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 65th 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

Fabellas una cum argumentis novis.

Brescia, heirs of Ludovico Britannicus, 1563

Fabellas una cum argumentis novis. Brescia, heirs of Ludovico… 1563.

A RARE IMPRINT, PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED - ONLY ONE OTHER COPY KNOWN

Alberti Durer Noriberg. German. Icones sacrae. In historiam salutis humanae per redemptorem nostrum Iesum Christum Dei & Marium filium instauratae... nunc primum è tenebris in lucem editae...

[Hamburg, G.L. Frobenius], 1604

ALTDORFER (Albrecht)

Alberti Durer Noriberg. German. Icones sacrae. In historiam… 1604.

ALTDORFER'S WOODCUTS DISGUISED AS DÜRER'S WORK

Antigone

PÉCHEUR (Jane), ANOUILH (Jean) & ANTHOINE-LEGRAIN (J.)

Antigone, 1945.

A STUNNING TYPOGRAPHIC BINDING

Social Choice and Individual Values.

ARROW (Kenneth J.)

Social Choice and Individual Values, 1951.

ARROW'S BRILLIANT DOCTORAL THESIS

Lali et Sainval drame en trois actes en vers libres, représenté pour la premieré fois par les Comediens François de S. M . l'Imperatrice de toutes les Russies. Le 20 de Juin

Lali et Sainval drame en trois actes en… 1784.

WRITTEN & PERFORMED FOR CATHERINE THE GREAT

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

The Sexagenary, or Reminiscences of the American Revolution.

BECKER (John P.) & [BLOODGOOD (S. DeWitt), editor.]

The Sexagenary, or Reminiscences of the American Revolution, 1833.

THE RARE FIRST EDITION

Dream-Come-True. Poems by Laurence Binyon.

ERAGNY PRESS & BINYON (Laurence)

Dream-Come-True. Poems by Laurence Binyon, 1905.

A DREAM COME TRUE

Histoires prodigieuses... extraictes de plusieurs fameux autheurs, Grecs & Latins, sacrez & prophanes: mises en nostre langue par P. Boaistuau, surnomé Launay, natif de Bretagne: avec les pourtraicts & figures.
Paris,

BOAISTUAU (Pierre)

Histoires prodigieuses... extraictes de plusieurs fameux autheurs, Grecs… 1560.

MONSTERS AND PORTENTS

The Royal Hunt. Selected historical observations.

SAYENKO (Dmitry) & BODMAN (Sarah) [Text adaptation by]

The Royal Hunt. Selected historical observations, 2016.

POWERFUL & STRIKING LINOCUTS

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).

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

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."

Les Quinze Joyes de Mariage

[Anon], LALAU (Maurice), CANAPE (George) [Binder] & CORRIEZ (George) [Binder]

Les Quinze Joyes de Mariage, 1928.

A STRIKING ART DECO BINDING

The Reverend Samson Occom,

[OCCOM (Samson)] & CHAMBERLIN (Mason), after.

The Reverend Samson Occom, 1768.

THE MOHEGAN MINISTER IN LONDON

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

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

The Prologue from the Canterbury Tales, text based mainly on the Ellesmere MS.

CHAUCER (Geoffrey), KING (Ronald), EDITIONS ALECTO & [CIRCLE PRESS]

The Prologue from the Canterbury Tales, text based… 1967.

RON KING'S FIRST BOOK

Parallelement

VERLAINE (Paul), YSEUX SR. DE THIERRY-SIMIER [Binder] & CHIMOT (Édouard)

Parallelement, 1931.

THE LAST GASP OF THE 'ROARING TWENTIES'

Noted Indian Chiefs who have visited the Indian Training School, Carlisle, Pa.

CHOATE (John N.) photographer.

Noted Indian Chiefs who have visited the Indian… 1881.

AVAILABLE TO ORDER THROUGH THE CARLISLE NEWSPAPER

Naufrage de la frégate la Meduse faisant partie de l'expedition du Senegal, en 1816.

SAVIGNY (J.B. Henri) & & CORREARD (Alexandre).

Naufrage de la frégate la Meduse faisant partie… 1817.

THE INFAMOUS RAFT OF THE MEDUSA

Le Pegme... mis en Francoys par Lanteaume de Romieu gentilhomme d'Arles.
Lyons, Macé Bonhomme, 1560

COUSTEAU (Pierre)

Le Pegme... mis en Francoys par Lanteaume de… 1560.

