Fairs | March 2011 | Rebecca Rego Barry

Florida Antiquarian Book Fair This Weekend

Coming up this weekend, the 30th annual Florida Antiquarian Book Fair. In honor of that, the Florida Antiquarian Booksellers Association has posted an interview on the fair's beginnings with Michael Slicker, ABAA proprietor of Lighthouse Books in St. Petersburg, FL.

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