Sarasota Bookstore Will Exhibit in Baltimore the Last Week of August, 2011

A. Parker’s Books, Inc., ABAA, is a Sarasota-based antiquarian bookstore with associate locations in New Orleans and Boston, specializing in scholarly, rare and antiquarian books, sets and fine bindings, as well as library design and collection development services. The Sarasota Bookstore will be exhibiting at the 31st Annual Baltimore Summer Antiques Show in Baltimore, Maryland during the last week of August.

The 2011 Baltimore Summer Antiques Show, organized by the Palm Beach Show Group and sponsored by Antiques & Fine Art Magazine, will be held at the Baltimore Convention Center, One West Pratt Street, Baltimore Inner Harbor, from August 25th through the 28th. The four-day event will showcase an international selection of fine art, antiques, rare books, collectibles and estate jewelry, with a run-of-the-show admission fee of $12. As well as the general public, many of the country's premier collectors and connoisseurs will attend, drawn to this largest and most important Summer Antiques Show featuring over 550 International Antiques Dealers and 70 International Antiquarian Book Dealers. These International Exhibitors, from the U.S., Canada, England, France, Germany, Italy, South America, and Asia, will bring over 200,000 individual items to the Show. This year's fully sold-out Show will include a dazzling array of world-class collectibles, antiquarian books and objets d'art. In addition, there will be a highly informative Lecture Series on Southeastern Pennsylvania Furniture from 1725-1850, Chinese Enameled Porcelains of the Qianlong Period, Collecting American Political Campaign Flags, Kerchiefs and Banners, Georg Jensen Silver, Satsuma Earthenware, Schoolgirl Art and Watercolors of the 19th Century, and a Collectors' Forum on Art and Antiques.

A. Parker's Books is delighted to be a part of this Summer Show and will bring many collectible and noteworthy items, including a First edition of Charles Darwin's first appearance in print, a Signed letter by Booker T. Washington, a Signed book by Charles Bukowski and a Signed, limited edition of Saint-Exupery's Le Petit Prince. This year, we will share Booths 712 and 714 with our Sister Store in Boston, Commonwealth Books, voted Boston's Best Used Bookstore, 2011, by Boston Magazine. We look forward to seeing you in Sarasota and in Baltimore.
For more information, please go to the following web addresses:

http://www.baltimoresummerantiques.com
http://www.collectorsartnet.com/A-Parkers-Books-In-ABAA
http://www.aparkers.com