The Old Book Fair resists in Valencia

Yesterday was not the best day to inaugurate the Old book faire and meantime but the set booksellers even defied the rain to reopen the doors of a contest that, despite the current health situation, has decided to return to the Gran Vía Marqués del Turia in Valencia and exhibit old copies, facsimiles, comics, games and children’s books from the first half of the 20th century and facsimiles or historical publications dating back to the year 1551.

All this and much more – volumes of second hand for one eurocomics discontinued books, artist catalogs such as Picasso The Van Gogh The decks of cards, among other curious objects – is already in the city waiting to once again have the approval of readers, collectors and lovers of unique volumes.

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“We have no expectations, but we are very excited. In these days of assembly we have seen that people have returned to be interested in the Fair. So, although with fewer booths, we have decided to move on. Last year we already had to close before when the state of alarm was declared. The old book sector is having a hard time “, tells LAS PROVINCIAS the secretary of the Lance Booksellers Guild, Miguel Sanz, who assures that, with respect to 2020 the appointment of this edition It has 23 booths, a dozen less than last year (between 32 and 35 are usually installed). “It is quite an achievement to have maintained that figure and also counting with nine bookstores outside of Valencia,” he says. Among those that come from other cities is Luces de Bohemia, whose manager, Nacho Asín, asserts that they have opted to be in Valencia “Because it is the first appointment after a difficult year for the antique book sector”. “We have been coming here for 25 years,” he says.

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The fair will be, if nothing prevents it, until April 11. Unlike last year, this year they have chosen to delay its inauguration by one month, until yesterday, and thus take advantage of the upcoming holidays and the fact that people cannot leave the Region.