You’re invited to attend the first Chicago Rare Book Fair

  • 10/23/2026
  • 10/25/2026
  • Fri, 10/23/2026 – Sun, 10/25/2026 Quadrangle Club 1155 E. 57th St. Chicago, IL 60637


Fine Book Fairs will host their first Chicago Rare Book Fair at the Quadrangle Club on the University of Chicago campus

from October 23rd to 25th. The fair will feature twenty rare book, map, historic document, print and ephemera dealers from around the country.

The fair will be open from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm on Friday, 11:00 am to 6:00 pm on Saturday and 11:00 am to 5:00 pm on Sunday. They are offering free run of show passes to members of the Caxton Club. If you are interested in attending, please email Edward and Eve Lemon at finebookfairs@gmail.com

Dealers include:Armstrong Fine Art, Verne Gallery, West Side Book Shop, Swan’s Fine Books, Rare Book Finders, Dunaway Books, Seth Kaller, Inc., Jeannot Barr Prints & Drawings, Christopher’s Rare Books, The Great Republic, New World Cartographic, Buzz Bookstore, Blind Horse Books, Main Street Fine Books, First Edition Rare Books, Carpetbagger Books, Curtis Wright Maps and Michael Weintraub, Inc.

Should you be interested, Fine Book Fairs will host fairs in New York from September 17th to 19th, Princeton from October 2nd to 4th and Washington DC from December 4th to 5th.

All information is on their website: finefairs.com

Parking: There is street parking around the club. The closest garage is the Campus North (Ellis) Parking Garage at 55th Street and Ellis Avenue.




211 South Clark Street,
PO Box 2329,
Chicago IL 60604-9997

info@caxtonclub.org