The Capital Rare Book Fair

Friday, May 2nd, Preview Night: 5 pm - 8:30 pm

Tickets: $60

Preview night tickets include access to the fair on Saturday and Sunday

Saturday, May 3rd: 11 am - 6 pm

Sunday, May 4th: 11 am - 5 pm

General Admission: $15

Students: $10

Under 16s: Free

All tickets give unlimited access to the fair on Saturday and Sunday. You can buy tickets in advance or pay with cash/card at the door.

 Established in 1904 simply as the University Club, its first president was then Secretary of War and future United States President William Howard Taft. In 1936, it merged with the Racquet Club of Washington, and moved to its current location at 1135 Sixteenth Street NW, approximately three blocks north of the White House.

During these ensuing years, the Club was a favorite residence for many Members of Congress. Tip O'Neill preferred the old card room on the third floor and nothing pleased him more than relieving his House colleague, Richard Nixon, of his monies at the poker table. It was a social gathering place for Justices Warren and Black during the era of the Warren Court.

The University Club attracts members and guests from both the national and international communities. Members' professions range through the private, public, and nonprofit sectors, including clergy and foreign nationals. Many members democratically participate in the active committee process and regularly attend the Club social events. With warm fellowship among members, well appointed facilities, and family-friendly ambiance "the mansion on Sixteenth Street" continues as a popular meeting place and retreat for members and guests in our vibrant nation's capital.

What have I Learned from Fifty Years of Publishing?

Avi is part of a family of writers as far back as the 19th century. With more than 80 books published, he is always in the process of writing or revising one or two books. Winner of many awards, you may have read his 2003 Newbery Medal winner Crispin: The Cross of Lead, his Newbery honor The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, or his Newbery honor Nothing But the Truth. Avi’s Poppy books are read out loud in many classrooms. He was born and raised in New York City, lived in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, California, and Rhode Island, and now lives in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. 

Noah A. Rosenblum is an Associate Professor of Law at New York University School of Law and faculty director of the Vanderbilt Scholars Program and Katzmann Symposium. He is also a faculty affiliate of the Department of History.

Rosenblum works primarily in administrative law, constitutional law, and legal history. His research takes a historical approach to the study of state institutions, seeking to understand how law can be used to promote democratic accountability. He is currently pursuing several projects on the history of the place of the president in the administrative state.

His academic writing has appeared in the Harvard Law Review, Columbia Law Review, and Yale Law Journal, among other venues, and has been awarded the Joseph Parker Prize in Legal History and the Fred C. Zacharias Award in Legal Ethics, among other honors. Rosenblum is also a frequent commentator on public law and New York State courts.