Firsts: London's Rare Book Fair 2025 – Maggs Bros. Ltd – Rare Books & Manuscripts

Firsts: London's Rare Book Fair 2025

15—18 May, 2025

London, United Kingdom

Firsts: London's Rare Book Fair 2025

Location

Saatchi Gallery
Duke of York Square
London
SW3 4RY

Space

Booth C19

Schedule

Thursday 15 May – Preview Night
17:00 – 21:00

Friday 16 May
11:00 – 20:00

Saturday 17 May
11:00 – 18:00

Sunday 18 May
11:00 – 17:00

About

From the Firsts website:

Firsts London is one of the most popular and prestigious rare book fairs in the world. Whether you're a collector looking for the next masterpiece to add to your library, or a bibliophile who loves browsing second-hand classics, Firsts London is the event for you. Discover titles by distinguished authors, ephemera from celebrity readers and manuscripts from history's great moments, all in the heart of Chelsea.

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Fair Items

Birds and Beasts of Shakespeare

CHELONIIDAE PRESS & BROCKMAN (James) [Binder]

Birds and Beasts of Shakespeare, 1990.

A MASTERFUL BINDING BY JAMES BROCKMAN

Le Coeur à Gaz

TZARA (Tristan) & DELAUNAY (Sonia)

Le Coeur à Gaz, 1977.

THE FIRST PRINTING TO COMBINE TZARA'S TEXT WITH DELAUNAY'S DESIGNS

Richard Barnfield's Sonnets.

RILEY (Dominic) [Binder] & BARNFIELD (Richard)

Richard Barnfield's Sonnets, 2001.

A BEAUTIFUL AND THOUGHTFUL BINDING BY DOMINIC RILEY

Abstract Garden

BROCKMAN (Stuart) [Binder], GROSS (Philip) & REDDICK (Peter)

Abstract Garden, 1996.

FINELY BOUND BY STUART BROCKMAN

Land

WILLIAMS (Eric) [Editor], PALMER (Garrick) [Illustrator], OLD STILE PRESS & BROCKMAN (Stuart) [Binder]

Land, 1996.

FINELY BOUND BY STUART BROCKMAN

The Tragedie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke

SHAKESPEARE (William) & CRANACH PRESS

The Tragedie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke, 1930.

A FINE COPY, FROM THE LIBRARY OF A NOTED AMERICAN DESIGNER

Of Gardens.

Bacon (Francis), RILEY (Dominic) [Binder] & PENNELL (Betty)

Of Gardens, 1993.

DOMINIC RILEY BINDING INSPIRED BY GARDENS

A Brief Memoir of Sir Walter Ralegh; prepared for and published in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register for April, 1862.

[RALEGH (Sir Walter)] & DRAKE (Samuel G.)

A Brief Memoir of Sir Walter Ralegh; prepared… 1862.

ABUNDANTLY EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED

Study of Two Pears / Etude de Deux Poires

STEVENS (Wallace) & ROTHSCHILD (Judith)

Study of Two Pears / Etude de Deux… 2003.

WITH TWO ORIGINAL COPPER PLATES

Weeds and Wild Flowers: some irreverent words

MACKLEY (George)

Weeds and Wild Flowers: some irreverent words, 1965.

'THE WILD GARDEN IS THE GREATEST JOY'

Colours of Persia

Colours of Persia, 2007.

ONE OF SUSAN ALLIX'S FINEST BOOKS

Poems of Wyatt and Petrarch, Tudor poetry and the renaissance, Sonnets and lyric poems in English and Italian

Poems of Wyatt and Petrarch, Tudor poetry and… 1989.

PRINTED, ILLUSTRATED AND BOUND BY SUSAN ALLIX

Hero and Leander.

VALE PRESS ., RICKETTS (Charles) & MARLOWE (Christopher)

Hero and Leander, 1894.

A FINE COPY OF RICKETTS' FINE BOOK

The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer

CHAUCER (Geoffrey), BURNE-JONES (Edward) & KELMSCOTT PRESS

The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, 1896.

'The finest book ever printed'

Poésies

MATISSE (Henri) & MALLARMÉ (Stephane)

Poésies, 1932.

MATISSE'S FIRST LIVRE D'ARTISTE

Antigone

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

Antigone, 1945.

A STUNNING TYPOGRAPHIC BINDING

Tokyo Geigi chu hyaku bijin [100 Beautiful Women amongst Geishas].

OGAWA (Kazumasa).

Tokyo Geigi chu hyaku bijin [100 Beautiful Women… 1895.

ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS BY OGAWA

On Painting. Translated from the original Italian, abridged and accompanied with etchings by Susan Allix.

ALLIX (Susan) & LEON BATTISTA (Alberti)

On Painting. Translated from the original Italian, abridged… 1999.

ALBERTI'S MANUAL OF PAINTING, VIA SUSAN ALLIX

The Flower Book.

BURNE-JONES (Edward)

The Flower Book, 1905.

Fig.

ROTHCHILD (Judith). & VERDIGRIS.

Fig, 2001.

SPECIAL COPY WITH AN ADDITIONAL MEZZOTINT

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