New York International Antiquarian Book Fair Returns for 66th Edition
Antiquariaat De Roo
Over de Voortteling en Wonderbaerlyke Veranderingen der Surinaamsche Insecten, third Dutch edition of the magnus opus by Maria Sibylla Merian, with 72 plates (Jean Frederic Bernard, Amsterdam, 1730)
More than 170 exhibitors from around the world, including new participants Black Swan Books, Marshall Kibbey Rare Books, Midway Rare Books, Reagan’s Rare Books, Sammy B. Berk New World Cartographic, The Joe Fay Company, The Rare Books Sleuth, Walnut Street Paper, William Allison Books, and Zephyr Used & Rare Books.
NYIABF will expand its Ambassador Program for the event, inviting individuals committed to celebrating the world of antiquarian books and collectibles to help promote the fair’s legacy, engage with new audiences, and raise awareness among collectors, curators, and enthusiasts. This year’s Ambassadors include Alexandre Assouline, Sarah Bonet, Isabella Boylston, Adam Eli, Meredith Graves, Levi Higgs, Connor Holloway, Sarah Hoover, Camille Okhio, Karah Preiss and Emma Roberts.
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Forum Rare Books
Fencing manual Academie de l’espée by Girard Thibault d'Anvers (printed in Leiden by Bonaventura and Abraham Elzevier), with 45 enormous double-page illustration plates, colored in 1629 by the painter David Bailly for King Louis XIII’s second cousin Henri II de Bourbon, Prince of Condé
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Reagan's Rare Books
1856 Book of Common Prayer inscribed by Robert E Lee (New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1856)
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The Rare Book Sleuth
King Kong by Delos W. Lovelace, first edition, first printing of the novelization of the film. Published in late 1932, the book was written at the request of producer Merian C.Cooper as a promotional tie-in before the movie's release.
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Whitmore Rare Books
The first inscribed copy of Gabriel García Márquez's masterpiece Cien años de soledad (Buenos Aires, Editorial Sudamericana, 1967) inscribed twice to his close friend Antonio España in 1967 and 1976
The fair will also host a series of talks and conversations on May 2. The full schedule will be announced closer to the fair, but already confirmed is a Belletrist and AIR MAIL–hosted panel exploring the mythology and legacy of bygone literary Los Angeles, with a focus on figures such as Eve Babitz and Joan Didion. The conversation will bring together Lili Anolik (AIR MAIL contributor and Babitz scholar), Karah Preiss and Emma Roberts of Belletrist, and author Stephanie Danler (Sweetbitter), and will be moderated by Julia Sherman. It coincides with the forthcoming publication of Eve Babitz’s letters annotated by Anolik and published by New York Review Books on May 12.
NYIABF is officially sanctioned by Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and produced and managed by Sanford L. Smith + Associates.
