Boston Book Fair 2026 – Maggs Bros. Ltd – Rare Books & Manuscripts

Boston Book Fair 2026

Catalogue

Boston Book Fair 2026

Catalogue

Boston Book Fair 2026

The Fugitive Slave Bill: Its History and Unconstitutionality; with an Account of the Seizure and Enslavement of James Hamlet, and his Subsequent Restoration to Liberty.

[FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT] & [TAPPAN (Lewis).]

The Fugitive Slave Bill: Its History and Unconstitutionality;… 1850.

THE FIRST MAN APPREHENDED

The defeat of Antiochus, King of Syria, at the battle of Magnesia, cut from the Romuléon, an illuminated manuscript on vellum

GARNIER (Pierre)

The defeat of Antiochus, King of Syria, at… 1480.

FROM A LAVISH ILLUMINATED HISTORY OF ROME

What's the Difference?

GARVEY (Marcus), WHITE (Elinor) & & DAVIS (William).

What's the Difference?, 1940.

GARVEY'S MAJOR THEMES

Torquato Tasso. Ein Schauspiel von Goethe.

GOETHE (Johann Wolfgang von) & DOVES PRESS

Torquato Tasso. Ein Schauspiel von Goethe, 1913.

ONE OF ONLY 12 COPIES PRINTED ON VELLUM

Torquato Tasso. Ein Schauspiel von Goethe.

GOETHE (Johann Wolfgang von) & DOVES PRESS

Torquato Tasso. Ein Schauspiel von Goethe, 1913.

FABULOUSLY BOUND BY OTTO HERFURTH

Biblische Chronica, darinn die fürtrefliche Geschicht der heiligen Patriarchen, Propheten, hohen Priester, Fürsten, Richter und Könige des Hauses Juda unnd Israel, auch allerley merckliche Historien, nit allein ordenlich verfasst, sonder auch

GOLTWURM (Caspar)

Biblische Chronica, darinn die fürtrefliche Geschicht der heiligen… 1558.

NO COPIES OUTSIDE GERMANY

Album of prints of Persia, France and Italy bound for an English grand tourist.

Album of prints of Persia, France and Italy…

Kotan enkin [Kotan's perspective – two copies]

HACHIMORI (Kotaro) & KAWAKAMI (Sumio), illus.

Kotan enkin [Kotan's perspective – two copies], 1957.

Kawakami as a designer

Light from the Spirit World. Comprising a Series of Articles on the Condition of Spirits, and the Develpment of Mind in the Rudimental and Second Spheres.

HAMMOND (Charles).

Light from the Spirit World. Comprising a Series… 1852.

WRITTEN WHOLLY BY CONTROL OF SPIRITS

Forest Trees, Shrubs and American Plants, &c. Sold by Henry Hammond, at Dukes Hill and Windelsham Nurseries.

HAMMOND (Henry).

Forest Trees, Shrubs and American Plants, &c. Sold… 1822.

AMERICAN PLANTS IN ENGLAND

Night Fears and Other Stories.

HARTLEY (L. P.)

Night Fears and Other Stories, 1924.

A superlative copy, inscribed by the author

Attention Volunteers! A company is being raised by the undersigned for the NEW REGIMENT to be commanded by Col. Benjamin F. Tracy, of Owego.

HYDE (Captain R.H.S.)

Attention Volunteers! A company is being raised by… 1862.

RAISING THE 109TH REGIMENT

Mimi no Matsuri: the ear festival

ITO (Motoyuki).

Mimi no Matsuri: the ear festival, 1971.

Visual poetry and paper engineering

Poems,

JENNINGS (James).

Poems, 1810.

"THE TRAUMATIC POET"

Charmed Life.

JONES (Diana Wynne) & STOCKL (Matt)

Charmed Life, 2023.

WINNER OF THE ELIZABETH GREENHILL PRIZE FOR GOLD TOOLING

Zum ewigen Frieden. Ein philosophischer Entwurf.

KANT (Immanuel).

Zum ewigen Frieden. Ein philosophischer Entwurf, 1795.

ON PERPETUAL PEACE

Prolegomena zu einer jeden künftigen Metaphysik.

KANT (Immanuel).

Prolegomena zu einer jeden künftigen Metaphysik, 1783.

“FINEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIBLE OF KANT'S PRINCIPAL WORKS” (SCHOPENHAUER).

Critik der reinen Vernunft.

KANT (Immanuel).

Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781.

A VERY FINE COPY OF KANT'S CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON

Critik der practischen Vernunft.

KANT (Immanuel).

Critik der practischen Vernunft, 1788.

CRITIQUE OF PRACTICAL REASON

Critik der Urtheilskraft.

KANT (Immanuel).

Critik der Urtheilskraft, 1790.

KANT'S CRITIQUE OF JUDGEMENT; THE RAREST OF HIS MAIN WORKS.

Kant's Theorie der Reinmoralischen Religion mit Rücksicht auf das Reine Christenthum kurz Dargestellt.

[KANT (Immanuel).] & [REINER (Gregor Leonhard).]

Kant's Theorie der Reinmoralischen Religion mit Rücksicht auf… 1796.

A LOVELY COPY OF THIS SUMMARY OF KANT'S PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

Ranpu no uta [Song of the lamp]

KAWAKAMI (Sumio).

