Featuring the collections and rare treasures of 200 booksellers from the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, the Book Fair will present volumes from five centuries of printing, as well as original manuscripts that predate Gutenberg. Books will cover every imaginable area of interest -- from the history of travel and exploration, early science and medicine to classic literature, modern first editions, children’s and illustrated books, and the arts. Items range in price from a few dollars to more than six figures.

“The theme of the 2016 Fair is A Wonderland of Books and it has dual meaning,” said Michael R. Thompson, Book Fair Chair of the Southern California Chapter of the ABAA, which organizes the event. “We’re inviting people to join us in celebrating Alice in Wonderland -- arguably the world’s most influential children’s book and an iconic work that has inspired diverse writers, graphic artists, moviemakers and other creative voices over the last 150 years. But above all, to walk the aisles of the Fair is to enter a veritable wonderland of books where dealers from across the country and around the world offer up their most desirable and fascinating items for people to browse, touch and even go home with.”

The “Alice in Wonderland” special exhibit will feature books, illustrations, papers and original ephemera from the G. Edward Cassady, M.D. and Margaret Elizabeth Cassady, R.N., Lewis Carroll Collection at the University of Southern California Doheny Library. Prepare to be taken on an amazing journey into the world of Alice starting with Carroll’s manuscript, his drawings of Alice and a first edition of the classic and continuing with fantastic collectors’ editions with illustrations by famed artists such as Salvador Dali, Mary Blair’s 1951 concept drawings for Walt Disney Studios and contemporary visions of Alice in comic books, Japanese Manga and even video games.

Those who want to start their own Alice collections will find excellent opportunities to acquire items from individual dealers who will offer many different editions of the Carroll book as well as other Wonderland- inspired works.

The Book Fair is the perfect introduction for those new to the world of rare books and includes a seminar on the basics of collecting. Sunday, February 14 is Discovery Day, which gives attendees the opportunity to present up to three items to experts for free examination.

Book Fair hours are Friday, February 12 from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday, February 13 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday, February 14 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Pasadena Convention Center, located at 300 East Green Street, Pasadena, CA 91101. Tickets on Friday, February 12 are $25 and provide three-day admission. Proceeds from Friday tickets will benefit and offer free admission to the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens during the month of February. Tickets purchased on Saturday or Sunday are $15 and include return entry and free admission to the Huntington during the Book Fair.

