Walking Tour Of New York’s Antiquarian Book Sellers-Part One: Midtown Manhattan
Book Store in NY City
Dealer Address & Contact Info.
Dealer Specialties and Additional Details
Roger Gross Ltd.
225 East 57th Street (2nd & 3rd)
New York, NY 10022
Summer Hours: By Appointment
Telephone: (212) 759-2892
Email: rogergross@earthlink.net
Website: rgrossmusicautograph.com
Name of proprietor(s): Roger Gross
Classical Music-Related Autograph & Book Material
Additional Details: “We at Roger Gross are one of the few book sellers in the world to specialize in classical music-related autograph and book material,” says proprietor Roger Gross. “Some of the autograph and book material we carry includes material relating to composers, opera, dance, and performing arts. We carry signed photos, letters, scores, musical quotations and manuscripts, along with out-of-print historical books on related subjects.”
Hayden & Fandetta
PO Box 1549
Radio City Station
New York, NY 10101-1549
Summer Hours: By Appointment
Telephone: (212) 582-2505
Name of proprietor(s): John-Peter Hayden Jr., David J. Fandetta
Rare & Antiquarian Books on Antiques, Gardens, & Interior Design
Additional Details: “We’ve been open since 1988,” says John-Peter Hayden Jr., half of the team (with David J. Fandetta) that makes up the firm of Hayden & Fandetta. “We do shows [book fairs] throughout the U.S. and Europe all year long, in order to get the books to where they have to go….We sell 18th, 19th and 20th century books about antiques, flowers and gardens, and the history of interior design. We keep a substantial inventory of the most important and definitive reference works on French, Italian and Spanish furniture; Sevres, Meissen and Chinese Export porcelain; glass and metalwork; fashion and jewellery; textiles and wallpaper; as well as modern and period works on the Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Modernism movements. Color plate flower books, related material on gardens and garden ornament, illustrated books, and Art Deco books with strikingly illustrated
dustwrappers are also kept in stock.”
H.P. Kraus 16 East 46th Street
New York, NY 10017
Summer Hours: Mon.- Fri., 9:30-5, Appointment Recommended
Telephone: (212) 687-4808
Fax: (212) 983-4790
Email: hpkraus@hpkraus.com
Website: hpkraus.com
Name of proprietor(s): Mary Ann Folter, (Kit Currie, Roland Folter, Joshua D. Lipton)
Illuminated & Text Manuscripts, Incunabula, Early Science, Early Americana, Early Printed Books, Bibliography
Additional Details: “H.P.Kraus is the oldest walk-in rare book shop in New York,” says Joshua D. Lipton, Cataloguer. “The
collector interested in European history to the Enlightenment and in the development
of printing will find numerous examples of early books and manuscripts in the best possible condition, along with reference books about them. Prices range as high as six figures, but the bulk of the stock sells for less than $2000.”
Lionheart Autographs
470 Park Avenue South , PH
New York, NY 10016
Summer Hours: Appointment Recommended
Telephone: (212) 779-7050
Email: lionheart@lionheartinc.com
Website: www.lioneartautographs.com
Name of proprietor(s): David Lowenhurst
Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s Book Week December 9-17, 2025
Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
Sotheby’s Book Week December 9-17, 2025
Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
![<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8caddaea-4c1f-47a7-9455-62f53af36e3f.jpg "<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a74d9ff-42dd-46a1-8bb2-b636c4cec796.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.")
