The 2022 edition of a popular local event is back this weekend after a two-year pandemic hiatus.
The Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair returns to Seattle Center, which means it’s time for a preview of the sights – and smells – of one of the best-known book sales in the country.
A tradition since 1978
The first edition of this event took place one weekend in May 1978 in the old Georgian Room at what’s now the Fairmont Olympic Hotel. Its original title was the Northwest Antiquarian Book Fair.
By 1980, the fair began a new chapter by moving to a venue with more shelf space – the Seattle Center.
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