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

Metamorphoseon libri XV. In singulas quasque fabulas argumeta. Ex postrema Iac. Micylli recognitione.

Metamorphoseon libri XV. In singulas quasque fabulas argumeta.… 1567.

WOODCUTS BY VIRGIL SOLIS

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

Kappa aijo-ki [Kappa love story].

WAKAYAMA (Yasoji). & NAITO (Masakatsu), binder.

Kappa aijo-ki [Kappa love story], 1948.

Wakayama's first self-published book, one of 10 special copies

El Capital. Crítica de la Economía Política. Traducido de la Cuarta Edición Alemana por Juan B. Justo.

El Capital. Crítica de la Economía Política. Traducido… 1898.

FIRST COMPLETE SPANISH TRANSLATION OF DAS KAPITAL

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

The Bee-Man of Orn.

SENDAK (Maurice). Illustrator. & STOCKTON (Frank R.)

The Bee-Man of Orn, 1964.

Inscribed by Sendak and with a large pen and ink drawing of the Bee-Man.

[Large cabinet card.]

HOLMES SR. (Oliver Wendell).

[Large cabinet card.], 1886.

SIGNED & INSCRIBED

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

The Reverend Samson Occom,

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

The Reverend Samson Occom, 1768.

THE MOHEGAN MINISTER IN LONDON

The Royal Hunt. Selected historical observations.

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

The Royal Hunt. Selected historical observations, 2016.

POWERFUL & STRIKING LINOCUTS

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

Le Dedans & Le Dehors.

MIRÓ (Joan) & LÉVIS MANO (Guy)

Le Dedans & Le Dehors, 1966.

ORIGINAL SIGNED ETCHING BY MIRÓ

The Return of Peace. A Poem.

The Return of Peace. A Poem, 1802.

"MY LOSS OF FORTUNE, PARTNER, CHILD - MY ALL!"

A Comparison of Treatments of a Duopoly Situation.

NASH (John Forbes, Jr.), MAYBERRY (John). & SHUBIK (Martin).

A Comparison of Treatments of a Duopoly Situation, 1953.

NASH ON COURNOT

Principles of Economics. Translated and Edited by James Dingwall and Bert F. Hoselitz. With an Introduction by Frank H. Knight.

Principles of Economics. Translated and Edited by James… 1950.

THE FOUNTAINHEAD OF THE AUSTRIAN SCHOOL

Devises heroiques.
Lyon, Jean de Tournes and Guillaume Gazeau,

PARADIN (Claude)

Devises heroiques. Lyon, Jean de Tournes and Guillaume Gazeau, 1557.

INFLUENTIAL EMBLEMS, OWNED BY A POLISH EMIGRÉ ARISTOCRAT

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

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

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

La Gerusalemme liberata. Paris, appresso A. Delalain, P. Durand & G.C. Molini (da' torchi di Quillau),

TASSO (Torquato)

La Gerusalemme liberata. Paris, appresso A. Delalain, P.… 1771.

"RELIURE DE PRESENT" DESIGNED BY GRAVELOT FOR THIS EDITION

Opera ea quae ad inventam ab ipso artem universalem... pertinent. Ut et in eandem quorundam interpretum scripti commentarij [by Giordano Bruno, H. Cornelius Agrippa ]... Accessit index, etc.
Strasbourg, Lazarus Zetzner,

Opera ea quae ad inventam ab ipso artem… 1598.

WITH 'REVOLUTIONARY' MOVING PARTS

The Welfare of a Government Considered. A Sermon Preach'd before the General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut, at Hartford ...

HUNN (Nathanael).

The Welfare of a Government Considered. A Sermon… 1747.

PRINTED ON THE BAY PSALM PRESS

The doctrine of Christianity, as held by the people called Quakers, vindicated : in answer to Gilbert Tennent's sermon on the lawfulness of war.

[FRANKLIN IMPRINT] & SMITH (John).

