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Articles - April - 2023 Issue

The New York City Shadow Fair: alive and well on April 29th

- by Bruce E. McKinney

For years the Flamingo Eventz has been a mainstay for the collectible paper field.  One of their events is annually scheduled to coincide with the ABAA’s New York International Antiquarian Book Fair and again this year they are hosting a show at St. Vincent Ferrer Roman Catholic Church at 869 Lexington Avenue.

 

It is officially described as:

 

The Fine Press Book Association

with

 Manhattan Vintage Book & Ephemera

is

 pleased to announce our 15th Annual

 

Manhattan Fine Press Book Fair

 

This event is a stone’s throw to the Armory at 643 Park Ave where the ABAA event is being staged.  The ABAA’s dates are from April 27-30.  This fair is being held on the 29th 10:00am to 5:00pm

 

Space has been allocated for 75 exhibitors and a few spaces remain.  If you have a yen to test your marketing mettle contact Flamingo Eventz at flamingoeventz@gmail.com or call 603-509-2639.

 

Here’s the current list of exhibitors:

 

 

 FPBA DEALERS

1

Titan and Weald: Jackson Hts NY

2

Mnemonk Press: Minneapolis MN

3

Intima Press Editions:  NY NY

4

Turtle Light Press: Arlington VA

5

Khelcom New York: NYC NY

6

Abstract Orange: Washington DC

7

Solmentes Press: Decorah IA

8

Plain Wrapper Press Redux:Philadelphia PA

9

Harsimus Press: Pottstown PA

10

Fox Ash Press: Lawford UK

11

Dan Lenchner Photography:Millbrook NY

12

Nancy Loeber:Brooklyn NY

13

Russell Maret: NY NY

14

Two Hands Press: Playa Vista CA

15

Sherwin Beach Press: Chicago IL

16

Caliban Press: Ogdensburg NY

17

Plowboy Press: Burke VT

18

Lead Graffiti: Newark DE

19

Deep Wood Press: Mancelona MI

20

Marianne R. Petit Books: NY NY

21

Memory Press: Plainsboro NJ

22

Sarah Plimpton Artist Books:Sleepy Hollow NY

23

Nomad Letterpress: Cheltenham UK

24

The Lone Oak Press: Petershham MA

25

The Petrarch Press: Oregon House CA

26

The Prototype Press:Indian Head MD

27

Midnight Paper Sales: St. Paul MN

28

Tideline Press: Tannersville NY

29

CB Sherlock: Minnepolis, MN

30

Two Ponds Press: Rockport ME

31

Dobbin Mill/Dobbin Books:Brooklyn NY

32

Purgatory Pie Press : NY NY

33

Furious Day Press: Leeds MA

34

Janus Press: Newark VT

35

Richard Wagener-Mixolydian Editions:Petaluma CA

36

Luminice Press: Philadelphia PA

37

Richrad Zauft Editions: Sudbury MA

38

Wild Pangolin Press: Wayland MA

39

Rare Book + Ephemera Exhibitors.

40

James Arsenault & Co: Arrowsic ME

41

Trevian Books: Piermont NY

42

pictograph Books: Bethleham PA

43

Carnegie Hill Books: NY, NY

44

The Chatham Bookseller: Madison NJ

45

Christopher's Rare Books : New Milford CT

46

Wilfrid M. deFreitas - Bookseller: Quebec Canada

47

Books And: Mason NH

48

Johnnycake Books: Salisbury CT

49

SIGNATURIST-INK: Wayne NJ

50

Ten Pound Island ABAA: Gloucester MA

51

John Bale Books LL: Waterbury CT

52

Wm. Hutchison: Mendenhall PA

53

Kaplan + Kopelson Books: NY NY

54

Books Books Books: Avon S. Carolina

55

Rarephotogallery:Toronto Canada

56

Joe Maynard: Newburgh NY

57

JB Muns Fine Arts Bks&Musical Autographs:Berkeley CA

58

PHOTOS IN BLACK, LLC: Alanta GA

59

Faenwyl Bindery: NY NY

60

Jerry Showalter Bookseller: Ivy VA

61

Catnap Books: Cobbleskill NY

62

Resser-Thorner Americana: Manchester NH

63

Act 2 Books: Flemington NJ

64

TENNYSON WILLIAMS BOOKS AND FINE ART:Williamsburg VA

65

Book Corner: Greenwich NY

66

photovintagefrance: Arnaville France

67

Liberty Book Store: Jupiter FL

68

Ellipsis Rare Books: East Hampton NY

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  • <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000 <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Shakespeare (William). <i>The Dramatic Works,</i> 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Joyce (James). <i>Ulysses,</i> first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000 <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Chaucer (Geoffrey). <i>Troilus and Criseyde,</i> one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Borges (Jorge Luis). <i>Luna de Enfrente,</i> first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Nolli (Giovanni Battista). <i>Nuova Pianta di Roma,</i> Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000 <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Roberts (David). <i>The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia,</i> 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Blacker (William). <i>Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing,</i> Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana<br>27 January 2026</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000. <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana<br>27 January 2026</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.

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