The New York Book Fair: Great Fun
One of the great pleasures of the New York Antiquarian Book Fair in New York every April is its certainty. Life has its ups and downs but somehow each April the leading dealers, institutions and collectors find a way to get past life’s debris to rally around the material on which the field thrives; rare, beautiful and unusual works on paper. In some years events in the real world crowd out the joy and pleasure in the Park Avenue Armory, in others the skies are clear, the daffodils are out, and smiles are everywhere. The 2016 NYABF goes into the records as a very strong event, as David...