Heading to Tennessee next week!

The inaugural Tennessee Book & Ephemera Fair: A Premier Event for Bibliophiles, Collectors and History Enthusiasts. Explore Rare Books, Maps, Prints and More.

Located at The Factory - Franklin Tennessee. July 25-27th

The fair will take place at the historic Factory at Franklin in Franklin, Tennessee, a setting rich in charm and history. Attendees will have the opportunity to browse a curated selection of rare and collectible books, first editions, vintage volumes, postcards, prints, fine bindings, leather-bound sets, maps, and more.

The Factory at Franklin is a vibrant destination for shopping, dining, and entertainment, located just steps from Main Street in historic downtown Franklin. Originally built in 1929 as a stove factory, this beautifully repurposed space is now home to a variety of artisan shops, eateries, and creative experiences.

The fair will be located in Liberty Hall of the venue. 

230 Franklin Road Franklin, TN 37064

Show Hours:

Friday Night Preview 5:00pm to 8:00pm

Saturday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

Sunday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm

Saturday and Sunday Free Admission 

 Some of the items we will be bringing along (unless you get them first!)

Nouvelle Instruction pour les Confitures, Liqueurs et Fruits. Massialot, François. Paris: Charles de Sercy, 1698. Second Edition. Hardcover. [24] 1-458 [20] pages - with folding woodcut of table of desserts and illustrations on pages 450 & 453. Title page missing... (#4637) Price: $525.00

The Mary Frances' First Cook Book; Adventures Among The Kitchen People. Fryer, Jane Eayre. Washington DC: Jane Eayre Fryer (Self Published), 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. 175 pages. 24 x 17 cm. This particular copy is a bit of an anomaly - from what we... (#4634) Price: $175.00

[COCKTAILS] [WINE] Household Guide to Wines and Liquors. Belth, George & J. Mitchell Fain. New York: Bellson Syndicate, 1934. Staplebound. 48 pages. 15.5 x 11 cm. Reflecting the renewed interest in alcohol culture following the end of Prohibition, this cocktail/wine book indcludes chapters: How... (#4627) Price: $100.00

Cross Creek Cookery; with drawing by Robert Camp. Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1942. Camp, Robert. First Edition. Hardcover. 230 pages. 22 x 15 cm. Rawlings focuses on the passion one encounters when cooking regional specialties. With recipes... (#4625) Price: $125.00

[GARDENING] The New Art of GARDENING, WITH THE Gardener's Almanack:; The true Art of GARDENING. Meager, Leonard. London: Printed for Peter Parker, at the Leg and Star, over-against the Royal-Exchange in Cornhill, 1699. Hardcover. [4], 160, [4] pages. 15 x 9.5 cm. Leonard Meager (c.1624 - c.1704)... (#4623) Price: $1,075.00

[COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] Fashions in Foods in Beverly Hills; Autographed Recipes. The Book Section of The Beverly Hills Woman's Club (Compiled by). Beverly Hills, CA: Beverly Hills Woman's Club, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. 189 pages. 20.5 x 16 cm. Recipe attributed to members of the community with a humorous preface by Will... (#4619) Price: $100.00

A PIG TALE; ALL HONOR TO THE WISE AND NOBLE PIG MAN'S TRUEST FRIEND. Sam Cook (fabricated name). Chicago: ARMOUR & COMPANY, 1905. Staplebound. Unpaginated [31pp.] 21.5 x 12 cm. A "Tale" in the manner of Alice in Wonderland - Little Suey Day, a young girl, falls asleep... (#4613) Price: $125.00

[BEER BREWING] [AGRICULTURE] COTTAGE ECONOMY; FIRST AMERICAN FROM THE FIRST LONDON EDITION. Cobbett, William. New York: STEPHEN GOULD AND SON, 1824. First Edition. Hardcover. 125 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Book plate of Jill Norman, culinary historian, author, and Elizabeth David's editor. "Information relative... (#4592) Price: $200.00

[FOOD WRITING] Home Cooking; A Writer in the Kitchen. Colwin, Laurie. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. Shapiro, Anna. First Edition. Hardcover. 193 pages. 22 x 15 cm. Home Cooking is a treasury of culinary memories, recipes, tips, and stories; a.... (#4588) Price: $125.00

