New York Book Fair 2025 – Maggs Bros. Ltd – Rare Books & Manuscripts

New York Book Fair 2025

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New York Book Fair 2025

Please find below a selection of books from our stand at the 65^th New York International Antiquarian Book Fair, which took place at the Park Avenue Armory in April 2025.

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New York Book Fair 2025

Jagatarabumi [Letters from Jakarta]

KAWAKAMI (Sumio).

Jagatarabumi [Letters from Jakarta], 1941.

The half-Japanese diaspora in Jakarta

El Capital. Traducción por Pablo Correa y Zafrilla.

El Capital. Traducción por Pablo Correa y Zafrilla, 1886.

THE FIRST SPANISH TRANSLATION OF DAS KAPITAL, UNCUT IN THE ORIGINAL PARTS

Die Lehre vom Urteil im Psychologismus. Ein kritisch-positiver Beitrag zur Logik.

HEIDEGGER (Martin).

Die Lehre vom Urteil im Psychologismus. Ein kritisch-positiver… 1914.

EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION OF HEIDEGGER'S DOCTORAL THESIS

Prince Caspian the Return to Narnia.

Prince Caspian the Return to Narnia, 1951.

The second book in The Chronicles of Narnia series.

Critik der reinen Vernunft.

KANT (Immanuel).

Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781.

CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON

The Economist as Preacher and Other Essays.

STIGLER (George J.)

The Economist as Preacher and Other Essays, 1982.

INSCRIBED BY ONE NOBEL LAUREATE TO ANOTHER

The Manifesto of the Communists.

MARX (Karl). & ENGELS (Friedrich).

The Manifesto of the Communists, 1886.

First British edition in book form of the Communist Manifesto

A Multi-Sector Model of Economic Growth.

PASINETTI (Luigi L.)

A Multi-Sector Model of Economic Growth, 1963.

PASINETTI'S DOCTORAL THESIS, INSCRIBED TO RICHARD STONE

Capital and Interest. A Critical History of Economical Theory. [with:] The Positive Theory of Capital. Translated with a preface and analysis by William Smart.

BOHM-BAWERK (Eugen von).

Capital and Interest. A Critical History of Economical… 1890.

"One of the most influential economists of his generation" (Schumpeter).

.Planning for Freedom

MISES (Ludwig von).

.Planning for Freedom, 1952.

“MISES'S MOST MATURE THINKING ON THE CORE OF THE CAPITALIST ECONOMY”

Individualism and the Economic Order.

HAYEK (Friedrich August von).

Individualism and the Economic Order, 1949.

SIGNED BY HAYEK

Ueber den Willen in der Natur. Eine Erörterung der Bestätigungen, welche die Philosophie des Verfassers, seit ihrem Auftreten, durch die empirischen Wissenschaften erhalten hat.

SCHOPENHAUER (Arthur).

Ueber den Willen in der Natur. Eine Erörterung… 1836.

Presentation copy of Schopenhauer's On the Will in Nature

Correspondence with Mark Donoghue.

SAMUELSON (Paul A.)

Correspondence with Mark Donoghue, 1992.

A RICH LITTLE ARCHIVE OF FIVE LONG AND SUBSTANTIAL LETTERS

Autograph letter signed (“Elizabeth Barrett Browning”) and with a postscript signed (“RB”) to John Ruskin,

BROWNING (Elizabeth Barrett). & BROWNING (Robert).

Autograph letter signed (“Elizabeth Barrett Browning”) and with… 1859.

"I believe in a perpetual sequence according to Gods’ will, & in what has been called a ‘correspondence’ between the natural world & the spiritual."

Six autograph letters signed (“Elizabeth Barrett Browning’) to [Dinah] Mulock (later Craik).

BROWNING (Elizabeth Barrett).

Six autograph letters signed (“Elizabeth Barrett Browning’) to… 1852.

A MUTUAL LITERARY APPRECIATION: LETTERS TO THE YOUNG WRITER, DINAH CRAIK

Harmonies of Political Economy. Translated from the French, with a Notice of the Life and Writings of the Author, by Patrick James Stirling. [with:] Harmonies of Political Economy, Part II., Comprising Additions Published Posthumously, From Manuscripts Le

BASTIAT (Frédéric).

Harmonies of Political Economy. Translated from the French,… 1860.

AN INSPIRATION FOR MODERN LIBERTARIAN ECONOMICS

Report, together with minutes of evidence, and accounts, from the Select Committee on the High Price of Gold Bullion. Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed, 8 June 1810.

BULLION REPORT.

Report, together with minutes of evidence, and accounts,… 1810.

THE TRUE FIRST EDITION, UNCUT IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

De l'origine et des progrès d'une science nouvelle.

[DUPONT DE NEMOURS (Pierre Samuel).]

De l'origine et des progrès d'une science nouvelle, 1768.

A lovely copy of this important exposition of physiocrat doctrine

The Works of David Ricardo, Esq., M.P. With A Notice of the Life and Writings of the Author.

RICARDO (David). & McCULLOCH (John Ramsay). Editor.

The Works of David Ricardo, Esq., M.P. With… 1846.

Inscribed by the editor

Leyes y ordenancas nueuamente hechas por su Magestad pa la gouernacion de las Indias y buen trata miento y conseruacion delos Indios:

[LAWS FOR THE INDIES] & CHARLES V.

Leyes y ordenancas nueuamente hechas por su Magestad… 1543.

THE FIRST BOOK OF AMERICAN LAW

Narrative of a Tour Through Hawaii, or, Owhyhee;

ELLIS (William).

