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Boston Antiquarian Book Fair 2026

6–8 November 2026. Our selection for the 48th Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair, where we exhibited at Booth 325. Download the catalogue (PDF).

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  • First editions of A Natural History of Birds by Eleazar Albin, the first British bird book illustrated with hand-coloured plates, published in 1731, 1734, & 1738.
    First editions of A Natural History of Birds by Eleazar Albin, the first British bird book illustrated with hand-coloured plates, published in 1731, 1734, & 1738.

    ALBIN, Eleazar.
    A Natural History of Birds. 1731, 1734 & 1738.
    $31,827.00

  • First and only printing of this famous Constructivist ABC. Of the utmost rarity and especially so in such fine condition.
    First and only printing of this famous Constructivist ABC. Of the utmost rarity and especially so in such fine condition.

    LEBEDEV, Vladimir.
    Azbuka [ABC]. 1925.
    $15,575.00

  • First edition, first issue of Thomas Henry Huxley's Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature, the first book to apply Darwinian evolution to humanity
    First edition, first issue of Thomas Henry Huxley's Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature, the first book to apply Darwinian evolution to humanity

    HUXLEY, T.H.
    Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature. 1863.
    $2,709.00

  • A handsome bound set of the first editions of Kipling's Jungle Book and its sequel the Second Jungle Book, with a tipped-in typewritten letter signed by Kipling
    A handsome bound set of the first editions of Kipling's Jungle Book and its sequel the Second Jungle Book, with a tipped-in typewritten letter signed by Kipling

    KIPLING, Rudyard.
    The Jungle Book [with] The Second Jungle Book. 1894; 1895.
    $6,095.00

  • The enlarged third edition of physician John French's work on the distillation of pharmaceuticals, The Art of Distillation, with numerous woodcut illustrations, 1664.
    The enlarged third edition of physician John French's work on the distillation of pharmaceuticals, The Art of Distillation, with numerous woodcut illustrations, 1664.

    FRENCH, John.
    The Art of Distillation: 1664.
    $4,876.00

  • First collected edition of mathematician Oronce Finé's Protomathesis, a beautifully illustrated publication encompassing arithmetic, geometry, cosmography, and sundials.
    First collected edition of mathematician Oronce Finé's Protomathesis, a beautifully illustrated publication encompassing arithmetic, geometry, cosmography, and sundials.

    FINÉ, Oronce.
    Protomathesis: 1532 [part titles of 'De geometria' dated 1530 and of 'De solaribus horologiis' 1531].
    $67,716.00

  • Bukvar dlia vzroslykh [Alphabet for Adults].
    Bukvar dlia vzroslykh [Alphabet for Adults].

    [UTOPIAN ABC].
    Bukvar dlia vzroslykh [Alphabet for Adults]. 1920.
    $6,095.00

  • A highly uncommon and obscure book designed by Goncharova.
    A highly uncommon and obscure book designed by Goncharova.

    GONCHAROVA, Natalia; GUR'EV, Arkadii.
    Bezotvetnoe [Unanswered]. [1913].
    $3,048.00

  • First edition of the most beautiful publication on Crustacea, Leach and Sowerby's Malacostraca Podophthalmata Britanniae.
    First edition of the most beautiful publication on Crustacea, Leach and Sowerby's Malacostraca Podophthalmata Britanniae.

    LEACH, William Elford & SOWERBY, James (illustrator).
    Malacostraca Podophthalmata Britanniæ; 1815-1875.
    $10,158.00

  • Rare 16th-century Italian edition of Sir John Mandeville's Travels, published in Venice in 1505.
    Rare 16th-century Italian edition of Sir John Mandeville's Travels, published in Venice in 1505.

    MANDEVILLE, Sir John.
    Tractato dele più maravigliose cose e più notabile che si trovino in le parte del mondo 26 January 1505.
    $25,055.00

  • Pre-publication radio script for Words and Music by Samuel Beckett, dated 1962.
    Pre-publication radio script for Words and Music by Samuel Beckett, dated 1962.

    BECKETT, Samuel.
    Pre-publication radio script for 'Words and Music'. 1962.
    $8,803.00

  • A scarce and humorous ABC from one of the most celebrated members of the <em>Mir Iskusstva</em> [World of Art] group.
    A scarce and humorous ABC from one of the most celebrated members of the <em>Mir Iskusstva</em> [World of Art] group.

    DOBUZHINSKY, Mstislav.
    Veselaia Azbuka [The Merry Alphabet]. 1925.
    $6,095.00

  • 25 leaves of manuscript in which Symons discusses Casanova and his memoirs, and his arrest. With typescript hand-corrected by Symons.

    SYMONS, Arthur.
    Casanova and Venice. [c.1918].
    $5,079.00

  • One of the earliest accurate views of Chennai (Madras) and possibly the first from the mainland, c.1746, by a French naval officer.
    One of the earliest accurate views of Chennai (Madras) and possibly the first from the mainland, c.1746, by a French naval officer.

    [MADRAS].
    Manuscript Panorama of Madras. [1740-1746].
    $67,716.00

  • The first dated edition of Erasmus' Moriae Encomium, an important work of humanist rhetoric which satirised the corrpution and religious hypocrisy of Europe's elite.
    The first dated edition of Erasmus' Moriae Encomium, an important work of humanist rhetoric which satirised the corrpution and religious hypocrisy of Europe's elite.

    ERASMUS, Desiderius.
    Moriae Encomium. August 1511.
    $75,000.00

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