The New York International Antiquarian Book Fair – Maggs Bros. Ltd – Rare Books & Manuscripts

The New York International Antiquarian Book Fair

30 Apr—3 May, 2026

New York, USA

The New York International Antiquarian Book Fair

Location

Park Avenue Armory
643 Park Avenue
New York

Schedule

OPENING NIGHT PREVIEW
Thursday, April 30
5 p.m. – 9 p.m.

SHOW HOURS
Friday, May 1
12 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Saturday, May 2
12 p.m. – 7 p.m.

Sunday, May 3
12 p.m. – 5 p.m.

About

From the fair website:

The 66th New York International Antiquarian Book Fair is now scheduled to take place from 30 April - 3rd May 2026.

Both American and international exhibitors will offer a rich selection of manuscripts, unique ephemera, artist books, zines, as well as early American and European literature, modern first editions, children’s books, maps, autographs, photographs, and more.

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Fair Items

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 Heart of a Woman.

ANGELOU (Maya).

The Heart of a Woman, 1981.

Inscribed by the author.

Female Friendship, Or the Innocent Sufferer.

ANON. & [COGSWELL (Nathaniel), publisher],

Female Friendship, Or the Innocent Sufferer, 1797.

THE FIRST NOVEL PUBLISHED IN MAINE

Pride and Prejudice.

Pride and Prejudice, 1894.

The Thompson Peacock edition.

Sense and Sensibility.

Sense and Sensibility, 1813.

A second edition in beautiful Regency binding.

Mansfield Park.

Mansfield Park, 1816.

An Austen family copy of the second edition in beautiful Regency binding.

Northanger Abbey: and Persuasion.

Northanger Abbey: and Persuasion, 1818.

An Austen family copy of the first edition in beautiful Regency binding.

Typed Letter Signed (

BECKETT (Samuel).

Typed Letter Signed ("Samuel Beckett") in French, written… 1953.

Beckett, writing the same month Waiting for Godot was first performed

Typed Letter Signed (

BECKETT (Samuel).

Typed Letter Signed ("Samuel Beckett") to Heathcote Williams,… 1965.

"At some future time [...] I should be happy for one or more to appear in your review"

The Harlem Book of the Dead. With a Foreword by Toni Morrison.

MORRISON (Toni)., VAN DER ZEE (James)., DODSON (Owen). & BILLOPS (Camille).

The Harlem Book of the Dead. With a… 1978.

Signed and inscribed.

Le Philocope de Messire Jehan Boccace florentin, contena(n)t l’histoire de Fleury et Blanchefleur, divisé en sept livres traduictz d’italien en françoys par Adrian Sevin.
Paris, D. Janot, 24 FebruarY 1542

BOCCACCIO (Giovanni)

Le Philocope de Messire Jehan Boccace florentin, contena(n)t… 1542.

OWNED BY A PICARDY COUNTESS IN THE LATE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

The Last September.

BOWEN (Elizabeth).

The Last September, 1929.

First edition of Bowen's greatest novel.

Seven Winters.

BOWEN (Elizabeth).

Seven Winters, 1942.

INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR

The Heat of the Day.

BOWEN (Elizabeth).

The Heat of the Day, 1949.

An association copy inscribed by the author.

The Pilgrim's Progress through this world to the next written in form of a dream.

BUNYAN (John)., [NEW ENGLAND INSTITUTION FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE BLIND] & [HOWE (Samuel Gridley)]

The Pilgrim's Progress through this world to the… 1836.

A LANDMARK PUBLICATION IN BLIND LITERACY

Typed Letter Signed (

CHURCHILL (Winston S.)

Typed Letter Signed ("W. S. Churchill") to "Dear… 1931.

Youth: a Narrative and Two Other Stories. [The Heart of Darkness].

CONRAD (Joseph).

Youth: a Narrative and Two Other Stories. [The… 1902.

THE HEART OF DARKNESS

The Christmas Books: A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life, The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain.