Narrative of a Tour Through Hawaii, or, Owhyhee;, 1826.

OWNED AND USED BY ROBERT SOUTHEY

Corn Law Rhymes. The Ranter,

[ELLIOTT (Ebenezer)].

Corn Law Rhymes. The Ranter, 1830.

THE PRIVATELY PRINTED FIRST EDITION OF "THIS HITHERTO OBSCURE POEM"

ALS from the young Alexander Pope to his mentor Antony Englefield, dated August 8th 1707.

POPE (Alexander).

ALS from the young Alexander Pope to his… 1707.

"MY MUSE IS EVER UNEMPLOY'D WHEN I CAN DIVERT MY SELF ANY OTHER WAY"

Collection de Cent-Cinquante Gravures représentant et format une suite non-interrompue des Voyages et Aventures surprenantes de Robinson Crusoé.

[DEFOE (Daniel)]. & DUMOULIN (Francois Aime Louis).

Collection de Cent-Cinquante Gravures représentant et format une… 1818.

A PROTO GRAPHIC NOVEL? ROBINSON CRUSOE TOLD THROUGH 150 ENGRAVED ILLUSTRATIONS BASED ON PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IN THE WEST INDIES

Like Mistress - Like Maid

Like Mistress - Like Maid, 1781.

THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL ON WOMEN OF ALL CLASSES

Ladies Dress, as it soon will be.

[GILLRAY (James)].

Ladies Dress, as it soon will be, 1796.

"I HAVE SEEN LADIES IN A STATE OF UNDRESS"

The Complaint: or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality.

YOUNG (Edward).

The Complaint: or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, &… 1742.

A UNIQUE COPY IN DODSLEY’S ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPPERS

The Quaker's Meeting.

[QUAKERISM]. After, & HEEMSKERCK (Egbert van).

The Quaker's Meeting, 1723.

"IT IS CURIOUS THAT IMPRESSIONS OF THIS ENGRAVING ARE EXCESSIVELY RARE IN ENGLAND”

A collection of books, prints and broadsides related to the quack doctor, sex therapist and showman, James Graham (1745-1794).

GRAHAM (James).

A collection of books, prints and broadsides related… 1780.

ELECTRICITY, SEX THERAPY AND VEGETARIANISM: THE CURIOUS LIFE AND CAREER OF JAMES GRAHAM.

Register of Children Bound or Assigned by the Overseers and Guardians of the Poor [for the Village of Ashcombe, Devon].

[POOR APPRENTICES].

Register of Children Bound or Assigned by the… 1802.

PARISH RECORD OF POOR CHILD APPRENTICES IN RURAL DEVON

An Essay on the Treatment of Consumptions.

CHARLES (Richard).

An Essay on the Treatment of Consumptions, 1787.

"WHERE IT FAILED I NEVER KNEW MEDICINE SUCCEED”: CURING TUBERCULOSIS WITH MILK AND VEGETABLES

The Works of the Reverend and Learned Divine, Thomas Jackson, D.D. Sometime President of Corpus Christi College in Oxon; Such as were, and such as Never before were Printed. In Three Volumes. With th Author's Life, and a Large and Useful Table to the Whol

JACKSON (Thomas, Dean of Peterborough).

The Works of the Reverend and Learned Divine,… 1673.

BOUND BY MEARNE FOR CHARLES II

An Essay on Manufacturing Milk into Butter and Cheese;

An Essay on Manufacturing Milk into Butter and… 1794.

HOW TO MAKE GOOD CHEESE AND BUTTER IN SCOTLAND

Apocalypsis Apocalypseos; or the Revelation of St John the Divine unveiled.

Apocalypsis Apocalypseos; or the Revelation of St John… 1680.

FROM THE PAROCHIAL LIBRARY OF TRINITY CHURCH, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND

Über die Revolution.

ARENDT (Hannah).

Über die Revolution, 1963.

INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR

Les Liaisons Dangereuses

SAUVAGE (Slyvain) & DE LACLOS (Choderlos)

Les Liaisons Dangereuses, 1930.

EIGHT ORIGINAL WORKS AND FOUR COPPER PLATES BY SAUVAGE

Le Roy de la Floride.

LARMESSIN (Nicolas de).

Le Roy de la Floride, 1680.

An Act to allow a Drawback of the duties of Customs on the Exportation of Tea to any of his Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in America;

An Act to allow a Drawback of the… 1773.

THE INFAMOUS TEA ACT: A KEY DOCUMENT IN THE STORY OF AMERICA'S INDEPENDENCE - THE CATALYST FOR THE BOSTON TEA PARTY

Letter Book H.M. Sloop Bann and Ontario.

[WEST INDIA STATION] & LEIGH (Commander Jodrell).

Letter Book H.M. Sloop Bann and Ontario, 1821.

WITH NEWS OF HAITI

88th Congress. 1st Session. S.1732 ... A Bill to eliminate discrimination in public accommodations affecting interstate commerce ...

[CIVIL RIGHTS ACT]

88th Congress. 1st Session. S.1732 ... A Bill… 1963.

A CRITICAL BILL IN THE PASSAGE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT

A Negro Explorer at the North Pole.

HENSON (Mathew A.)

A Negro Explorer at the North Pole, 1912.

INSCRIBED BY HENSON

The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

MANHATTAN ENGINEER DISTRICT, & GROVES (Major Leslie R.)

The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 1946.

EARLY REPORTS ON THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMBS

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