GOLD RUSH BOOK FAIR HONORS MICHAEL GOOD - BOOKS

The Gold Rush Book Fair designated Michael Good-Books of Woodacre, California as its Honored Guest Bookseller for the 8th Annual Fair, which will be held held on Saturday, May 17, 2008 at the Main Street Center Building on the Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley, California.

The Honored Guest Bookseller designation is awarded annually for “Ethical leadership and scholarship in American Bookselling”. Past designees have been William Reese Company of New Haven, Connecticut, The Arthur H. Clark Company of Spokane, Washington, Harrington Fine Books of Ivins, Utah, Michael D. Heaston of Austin, Texas, Edwin V. Glaser of Napa, California, Michael Ginsberg Books of Sharon Massachusetts and Ken Sanders Rare Books of Salt Lake City, Utah.

The Honored Guest Bookseller occupies Booth #1 at the Fair.

“Michael Good has been a mainstay of, and a credit to, the antiquarian book trade from his days with Holmes Books of Oakland, John Howell of San Francisco, and for years in his open shop in San Anselmo,California. With his talented bookbinder wife Sandra, he now carries by appointment in Woodacre, California, still representing the best of the profession", said John Hardy, a producer of the Gold Rush Book Fair.

Michael Good currently owns and operates Michael Good-Books with his wife, bookbinder Sandra Good, by appointment in Woodacre, California. Michael worked for Holmes Book Comapny in their San Francisco, and later manages the Oakland, California Store. After several years working for Warren Howell of John Howell Books of San Francisco, Michael and Sandra opened their shop in San Anselmo, California. Michael and Sandra recently closed their open shop, and now are open by appointment in Woodacre, California. Sandra continues to repair and restore books by assignment, working in both cloth and leather.

Michael Good-Books is at PO Box 52, Woodacre, California 94973. Telephone: 415 488 9057. Email: mgoodbooks@aol.com . Their books may be searched at the ABAA website at http://www.abaa.org/books/abaa/bookseller/1425.html.

Michael Good and customers at the 2007 Gold Rush Book fair

Gold Rush Book Fair

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