The doctrine of Christianity, as held by the… 1748.

QUAKER PACIFISM IN A TIME OF WAR

Buff; or, a Dissertation on Nakedness: A Parody on Paine's Rights of Man.

[PAINE (Thomas)].

Buff; or, a Dissertation on Nakedness: A Parody… 1792.

"THE GRAND CHORUS OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN IS CHANGED INTO A CAZONETTA ON NAKEDNESS"

The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money.

KEYNES (John Maynard).

The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money, 1936.

KEYNES' GREATEST WORK

Catalogus sanctorum & gestorum eorum ex diversis voluminibus collectus . . . multis novis additionibus decoratus.

Venice: Nicolaus de Frankfordia, 1 Dec.

NATALIBUS (Petrus de)

Catalogus sanctorum & gestorum eorum ex diversis voluminibus… 1516.

ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF SAINTS, WITH MANUSCRIPT PILATE LETTER

Democracy in America.

TOCQUEVILLE (Alexis de).

Democracy in America, 1838.

“ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WORKS EVER WRITTEN ON AMERICAN POLITICAL AND CIVIL LIFE”

Poemata omnia: quorum Catalogum proxima à Praefatione pagina reperies...
Basel: Heinrich Petri, March 1562

Poemata omnia: quorum Catalogum proxima à Praefatione pagina… 1562.

RARE PRINTED DONATION EX-LIBRIS

L'Être et le Néant. Essai d'ontologie phénoménologique.

SARTRE (Jean-Paul).

L'Être et le Néant. Essai d'ontologie phénoménologique, 1943.

BEING AND NOTHINGNESS: INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR

Études de Nu.

KRULL (Germaine)

Études de Nu, 1930.

'Why make nudes? because it has always been beautiful and I liked it one summer morning'

Social Choice and Individual Values.

ARROW (Kenneth J.)

Social Choice and Individual Values, 1951.

ARROW'S BRILLIANT DOCTORAL THESIS

Narrative of the Loss of the Esk and Lively, Greenland Whalers, by which Sixty-five Persons Perished;

SCORESBY (Rev. William).

Narrative of the Loss of the Esk and… 1826.

A VERY RARE SCORESBY NARRATIVE

Principles of Political Economy with some of their Application to Social Philosophy.

MILL (John Stuart).

Principles of Political Economy with some of their… 1848.

THE UNDISPUTED BIBLE OF ECONOMIC DOCTRINE - UNRESTORED IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH

Handcuff Secrets

HOUDINI (Harry). & [HARDEEN (Theo).]

Handcuff Secrets, 1910.

WITH A SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF HOUDINI & EPHEMERA

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

Décret de la Convention Nationale [...] relatif aux citoyens de Saint-Domingue, de la Martinique & de la Guadeloupe, qui se sont réfugiés à Sainte-Lucie & autres contrées de l'Amérique.

[HAITIAN REVOLUTION] & LOUIS XVI.

Décret de la Convention Nationale [...] relatif aux… 1793.

REPATRIATION AMIDST REVOLUTION

Collectanea Adagiorum

ERASMUS (Desiderius).

Collectanea Adagiorum, 1515.

WITH CONTEMPORARY SCHOOLBOY DOODLES AND DRAWINGS

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

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

Reflections on Gaming Annuities, and Usurious Contracts.

[ERSKINE (Thomas)].

Reflections on Gaming Annuities, and Usurious Contracts, 1777.

ANNOTATED BY FRANCIS MASERES

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

An Essay on the Principle of Population; or, A View of its Past and Present Effects on Human Happiness; with an Inquiry into our Prospects Respecting the Future Removal or Mitigation of the Evils which it Occasions. A New Edition, Very Much Enlarged.

MALTHUS (Thomas Robert).

An Essay on the Principle of Population; or,… 1803.

THE 'GREAT QUARTO' IN A STRIKING CONTEMPORARY BINDING