EXHIBITORS:Abeceda Antiquariat Nick Adams & Co. Rare Books Alcuin Books Allsworth Rare Books Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints Appledore Books Aquila Books Argonaut Book Shop James Arsenault & Company Athena Rare Books Detlev Auvermann Rare Books B & B Rare Books, Ltd. Back of Beyond Books Lorne Bair Rare Books Antiquariat Michael Banzhaf Bartleby's Books Battledore Ltd Bauman Rare Books Simon Beattie Roland Belgrave Vintage Photography Ltd. Antiquariat Reinhold Berg eK David Bergman F.A. Bernett Books Between the Covers Rare Books, Inc. Biblioctopus Blackwell's Rare Books Carl Blomgren Fine Books Bolerium Books Inc. The Book Bin Inc. The Book Block The Book Shop, LLC Bookbid Rare Books Booklegger's Used Books ABAA The Bookpress, Ltd. Books of Wonder Books Tell You Why, Inc. Bookvica Boomerang Booksellers Antiquariat Botanicum Bow Windows Bookshop David Brass Rare Books, Inc. Librairie Alain Brieux Edmund Brumfitt Rare Books Pablo Butcher Byass Rare Books Leo Cadogan Rare Books Limited James Camner Autographs Carpe Diem Fine Books Librairie Rodolphe Chamonal Chanticleer Books Churchill Book Collector The Churchill Book Specialist Coconut Rose Books Deborah Coltham Rare Books Compass Rose Books Justin Croft Antiquarian Books Ltd. James Cummins Bookseller L.W. Currey, Inc. Robert Dagg Rare Books William Dailey Rare Books Ltd. Davar Antiquarian Books Dawson's Book Shop Libreria de Antaño De Wolfe & Wood Nat DesMarais Rare Books James M. Dourgarian, Bookman Eclectibles Christopher Edwards Scott Emerson Books Enchanted Books Les Enluminures First Folio Földvári Books Paul Foster Books Robert Frew Ltd. Elena Gallego Fine Art & Books Garcia-Garst, Booksellers Robert Gavora, Fine And Rare Books Charles A. Goldsmid Thomas A. Goldwasser Rare Books G. Gosen Rare Books & Old Paper James Graham, Bookseller Green Gate Farm Antiquarian Books Peter Grogan Hackenberg Booksellers Douglas N. Harding Peter Harrington Hayden & Fandetta Donald A. Heald Rare Books, Prints & Maps Michael D. Heaston Rare Books and Mss. Heritage Book Shop, LLC. Hordern House Rare Books John Howell for Books Howes Bookshop HS Rare Books Hünersdorff Rare Books Imperial Fine Books, Inc. Antiquariat Inlibris Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH James S. Jaffe Rare Books Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers Johanson Rare Books Jonkers Rare Books Kaaterskill Books Antiquariat Dr. Paul Kainbacher Seth Kaller, Inc. Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, Inc. Howard Karno Books, Inc. The Kelmscott Bookshop Ben Kinmont, Bookseller Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller John W. Knott, Jr. Bookseller Kotte Autographs Kunsthaus, s.r.o Bill Leone, Bookseller Liber Antiquus, Early Books & Manuscripts The Literary Lion Little Sages Books Locus Solus Rare Books LTD Ken Lopez - Bookseller Lost Horizon Bookstore Lux Mentis, Booksellers Herman H.J. Lynge & Son A/S MacDonnell Rare Books Maggs Bros. Ltd. Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts Jeffrey D. Mancevice, Inc. Margolis & Moss Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books Marlborough Rare Books Ltd. Martayan Lan Rare Books & Maps McBlain Books Bruce McKittrick Rare Books, Inc. Meda Riquier Rare Books Ltd. Midway Rare Books David Miles Books J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books & Musical Autographs Musinsky Rare Books, Inc. Jeremy Norman's History of Science.com Antiquariat Manfred Nosbüsch Nudelman Rare Books Oak Knoll Books Old Florida Bookshop Old West Books Pacific Coast Books Palinurus Antiquarian Books Neil Pearson Rare Books Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts Co. (PRB&M) Philobiblon Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books & Manuscripts Bud Plant & Hutchison Books Plaza Books Nicholas Potter -- Bookseller Libreria Antiquaria Pregliasco John Price Antiquarian Books Jean-Baptiste de Proyart Bernard Quaritch Ltd. Rabelais Inc. Studio Bibliografico Paolo Rambaldi Randall House Rare Books John Randall Books Raptis Rare Books Janette Ray Bookseller ReadInk Read'Em Again Books William Reese Company Riverow Bookshop, Inc. B & L Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts Chet Ross Rare Books Royal Books, Inc. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. Rulon-Miller Books Sanctuary Books Ken Sanders Rare Books Antiquariat Johann Anton Schantl Dieter Schierenberg BV Sophie Schneideman Rare Books Schubertiade Music & Arts LLC Scientia Books Marc Selvaggio, Books & Ephemera Jerry N. Showalter, Bookseller Ralph Sipper/Books Sokol Books Ltd. SOPHIA RARE BOOKS Benjamin Spademan Michael Steinbach, Rare Books Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc. Douglas Stewart Fine Books Gerard A.J. Stodolski, Inc. Tavistock Books Ten Pound Island Book Co. Librairie Thomas-Scheler Michael R. Thompson, Bookseller Thorn Books Triolet Rare Books Librairie Ancienne des Trois Islets University Archives Vagabond Books Michael Vinson Americana Walkabout Books W.P. Watson Antiquarian Books Waverley Books The Wayfarer's Bookshop Jeff Weber Rare Books Michael R. Weintraub, Inc. White Fox Rare Books and Antiques Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller Roy Young Bookseller, Inc.