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LONDONCALLING Sir Bob Geldof adds the spirit of rock’n’roll to this year’s ABA Olympia Fair,says Emma Lewis

What do Sir Bob Geldof and a book fair have in common? Well more than you think. Sir Bob has the enviable skill of bringing together disparate elements under one roof, united in the same cause and creating a synergy of art and commerce – much like the ABA who are responsible for the line-up for the June Book Fair which is celebrating its centenary year. One hundred and thirty of the world’s top booksellers are taking part, offering everything from illuminated manuscripts, early printed books, modern first editions to maps, atlases, prints, letters, autographs and vintage photographs. The June Fair is

“London has a special place in the international fair calendar,always the culmination of the season before the summer break. Californiain February, New York in April,Paris in May and London triumphant in June” – Robert Frew

the perfect forum to sample all the delights of the book world with prices ranging from £30 to £500,000. It is the largest and most prestigious event of its kind in Europe and the oldest established book fair in the world. To commemorate this bumper year, Sir Bob is joined as co-Patron by Jerry Hall. “How fitting that the Antiquarian Book Fair should have such an attractive, witty and articulate figurehead this year, the centenary year for the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association,” Adrian Harrington, Chairman of the ABA Fair, says. “Miss Hall is especially interested in modern and contemporary art so we shall be emphasising limited edition art books illustrated by world renowned artists. She is also interested in antiquarian books on exotic flowers. I’m sure the exhibitors will come up trumps with plenty to show her.” Robert Frew, President of the ABA, agrees. “This year we trumpet our centenary and with Sir Bob Geldof and Jerry Hall blessing the opening, this will be a fair to remember,” he says. “London has a special place in the international fair calendar,

Details

WhenThursday 8 June 12.00pm-8.00pm Friday 9 June 11.00am-7.00pm Saturday 10 June 11.00am-6.00pm Sunday 11 June 11.00am-5.00pm

WhereOlympia 2 Conference & Exhibition Centre Hammersmith Road Kensington,London W14

Price Daily Admission £15 Preview day;£10 per day

For further visitor information and complimentary tickets please contact the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association. Tel: 020 7439 3118 Fax: 020 7439 3119 www.olympiabookfair.com

always the culmination of the season before the summer break. California in February, New York in April, Paris in May and London triumphant in June.” Read on for some highlights of who’s bringing what.

DEALERS’ DELIGHTS A few choice highlights from exhibitors at Olympia

Peter Ellis Hello Dali DALI, Salvador. Les métamorphoses érotiques – choix de dessins exécutés de 1940 à 1968. A L’Érotiade, [Paris]. 1969. First edition. No 99 of 300 numbered copies signed by the artist, this being one of 120 copies printed ‘sur vélin rives’, and with an original drypoint signed by him. With a two

page Introduction by the artist ‘Contre la pornographie et l’obscénité pour le dieu Eros et l’érotisme’. Quarto. Loose gatherings in satin boards, as published. Fine in near-fine cloth slipcase slightly rubbed at the corners. £4,500

Peter Harrington Out of Africa WHEATLEY, Phillis. Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. By Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr John Wheatley, of Boston, in New England. London, for A Bell, and sold by Messrs Cox and Berry, Boston, 1773. Signed copy of the

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