Acquired September 2023

April welcomes spring, tulips along the avenue, and two New York antiquarian book fairs where you will see a wide array of unique offerings from johnson rare books & archives.

Please download out latest list to see highlights of a few of our favorites, and reach out to jen@johnsonrarebooks.com for more complete descriptions or to inquire about availability. Among the items we are bringing to New York:

• A sensational 18th century true crime story involving the poisoning of an aristocrat and her son by a notorious French murderer

• President James Monroe’s personal copy of a book that was an important influence on the Founding Fathers which speaks to the classical ancestry of the United States Constitution

• The Xerox Revolutionaries archive with original zines, art, flyers, correspondence, business receipts and ephemera from a LGBTQ+ zine distributor