LE GRAND LIVRE DES METIERS DE BOUCHE. Auber, Guy & Michel Caillard, Jacques Charrette, Jean-Claude Frentz, and Michel Pinel. Paris: ERTI-LECERF, 1980. Hardcover. 816 pages. 28 x 22 cm. Presentation copy to the "Queen of the Mediterranean" - Paula Wolfert. "A Paula Wolfert, En toute sympathie, Jean Claude Frentz."... (#4589) Price: $150.00

[LIQUOUR] HISTOIRE DE LA GRANDE LIQUEUR FRANÇAISE LA BÉNÉDICTINE. PALUEL-MARMONT. Normandie: Fécamp, 1952. First Edition. Wraps. 59 pages. 14 x 9.5 cm. The origin story of the liqueur, Bénédictine. In the 16th century, a Benedictine monk, Dom Bernardo Vincelli of... (#4570) Price: $75.00

The Receipt Book of Ann Blencowe - A.D. 1694; Elizabeth David's copy. Blencowe, Ann [Elizabeth David]. London: The Adelphi, 1925. Hardcover. 60 pages. 20 x 15 cm. Limited edition 1 of 650 copies, #619. Elizabeth David's oval bookplate at verso of front cover. Annotated in pencil... (#4547) Price: $375.00

THE RELUCTANT COOK; pictured by Alex Jardine. Fearon, Ethelind [Elizabeth David]. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1957. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. 127 pages. 19 x 12 cm. Like MFK Fisher and Laurie Colwin, Etherlind Fearon designed this delightful book to be enjoyed not just... (#4557) Price: $175.00

Le CUISINIER ROYAL, ou L'Art de Faire la Cuisine et La. Patisserie, Pour Toutes Les. Viard, Alendré. Paris: Chez Barba, 1817. Hardcover. 485 pages. 21 x 13 cm. Le Cuisiner Royal is a renowned French cookbook originally published as Le Cusinier Impérial in 1806. The book's title... (#4567) Price: $375.00

[REPURPOSED] Book of Handwritten Farming and Health Recipes; Book written in: MARSHALL'S COMMERCIAL POCKET BOOK. London: W. MARSHALL, c. 1910-1945. Leather_bound. 216 pages. (78 pages repurposed) 16 x 11 cm. This Pocket Book is a great example of how every day books were utilized or... (#4520) Price: $240.00

I Know a lot of things. Rand, Ann & Paul. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated [29 pp.] 26 x 22 cm. A masterful collaborative effort by Ann and Paul Rand. Ann, an architect and... (#4478) Price: $175.00

[COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] STATESMEN'S DISHES AND HOW TO COOK THEM; PRACTICAL AUTOGRAPHIC RECIPES BY Mrs. BENJAMIN. Harrison, Caroline Lavina Scott. Washington DC: NATIONAL TRIBUNE, 1890. Wraps. 222 pages. 24.5 x 15 cm. Compiled by the First Lady at the time, Mrs. Benjamin Harrison. With more than two-hundred recipes from women... (#4474) Price: $225.00

Jesse's Book of Creole and Deep South Recipes. Watts, Edith Ballard with John Watts. New York: The Viking Press, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. 184 pages. 22 x 15 cm. Recipes of Jesse Willis Lewis, African-American chef from New Orleans as set down by his... (#4472) Price: $175.00

Welcome to Fire Island; Visions of Cherry Grove and The Pines. Nichols, Jack. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 246 pages. "Floating almost miraculously at the edge of the great Megalopolis, Fire Island is a narrow sliver of beach and... (#4452) Price: $350.00

[VAUDEVILLE] [WOMEN] Press Book - The Morak Sisters; Blue Bond Composition Book No. 19. 1918-1921. Wraps. Unpaginated [24 pp.] 25 x 20 cm. A "memorabilia" book featuring a collection of printed and illustrated accounts of the globetrotting Morak sister's vaudeville act. The Morak Sisters... (#4445) Price: $125.00

[CHILDRENS BOOK] [POP-UP] LET'S PLAY STORE; OVER 100 PUNCH-OUT PLAYTHINGS AND 6 REAL STORIES THAT. Duenewald, Doris (writer) & A. Schenk (illustrator). New York: GROSSET & DUNLAP, 1950. Spiral_bound. Unpaginated [18pp.] 25.5 x 21 cm. A pristine copy of this 1950's domestic tale - a charming family outing to six stores -... (#4442) Price: $125.00

