Books in Boston @ Hilton Back Bay antiquarian book and ephemera fair

Saturday, November 8, 2025 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m, Boston Hilton Back Bay, 40 Dalton Street

A Celebration of the Book: Used and Antiquarian Books, Antique maps, Ephemera, promoted by MW Book Fairs, a collaboration between Richard Mori Books and Wiggins Fine Books ABAA, SNEAB

Mark your calendars: Books in Boston @ Hilton Back Bay: November 8, 2025, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., 40 Dalton Street, Boston, Massachusetts (diagonally across from the Hynes Convention Center)

 

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MAKE PLANS NOW FOR THE 2025 BOOKS IN BOSTON “shadow show”
Book lovers attending Books in Boston, the Shadow Show to the Boston International Book Fair, can expect to see an array of rare and collectible books, maps, ephemera and photographs from a variety of dealers from ten states, and the UK.
Fairgoers will see high spots in early books and literature and children’s classics and series, Americana, fine press books, travel books, nautical books, rare and collectible photographs, photo albums, fine bindings, historical ephemera and much more.
Books in Boston @ Hilton Back Bay is set for November 8, 2025, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., 40 Dalton Street, Boston, Massachusetts (diagonally across from the Hynes Convention Center), in the Boston Hilton Back Bay’s Belvidere Ballroom. It is four hours before the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair that opens at noon and features 120 dealers from around the world and more than 5,000 visitors.

Books in Boston is presented by MWS Book Fairs, a collaboration between Wiggins Fine Books ABAA, SNEAB and Richard Mori Books, and headed by Duane A. Stevens and Richard Mori.

Duane was the co-developer of the Northampton Book and Book Arts Fair held for several years at Smith College and the Center for the Arts in Northampton, Massachusetts and, along with Richard, developed and promoted the recent antiquarian book and ephemera fair held at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Richard Mori also has promoted the Northern New England Book Fair in Concord, NH.

2025 DEALER LIST:

BIB is pleased to welcome several new dealers along with many returning from the previous year. The following list of outstanding antiquarian book, ephemera and photo dealers represent a true cross section of the trade and made for one of the most diverse shows in years.  Richard and I are grateful for your support.  Our print and social media campaign is in full swing so look for our ads in Fine Books & Collections, Rare Book Hub, Maine Antique Digest, The Newtown Bee, the Harvard Crimson and other publications.  There are a few booth spaces left so interested dealers should contact us soon.

WELCOME DEALERS! MW Book Fairs dealers, 2025 edition of Books in Boston:

James Arsenault & Company ABAA Arrowsic ME
Val Paul Auger Holliston MA
Buzz Bookstore Silver Spring MD
Capitol Hill Books ABAA Washington DC
Cardtique Osprey FL
Christopher’s Rare Books New Milford CT
Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore Westport CT
Courtside Books Medford NJ
Nancy Craig (NCC Antiques) Dover NH
Custodians of History, Inc. Plymouth MA
De Wolfe & Wood ABAA Alfred ME
Doyle’s Books Fayetteville NY
Ellipsis Rare Books ABAA East Hampton NY
Enchanted Books ABAA Brooklyn NY
Ephemera Mountain Collingswood NJ
Faenwyl Bindery New York NY
The Joe Fay Company Woodbridge CT
gallerybfa ABAA Prospect PA
Haec City / Also Books Pittsburgh PA
House of Mirth Photos ABAA Easthampton MA
William Hutchison Mendenhall PA
James Kochan Antiquarian Wiscasset ME
Laureate Fine Books Poultney VT
Kenneth Leininger Denver PA
leaves Brooklyn NY
John Liberati Books Barkhamsted CT
Lippincott Books Hampden ME
Livres Dalleau New York NY
Peter Luke Antiques New Baltimore NY
E. M. Maurice Books Torrington CT
Joe Maynard Newburgh NY
metafair.com Old Chatham NY
Richard Mori Books Nashua NH
Owl of Minerva Rare Books West New York NJ
Peek-a-Book Rare Books & Ephemera Lewiston ME
periodyssey Northampton MA
Phillips & Phillips Rochester NH
RJM Autographs and Antiques Boston MA
Steven Schuyler Bookseller N. Reading MA
Second Wind Books New Haven CT
Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc. Newton MA
Ten Pound Island Book Company ABAA Gloucester MA
The Country Bookshop Plainfield VT
The Pages of Yesteryear Newtown CT
Town’s End Books ABAA Deep River CT
Curt Wendler Rare Books Old Saybrook CT
Wiggins Fine Books ABAA Shelburne Falls MA
Written Relics Alton Bay NH
Evie Eysenburg Cold Springs NY

 

HOTEL DETAILS:   The Boston Hilton Back Bay is a modern 390-room 4-star hotel with attached parking garage located diagonally across from the Hynes Convention Center, accessed through the Sheraton hotel lobby across the street.  The location of the Hilton within a few minutes walking distance from the Hynes will ensure maximum exposure from the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair and its 120 dealers from around the world and the usual 5,000 visitors to the fair.  We have secured a block of rooms at the reduced rate of $389 per night.  Registered dealers may request the room reservation details from Duane: duane9393@gmail.com.   Reduced rate parking options will be available soon.  In addition, this year we have secured additional room blocks at the Hotel Commonwealth (Kenmore Square four blocks and one subway stop) at $225 per night and at the

2025 BOOTH RENT OPTIONS:  Booth pricing available soon.  To reserve your booth please respond as promptly as you can as we are anticipating strong retention from last year’s dealers.  As we are dealers working in the interests of our dealer colleagues and friends we have been working closely with the staff at the Hilton to insure that the show is situated in very comfortable surroundings in the hotel’s main ballroom, with great lighting, easy load-in and easy access to the many shops and restaurants within the Prudential Center just across the street.  The show will be on the second floor of the hotel with easy street access from stairs off the main hotel lobby along with direct elevator access.

Interested dealers should indicate their interest by return e-mail or by phoning Richard Mori at (603) 801-7176 or Duane A. Stevens at (413) 320-3701.  Contracts should be remitted to:  MW Book Fairs, 4 High Street, Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts 01370.

Thank you for your support as we strive to keep live antiquarian book and ephemera shows alive!

Complete Details available from Duane A. Stevens: duane9393@gmail.com or Richard Mori: richard@moribooks.com

Please join us for the Third Annual Books in Boston @ Hilton Back Bay! Join 50 antiquarian book and ephemera dealers, with exhibit space, parking garage, multiple dining venues and other Hilton Boston Back Bay amenities under one roof.

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