Ranpu no uta [Song of the lamp], 1953.

Nostalgic poetry on Kawakami's beloved topic

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam of Naishapur, the Astronomer Poet of Persia, rendered into English Verse

ASHENDENE PRESS, FITZGERALD (Edward) & KHAYYÁM (Omar)

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam of Naishapur, the Astronomer… 1896.

HORNBY FAMILY COPY OF THIS ELEGANT AND SCHOLARLY EDITION

Letter from a Birmingham Jail.

KING Jr. (Martin Luther).

Letter from a Birmingham Jail, 1968.

"ONE OF THE MOST WIDELY ADMIRED TEXTS IN THE CORPUS OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY U.S. CIVIC RHETORIC"

Moll King.

Moll King, 1747.

“WHAT RAKE IS IGNORANT OF KING'S COFFEE HOUSE?”

Quartette.

KIPLING (Rudyard).

Quartette, 1885.

RARE EARLY KIPLING FAMILY SHORT STORIES AND POEMS

Captains Courageous.

KIPLING (Rudyard).

Captains Courageous, 1897.

Kipling's morality tale set aboard a New England fishing boat.

Departmental Ditties and Other Verses.

KIPLING (Rudyard).

Departmental Ditties and Other Verses, 1886.

KIPLING'S FIRST INDEPENDENT COMMERCIAL PUBLICATION.

KIPLING (Rudyard).

"Turn-Overs" from the "Civil and Military Gazette." Volume… 1889.

Number VI of XII issues of this quarterly with contributions by Kipling, extremely rare

Autograph Letter Signed (“Rudyard Kipling”) to

KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936), Writer.

Autograph Letter Signed (“Rudyard Kipling”) to "Dear Fleming"… 1913.

Family matters including finances and illnesses

Echoes. By Two Writers.

KIPLING (Rudyard & Alice).

Echoes. By Two Writers, 1884.

An outstanding rarity: the author's second book.

The American Distiller,

KRAFFT (Michael).

The American Distiller, 1804.

THE FIRST AMERICAN BOOK ON DISTILLING: WITH RECIPES FOR WHISKY

Manuel de l'amateur des oiseaux de chambre contenant la manière de prendre à la Chasse, de nourrir, d'apprivoiser, d'instruire, de multiplier, d'élever, de traiter dans leurs Maladies ...

LA COUPRIÈRE (M.)

Manuel de l'amateur des oiseaux de chambre contenant… 1829.

BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVED COLOUR PLATES

Livres du Boudoir de la Reine Marie Antoinette. Paris; J. Gay, 1862. (with:) LACROIX (Paul). Bibliothèque de la Reine Marie Antoinette au Petit Trianon. Paris: Jules Gay, 1863. (and:) E.Q.B. Bibliothèque de la Reine Marie Antoinette au chateau des Tuileri

Livres du Boudoir de la Reine Marie Antoinette.… 1862.

THE LIBRARIES OF MARIE ANTOINETTE

Le Nègre comme il y a Peu de Blancs.

[LAVALLÈE (Joseph)].

Le Nègre comme il y a Peu de… 1789.

“UN ROMAN EST LU DE TOUT MONDE”: THE RARE FIRST EDITION OF AN IMPORTANT ABOLITIONIST NOVEL

English Manual or Prayers and Catechisms in English Typography [and four other titles in the Polyglot Manuals series: English (Phonography); Chinook; Latin; & Shushwap].

[LE JEUNE (Jean-Marie Raphael).]

English Manual or Prayers and Catechisms in English… 1896.

POLYGLOT SHORTHAND PRAYERBOOK FOR FIRST NATIONS CATHOLIC CONVERTS

A Catalogue of the Books belonging to the Norwich and Norfolk United Medical Book-Society.

[LIBRARY CATALOGUE].

A Catalogue of the Books belonging to the… 1826.

A UNIQUE MEDICAL LIBRARY CATALOGUE

T. Lucretius Carus. The Epicurean Philosopher, his Six Books De Natura Rerum

LUCRETIUS CARUS (Titus) & [CREECH (Thomas), translator].

T. Lucretius Carus. The Epicurean Philosopher, his Six… 1683.

WITH COMMENDATORY VERSE BY JOHN EVELYN AND APHRA BEHN

The Macaroni Cauldron.

[MACBETH]. & DARLY M[atthias and Mary]).

The Macaroni Cauldron, 1772.

"BUBBLE, BUBBLE, TOIL AND TROUBLE, PASSIONS BURN, AND BETS ARE DOUBLE!"

Tout Est Possible a L'Amitié ou Histoire de Milord Love-Rose et de Sophie Mostain.

MALARME (Madame de).

Tout Est Possible a L'Amitié ou Histoire de… 1786.

A LOVE AFFAIR FORGED BY SMALL POX

Book of Hours, Use of Arras & Tournai, in Latin with some Picard French.
Illuminated manuscript on parchment. [Northern France, c.1400]

[MASTER OF MORGAN 947]

Book of Hours, Use of Arras & Tournai,… 1400.

A LONG-LOST MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF HOURS, STRIKINGLY ILLUMINATED

Compendiaria dialectices ratio.

MELANCHTHON (Philip)

Compendiaria dialectices ratio, 1522.

HEAVILY ANNOTATED, WITH AN EARLY DRINKING POEM