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Dates:Sunday, November 9, 2025 - Sunday, November 9, 2025
Hours:12:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Ages:Kids, Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:Indoor
Cost:Free
Category:Books & Poetry

Richard Kopley, Distinguished Professor of English, Emeritus, Penn State DuBois, and author of the recent critical biography Edgar Allan Poe: A Life (University of Virginia Press), will introduce and present a series of extracts to depict “Poe in Richmond in 1836.” The extracts will include passages from long-lost letters from 1908.

Kopley will offer a description of young Poe, an account of his wedding to Virginia, a rendering of his friend John’s Darby Town farm, a sketch of the Poes’ apartment, a narrative about Poe’s drinking; an elaboration of the joy of the Poes at Darby Town, as well as a passage about Darby Town drawn from Poe’s tale, “Eleonora.”

The Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair (BIABF) celebrates its 47th year November 7-9, 2025, at the Hynes Convention Center in Downtown Boston.

This three-day event welcomes the top international dealers offering the most sought-after collections of fine and rare books, maps, illustrations, and ephemera on the global market..

For information, visit www.abaa.org/bostonbookfair or call 617-938-8879.

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Hynes Convention Center, 900 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, 02115 map

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