An exceptional week is ahead for book lovers, art collectors, and auction goers with rare and first editions, thousands of original paintings, and affordable antiques from museum collections being offered for sale.

Among the rare and first editions being offered at the 36th Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair at the Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center Friday through Sunday are works by Jane Austen, J.M. Barrie, William Faulkner, Edith Wharton, and H.G. Wells.