawing heavily from the Albany Institute Library’s collections of ephemera and photographs, this exhibition is one of two commemorating Washington Park’s bicentennial. Exhibit runs May 4 - December 3, 2006
Picture Perfect: Photographs of Washington Park. The second exhibition that commemorates the bicentennial of Washington Park, this exhibition present a photographic essay of the park, featuring more images from the Albany Institute Library’s collections, as well as photographs collected from the community. Exhibit runs June 15 – November 5, 2006.
Flora, Fauna, & Fantasy: The Art of Dorothy Lathrop. Forgotten for over four decades, Lathrop is rediscovered as an important American illustrator in a new exhibition organized by the Brandywine River Museum, which opens in September 2006 at the Albany Institute of History & Art.
The Lathrop Artists of Albany. Drawn upon the permanent collections of the Albany Institute of History & Art, this exhibition will highlight the works of artist Ida Pulis Lathrop and her daughters Gertrude Katherine Lathrop and Dorothy Pulis Lathrop, each achieved national recognition for artistic contributions in the fields of painting, sculpture and illustrations of children’s books respectively. Opens in September 2006.
Frank Stella’s Moby Dick: The Waves 1985-89. This exhibition represents part of Stella’s extensive opus based on Melville’s classic, Moby Dick. The prints are in Frank Stella’s well-known abstract style, but also repeatedly feature imagery that can be read as a whale or a boat shape, or other descriptive forms and allusions that leave the viewer free to explore narrative and possible relationship to the text of the book. Each print is named for a specific chapter. Opening in September 2006, the exhibition will be one component in “Why Melville Matters Now,” a major symposium and celebration of the American literary giant Herman Melville being organized by The Albany Academy and the Center for Humanities, Arts and Techno Sciences at SUNY-Albany. Herman Melville is an alumnus of The Albany Academy, Class of 1837. Scholars from all over the country are expected to attend the three-day symposium in November, which will be held on the campus of the Academies. The Melville celebration will include programs in art and music, including this exhibition at the Albany Institute.
Public Programs
Lecture and book signing by Nancy L. Todd author of New York’s Historic Armories. This book is an illustrated history of the armories, chronicling their form in architecture and military history. Ms. Todd is with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation. November 11, 2006 at the Albany Institute of History & Art.
Edgar Allen Poe reading at the Albany Institute produced in conjunction with Albany’s Capital Repertory Theater. October 19, 2006.
Library Open House. In celebration of New York State Archives Week, October 8-14, 2006, the Albany Institute Library will host a reception with behind the scenes tour.
Planned and Potential Tie-Ins
Anniversary of Dudley Observatory
Children’s Book Week, November 13-19
“Why Melville Matters Now.” This symposium, which is sponsored by Albany Academy in conjunction with The Center for Humanities, Arts, and Sciences (CHATS), State University of New York at Albany, will bring together scholars, artists, actors, historians, archivists to present papers and panels. In addition, there will be artistic performances and installations, archival and gallery exhibits, and a 24-hour marathon reading of Moby Dick. Readers will include visiting writers at local cultural institutions, celebrities, community members, local university faculty and students and the Academies’ alums, faculty and students. Participants will be able to take a self-guided tour of Melville’s Albany connections, a route that includes Lansingburgh, Pittsfield and Arrowhead, and the original Albany Academy building, where Melville attended school. November 17-18, 2006
Special Events
Antiquarian Book and Ephemera Fair Dealer’s Reception. Saturday, November 11, 2006, 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. at the Albany Institute of History & Art. A special behind the scenes look at the Albany Institute’s collections along with refreshments.
At the Book Fair, November 12,
· Dealer presentations. 5-10 minute presentations by dealers with specialties at their booths. Approximately one presentation per hour.
· Appraisals
· Exhibitions from conservators, book binders, etc.
CANADA
Wilfrid M. deFreitas-Bookseller, Montreal
Books and Vanity Fair prints
Rare Book & Print Gallery, Waterloo
Color plate books, botanicals, children’s
CONNECTICUT
Country Lane Books, Collinsville
Used books and ephemera
Town’s End Books, Deep River
Americana, literature
GEORGIA
T. Brennan, Bookseller, LLG
A general stock of fine antiquarian books
MAINE
James Arsenault and Company, Arrowsic
Rare Books, prints, maps, photographs, autographs
MASSACHUSETTS
B. & S. Gventer “Books,” South Egremont
General used & rare, cooking, cooking ephemera,
prints
Kuenzig Books, Topsfield
Science, technology, photography, general
antiquarian
Cheryl and Matthew Needle, Pepperell
Fine books and bindings, art and ephemera
John R. Sanderson, Rare Books, Stockbridge
Fine, early and rare books in most fields
Tenney River Books, Mansfield
General antiquarian, scholarly titles, ephemera
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Michael Daum, Chocorua
Fine antiquarian and out-of-print books
Magdelena Konet, Etna
General books, specialties: women’s history,
domestic arts and children’s
NEW YORK
Albany Institute of History & Art, Albany
Gift shop line of art and literature, Albany history
aGatherin’, West Sand Lake
Manuscript & printed ephemera, postal history
AMP Books, Albany
Fine books, local history
B. & B. Rare Books, Ltd., New York City
First editions, antiquarian, British & American
literature
Bibliomania, Schenectady
Antiquarian books, Adirondacks, local history,
ephemera
The Bivouac, Germantown
Antiquarian books, ephemera, specializing in Civil
War
Butternut Valley Books, Gilbertsville
Art, architecture
Catnap Books, Cobleskill
General, NY State, literature
The Ephemera Society of America
Special exhibit, memberships
Jack & Taff Fitterer Hand Bookbinding, Indian Lake
Hand bookbinding & restoration
Greenwood Books, Rochester
Books: Scholarly, Humanities emphasis
Dennis Holzman Antiques, Albany
Rare NYS and local historical items, photography,
autographs, ephemera
Peter Luke Ephemera, New Baltimore
Historic ephemera, photographs, documents, trade
cards, autographs
Lyrical Ballad Bookstore, Saratoga Springs
Fine books and bindings
Jonathan Sheppard Books, Albany
Fine antiquarian and out-of-print books, ephemera
E. M. Maurice Books, Dobbs Ferry
Children’s and illustrated books
Willis Monie, Cooperstown
Books and ephemera
Owl Pen Books, Greenwich
Antiquarian books, NYS
Peter Scanlan, Albany
Political Americana
Poor Richard’s Book Barn, Franklin
Natural history, Americana, first editions, cookery
State University of New York Press, Albany
Regional interest titles
Lee and Mike Temares, Plandome
Children’s series, Heritage Press, modern firsts,
Judaica, art, illustrated, general, out-of-print
firsts
Gary White-Bookseller, Montrose
General stock of antiquarian and out-of-print books
PENNSYLVANIA
Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC, Philadelphia
Americana of all periods
T. W. and Barbara Clemmer, Lehighton
Documents, prints, books
William Hutchison Books, Menden Hall
Fine books in many fields
D. T. Pendleton Fine & Antiquarian Books, Oley
Rare and antiquarian books and photos
VERMONT
Austin’s Antiquarian Books, Wilmington
Books, prints, historical paper
Hermit Hill Books, Poultney
Antiquarian and collectible books
Oxbow Books, Newbury
Books, postcards, ephemera
The Unique Antique, Putney
Americana, ephemera, maps, art, photography
John Waite Rare Books, Ascutney
General antiquarian
VIRGINIA
Bookworm and Silverfish, Wytheville
Old, out-of-print books
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