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 [email protected] or call 603-509-2639.
Here’s the current list of exhibitors:
FPBA DEALERS
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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
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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
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The Petrarch Press: Oregon House CA
26
The Prototype Press:Indian Head MD
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Midnight Paper Sales: St. Paul MN
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Tideline Press: Tannersville NY
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CB Sherlock: Minnepolis, MN
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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.
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James Arsenault & Co: Arrowsic ME
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Trevian Books: Piermont NY
42
pictograph Books: Bethleham PA
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Carnegie Hill Books: NY, NY
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The Chatham Bookseller: Madison NJ
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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
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Ten Pound Island ABAA: Gloucester MA
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John Bale Books LL: Waterbury CT
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Wm. Hutchison: Mendenhall PA
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Kaplan + Kopelson Books: NY NY
54
Books Books Books: Avon S. Carolina
55
Rarephotogallery:Toronto Canada
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Joe Maynard: Newburgh NY
57
JB Muns Fine Arts Bks&Musical Autographs:Berkeley CA
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PHOTOS IN BLACK, LLC: Alanta GA
59
Faenwyl Bindery: NY NY
60
Jerry Showalter Bookseller: Ivy VA
61
Catnap Books: Cobbleskill NY
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Resser-Thorner Americana: Manchester NH
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Act 2 Books: Flemington NJ
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TENNYSON WILLIAMS BOOKS AND FINE ART:Williamsburg VA
Sotheby’s Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone 25 June – July 7
Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.
Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.
Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.
Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000.
Forum Auctions The Private Library: Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers July 9, 2026
Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000
Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000
Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000
Forum Auctions The Private Library: Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers July 9, 2026
Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000
Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000
Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500
Forum Auctions The Private Library: Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers July 9, 2026
Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500
Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000
Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000
Forum Auctions The Private Library: Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers July 9, 2026
Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000
Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000
Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000
Forum Auctions The 10th Anniversary Sale Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper July 16, 2026
Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000
Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000
Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
Forum Auctions The 10th Anniversary Sale Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper July 16, 2026
Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000
Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
Forum Auctions The 10th Anniversary Sale Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper July 16, 2026
Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000
Forum Auctions The 10th Anniversary Sale Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper July 16, 2026
Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000