A New System of DOMESTIC COOKERY;; Formed Upon Principles of Economy: And Adapted to The. By A Lady [Rundell, Maria]. New York: R. M'Dermut & D.D. Arden, 1814. Hardcover. 316 pages. 18.5 x 11 cm. [9 plates]. An interesting copy of this first New York edition - it is one... (#4211) Price: $325.00

The LAWS OF FERMENTATION and THE WINES OF THE ANCIENTS. Patton, William, Rev. New York: NATIONAL TEMPERANCE SOCIETY AND PUBLICATION HOUSE, 1872. Hardcover. 139 pages. 19 x 12 cm. A thorough study of the winemaking practices of the ancients by the author to... (#4169) Price: $225.00

The Flowing Bowl; A treatise on drinks of all kinds and of all periods, interspersed. Spencer, Edward (aka Nathaniel Gubbins). London: Grant Richards, 1903. Hardcover. 243, (19) pages. Brimming with wit and humor. A fantastic collection of 19th century cocktails and quotes, compiled by Edward Spencer on the heels of... (#4112) Price: $625.00

The Aunt's Cook Book; Holden and Davis Aunts. Norweb, Emery May Holden, Katharine Davis Holden Higbee (Compiled by). Cleveland: The Lakeside Press, 1922. Hardcover. 151 pages + 26 additional & index. 21 x 16 cm. A collection of recipes attributed to a long line our Aunties from the... (#4102) Price: $250.00

[WOMEN] THE SPECTRUM - 1932 - AN ANNUAL; Published by THE STUDENTS of. GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN. Milledgeville, GA: GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, 1932. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 27.5 x 21 cm. From the Alma Mater of Flannery O'Connor and Julia Roberts, the Georgia State College For Women... (#4078) Price: $125.00

[BEER] The Curiosities of Ale & Beer; An Entertaining History (Illustrated with over Fifty Quaint. Bickerdyke, John. London: Field & Tuer, 1886. Hardcover. 449 pages. The author notes that much of the materiel came from the late J.G. Fennell and largly augmented by J.F.D. Dedicated to the... (#3780) Price: $125.00

The Colonel's Inn Caterers'; Tallahassee Historical Cookbook. Appleyard Mickler, Delia & Carolyde Phillips O'Bryan. Tallahassee, Florida: Self Published, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 251 pages. 23.5 x 16 cm. One of 2000 copies. This is a book about the families who came and settled in... (#3631) Price: $125.00

The Accomplisht Cook, or The Art & Mystery of Cookery. May, Robert. London: Obadiah Blagrave at the Bear and Star in St. Pauls Church Yard, 1685. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. [2], [30], 461, [10], [9]. 19 x 12 cm. Misnumbered pages: 70-71 (as... (#4552) Price: $3,500.00

L' ART DE BIEN FAIRE LES GLACES D'OFFICE;; OU LES VRAIS PRINCIPES Pour congeler tous. Emy, M [Elizabeth David]. Paris: Chez Le Clerc, 1768. First Edition. Hardcover. [2], i-viii, 1-242, [4] pages. 16.5 x 10 cm. Engraved frontispiece titled "L' Art de bien faire les glaces" and two engraved... (#4556) Price: $4,750.00

The Art and Secrets of Chinese Cookery. LA CHOY FOOD PRODUCTS, INC. Detroit, Michigan: LA CHOY FOOD PRODUCTS, INC., 1932. Staplebound. 15 pages. 15 x 9 cm. This color illustrated 1932 pamphlet is highly stylized, featuring a gold, red, and black art... (#4532) Price: $125.00

PHYSIOLOGIE DU GOUT; PRÉCÉDÉE D'UNE NOTICE PAR ALPH. KARR. Brillat-Savarin, Jean Anthelme. Paris: Petite Encyclopédie Récréative, c. 1852. Hardcover. 632 pages. 11 x 7.5 cm. A petite version of this time-honored gastronomic classic, which is more about a conversation concerning cuisine or... (#3382) Price: $250.00

La Cuisinier Parisien ou Manuel Complet, bound with Le Livre De Tous Les Ménages ou. Albert, B. and Nicolas Appert. Paris: Louis Tenré/Patris et Cie, 1833, 1810. Fifth Edition/First Edition. Hardcover. 454 pages/116 pages. 21 x 13 cm. La Cuisinier: Covering all aspects of cooking during the post-revolutionary France. Includes... (#1847) Price: $750.00