DICKENS (Charles).

The Christmas Books: A Christmas Carol, The Chimes,… 1844.

Dickens' Christmas books, lavishly bound by Ramage

A Book of Common Prayer.

A Book of Common Prayer, 1977.

Run River.

Run River, 1963.

First edition of Joan Didion's debut novel.

Buried Alive, or Ten Years of Penal Servitude in Siberia.

DOSTOEVSKY [DOSTOYEVSKY] (Fyodor).

Buried Alive, or Ten Years of Penal Servitude… 1881.

THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD

The Hound of the Baskervilles.

DOYLE (Arthur Conan).

The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1902.

The Sound and the Fury.

FAULKNER (William).

The Sound and the Fury, 1929.

An excellent copy of Faulkner's fourth novel.

Jidai moyo sasazuru nishiki [Historical bamboo and vine brocade patterns].

GYOKUJIN'EN (Yukisumi), author. & UTAGAWA (Yoshitora), artist.

Jidai moyo sasazuru nishiki [Historical bamboo and vine… 1858.

A complete gokan set, preserved with all the original envelopes

Ugolino.

HEANEY (Seamus).

Ugolino, 1979.

First edition, copy no. 21 of a total edition of 125 copies, signed by Heaney.

Eleven Poems.

HEANEY (Seamus).

Eleven Poems, 1965.

"These pamphlets are very valuable."

The Light of the Leaves. Screenprints by Jan Hendrix.

HEANEY (Seamus).

The Light of the Leaves. Screenprints by Jan… 1999.

ONE OF ONLY TWO PROOF COPIES PRODUCED BY THE PRINTER

The Old Man and the Sea.

HEMINGWAY (Ernest).

The Old Man and the Sea, 1952.

First edition, first issue.

The Art of Spiritual Harmony by Wassily Kandinsky: Translated with an Introduction by M. T. H. Sadler. [Sadleir].

KANDINSKY (Wassily).

The Art of Spiritual Harmony by Wassily Kandinsky:… 1914.

Basni i skazki [Fables and Tales...in three parts]

KHEMNITSER (Ivan Ivanovich)

Basni i skazki [Fables and Tales...in three parts], 1830.

ONE OF THE EARLIEST RUSSIAN FABULISTS

Echoes. By Two Writers.

KIPLING (Rudyard & Alice).

Echoes. By Two Writers, 1884.

An outstanding rarity: the author's second book.

Captains Courageous.

KIPLING (Rudyard).

Captains Courageous, 1897.

Quartette.

KIPLING (Rudyard).

Quartette, 1885.

RARE EARLY KIPLING FAMILY SHORT STORIES AND POEMS

The Jungle Book. [with:] The Second Jungle Book.

KIPLING (Rudyard).

The Jungle Book. [with:] The Second Jungle Book, 1894.

First editions of these great classics of English children's fiction.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

LE CARRE (John).

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, 1974.

INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, AND HIS FATHER

The Last Battle.

The Last Battle, 1956.

Prince Caspian the Return to Narnia.

Prince Caspian the Return to Narnia, 1951.

The second book in The Chronicles of Narnia series.

[Portrait of Charlotte Cushman.]

[CUSHMAN (Charlotte).] & MAGUIRE (T.H.), printer.

[Portrait of Charlotte Cushman.], 1846.

THE CONTROVERSIAL ACTRESS

Memories of a Catholic Girlhood.

MCCARTHY (Mary).

Memories of a Catholic Girlhood, 1957.

Inscribed by the author.

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.

MCCULLERS (Carson).

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, 1940.

The author's first novel.

Lolita.

NABOKOV (Vladimir).

Lolita, 1955.

First edition, second issue.

Kuma naki kage [No Shadow in any Corner].

SHIBATA (Zesshin). & OCHIAI (Yoshihiku).

Kuma naki kage [No Shadow in any Corner], 1867.

BEAUTIFUL SILHOUETTES