The Book Merchant Jenkins is an antiquarian bookshop and auction house buying and selling rare and interesting books in all genres with a focus on Sexuality, LGBTIQ+, Ethnopharmacology, Counterculture, and Art.

After twenty years in Brisbane, The Book Merchant Jenkins has relocated to alongside the Huon River in far south Tasmania. The new book house will open to visitors in 2027. You can find Jenkins exhibiting at the following book fairs in 2026: London (14-17 May), Melbourne (30 July-1 August), Berlin (18-20 September), Sydney (22-24 October). Books can also be ordered online at any time.

Returning to the State Library of New South Wales for our final fair of 2026 with another wide ranging list. From a high point of art nouveau book illustration and one of the foundational texts of modern systematic botany, through Manchuria, to Czech illustrations of Australian tennis champions, fine bindings, queer history, and more. Browse the full list online now.

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