EARLY FRENCH EMBLEMS, IN ELABORATE BORDERS

The Eclogues of Vergil. In the original Latin with an English prose translation by J. H. Mason with illustrations drawn and cut on the wood by Aristide Maillol.

CRANACH PRESS & VERGILIUS MARO (Publius)

The Eclogues of Vergil. In the original Latin… 1927.

One of the greatest achievements of 20th century fine printing

Les Liaisons Dangereuses

SAUVAGE (Slyvain) & DE LACLOS (Choderlos)

Les Liaisons Dangereuses, 1930.

EIGHT ORIGINAL WORKS AND FOUR COPPER PLATES BY SAUVAGE

The Story of my Experiments with Truth.

GANDHI (Mohandas Karamchand) [known as Mahatma Gandhi],, DESAI (Mahadev) & & NAIR (Pyarelal) Translators.

The Story of my Experiments with Truth, 1929.

FIRST EDITION BOUND IN KHADI

Lettres de G. Desnoues, Professeur d'Anatomie & de Chirurgie.

DESNOUES (Guillaume)

Lettres de G. Desnoues, Professeur d'Anatomie & de… 1706.

ON EMBALMING PRACTICES, BY AN EARLY ANATOMICAL WAX MODELLER

Les Bijoux Indiscrets.

GUIRAND DE SCÉVOLA (Lucien Victor) & DIDEROT (Denis)

Les Bijoux Indiscrets, 1928.

THE ARTIST'S COPY, WITH FOUR ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS

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

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

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

Les Petits Vieux

ERAGNY PRESS & VERHAEREN (Emile)

Les Petits Vieux, 1901.

PRESENTATION COPY TO THOMAS STURGE MOORE

Collectanea Adagiorum

ERASMUS (Desiderius).

Collectanea Adagiorum, 1515.

WITH CONTEMPORARY SCHOOLBOY DOODLES AND DRAWINGS

De occultis pharmacorum potestibus.
Basle, Pietro Perna, 1574

ERASTUS (Thomas).

De occultis pharmacorum potestibus. Basle, Pietro Perna, 1574, 1574.

ON PHARMACOLOGY & THE OCCULT, ANNOTATED BY AN EARLY PHYSICIAN

Delle allusioni, imprese, et emblemi sopra la vita, opere, et attioni di Gregorio. XIII. pontefice massimo libri vi.
Rome, Bartolomeo Grassi, 1588

FABRICIO (Principio)

Delle allusioni, imprese, et emblemi sopra la vita,… 1588.

THE BUONCOMPAGNI DRAGON

Description sommaire du Chasteau de Versailles.
Paris, 1674.

FELIBIEN (André)

Description sommaire du Chasteau de Versailles. Paris, 1674, 1674.

EARLIEST GUIDE BOOK TO PALACE OF VERSAILLES & PARK

The Battle of Ibera at which the Romans defeated Hasdrubal, a miniature from the Romuléon, illuminated manuscript on vellum.
[Eastern France, c. 1480]

GARNIER (Pierre)

The Battle of Ibera at which the Romans… 1480.

FROM A LAVISH MANUSCRIPT HISTORY OF ROME

Alexandri Magni regis Macedonum vita.
Strasbourg: Reinhard Beck, 1513.

GAUTIER DE CHATILLON (Philippe)

Alexandri Magni regis Macedonum vita. Strasbourg: Reinhard Beck, 1513, 1513.

'A MOST WITTY STORY': A HANDSOME SAMMELBAND, WITH THE RARE ALEXANDREIS

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.

Wood Engravings From the Fables of Esope, with Wood Engravings from XXI Welsh Gypsy Folk-Tales.

GREGYNOG PRESS & MILLER PARKER (Agnes)

Wood Engravings From the Fables of Esope, with… 1996.

A SURVEY OF AGNES MILLER PARKER'S ENGRAVINGS

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

Child-Birth or, the Happy Deliverie of Women.

GUILLEMEAU (Jacques).

Child-Birth or, the Happy Deliverie of Women, 1612.

THE SECOND ENGLISH MIDWIFERY MANUAL

The Constitution of Liberty.

HAYEK (Friedrich August von).

The Constitution of Liberty, 1960.