Bibliophiles unite! 2025 sa国际传媒官网网页入口 Antiquarian Book Fair returns with novels, maps, photographs and more
A selection of available books sits on display at the sa国际传媒官网网页入口 Antiquarian Book Fair in 2023.
A book of New Mexico cattle brands published in 1900.
A map showing the New Mexico Territory when it reached all the way to California.
The University of New Mexico鈥檚 first yearbook.
Picture postcards with images of Route 66.
Those are four examples of the broad range of material 鈥� including books, maps and photographs 鈥� expected to be for sale at the 2025 sa国际传媒官网网页入口 Antiquarian Book Fair.
鈥淚t鈥檚 quite a fun cultural affair. It鈥檚 been going on since 1992,鈥� said Mark Holmen, the fair鈥檚 director and one of the 28 dealers who have signed up for the fair.
Scott Free, owner of Downtown Books in sa国际传媒官网网页入口, said he鈥檒l be selling a variety of material.
They include, Free said, small poetry books signed by Jimmy Santiago Baca, Leslie Marmon Silko, Julia Alvarez and Sherman Alexie, 鈥淭he Art of Revolution: Castro鈥檚 Cuba 1959-1970鈥� with an introductory essay by Susan Sontag and a first edition of a five-volume set titled 鈥淟eading Facts of New Mexico History鈥� by Ralph Emerson Twitchell. The set was published in 1914, he said.
鈥淭he fair creates a lot of excitement around the antiquarian book scene. And it鈥檚 created a resurgence of interest in antiquarian books,鈥� he said. 鈥淚鈥檓 glad Mark has kept it going.鈥�
Tim Hagaman, a dealer who lives in Mora, said he enjoys the camaraderie among dealers at the fair and is pleased to see a growing interest among younger people in the antiquarian book business.
Hagaman himself has been specializing in the Western Americana subjects of 鈥渙utlaws, lawmen and cowboys.鈥�
He said he鈥檚 been selling books, maps, newspapers, photographs and 鈥渁ny type of ephemera 鈥� documents, letters, anything made to be thrown away that still exists.鈥�
Hagaman said he also displays some of his material in exhibits at museums and libraries 鈥渢o make sure the public gets to see the history of New Mexico and the Southwest.鈥�
Andr茅 Dumont, the owner of Dumont Maps and Books in Santa Fe, considers it an important regional fair.
鈥淢y specialty is antiquarian maps, and I think I鈥檓 the only one at the fair who specializes in (that),鈥� Dumont said in a phone interview. 鈥淚t introduces folks to the antiquarian trade and stimulates an interest in the hobby of collecting.鈥�
The dealers participating in this year鈥檚 fair come from six states 鈥� New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Texas and Pennsylvania.
The Pennsylvania dealer is Buckingham Books of Greencastle.
Jay Buckingham, co-owner of Buckingham Books, wrote in an email that his business has participated in the sa国际传媒官网网页入口 book fair for several years.
Like Hagaman, Buckingham Books specializes in Western Americana, 鈥渙ffering rare and important books, photographs, documents and other material on the history of the American West.鈥�
Buckingham said in the email he鈥檒l be bringing a variety of items on New Mexico and the region, including material on cattle ranching, the Apache Wars, mountain men, the fur trade, mining and other aspects of the region鈥檚 history.
