Amsterdam 2012

This year’s Amsterdam Antiquarian Book, Map & Print Fair will be held on Friday, October 5 and Saturday, October 6 in the Passenger Terminal Amsterdam. 30 ILAB dealers from the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, United Kingdom and the United States will present rare and valuable books, manuscripts and ephemera from all centuries. In addition, book foundations, bibliophile organizations and magazines will present their work, as for example: Bijzondere Collecties UvA, Boekenpost, De Boekenwereld, Museum Meermanno, Nederlandse Boekhistorische Vereniging, Uitgeverij De Buitenkant and the Vereniging Nederlandse Handboekbinderijen.

Eva Rovers, biographer of Boudewijn Büch, will open the 33rd edition of the Amsterdam Antiquarian Book, Map & Print Fair on Friday, October 5 at 1.45 pm. In 2010 Rovers published a widely acclaimed and award-winning biography of art collector Helene Kröller-Müller. Since 2011 she is working on the biography of the bibliophile writer and television producer Boudewijn Büch, for which she has gained exclusive access to his archives. On Saturday, October 6 at 3.00 pm Rovers will present the Boudewijn Büch-Prize, awarded to someone who has brought antiquarian books to the attention of a large audience. This year the award will go posthumously to the recently deceased poet, novelist and book collector Gerrit Komrij.

33rd Amsterdam Antiquarian Book, Map & Print Fair

at the Passenger Terminal Amsterdam (PTA)

Piet Heinkade 27 - Amsterdam - near Central Station

Opening hours: Friday 2 - 8 pm, Saturday 10 am - 6 pm

The book fair catalogue can be browsed online:

>>> Amsterdam Book Fair Catalogue 2012

For more information and all book fair highlights visit the official website:

>>> www.amsterbookfair.com