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
Forum Auctions Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026 25 March 2026
Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.
Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.
Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.
Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.
Forum Auctions Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026 25 March 2026
Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.
Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.
Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.
Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.
Forum Auctions Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026 25 March 2026
Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.
Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.
Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.
Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.
Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.
Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 26th March 2026
Forum, Mar. 26: Book of Hours.- Heures a lusaige de Romme, printed on vellum, with 14 full-page illuminated miniatures, Paris, N. Higman for J. de Brie, [c.1521]. £20,000-30,000
Forum, Mar. 26: France.- Book of Hours, perhaps Use of the Abbey of Saint-Gildas de Rhuys, with thirteen miniatures surviving from an original cycle of at least twenty, [c. 1430]. £15,000-20,000
Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000
Forum, Mar. 26: Blake (William). Illustrations of the Book of Job, one of 215 first issue "Proof" copies, this one of 65 copies on "French" paper, Published by the Author, March 8, 1825 [but March, 1826]. £15,000-20,000
Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 26th March 2026
Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000
Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000
Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000
Forum, Mar. 26: Kepler (Johannes). Dioptrice seu demonstratio eorum quae visui & visibilibus propter conspicilla non ita pridem inventa accidunt, first edition, Augsburg, David Frank, 1611. £12,000-18,000
Books & Autographs Wednesday 25 March
Koller, Mar. 25: KAFKA, FRANZ, SCHRIFTSTELLER. Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Prag, 20. Oktober [19]15. CHF 30,000-40,000.
Koller, Mar. 25: EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Zwei eigenhändige Briefe an Ernst Gabor Straus, unterschrieben "A.E" bzw. "A. Einstein". [Princeton], [19]45. und [1950]. CHF 30,000-40,000.
Koller, Mar. 25: HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS, MUTTER VON NAPOLEON III. Album aus ihrem Besitz mit 69 Aquarellen und Pinselzeichnungen in Sepia oder Grau… CHF 14,000-18,000.
Koller, Mar. 25: ZOOLOGIE - ORNITHOLOGIE - Seligmann, Johann Michael. Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzaame Vogelen. Teile 1-8 (von 9) in 2 Bänden. Mit 421 prächtig altkolorierten Kupfertafeln. CHF 14,000-20,000
Koller, Mar. 25: BOTANIK - Berlèse, Lorenzo und Johann Jakob Jung. Iconographie du genre camellia... 3 Bände. Mit 300 Farbstichtafeln "a la poupée.” Paris, [1839-]1841-1843. CHF 12,000-18,000.
