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.