Maggs Bros.

HOOKE (Robert).

Micrographia Restaurata:, 1745.

WITH CRITICAL ANNOTATIONS AND ADDITIONAL DRAWINGS BY A KNOWLEDGABLE READER

£20,000.00

[LOCKE (John).]

Some Thoughts Concerning Education., 1693.

THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF LOCKE'S PHILOSOPHY OF MIND

£9,500.00

KANDINSKY (Wassily).

The Art of Spiritual Harmony by Wassily Kandinsky:… 1914.

£800.00

[FRENCH REVOLUTION]. & [FRENCH MONARCHY]

Discours du roi, prononcé le 5 mai 1789, jour où sa Majesté a fait l’ouverture des Etats-Généraux.   [Paris]: de l’imprimerie de Didot l’Aîné,… 1789.

PRINTED ON SILK BY DIDOT

£7,500.00

PAYNELL (Thomas), translator.

Regimen Sanitatis Salerni, 1575.

THE REGIMEN OF THE SCHOOL OF SALERNO - A BRISTOL SURGEON'S COPY

£8,500.00

BRADFORD (William).

Last Gleam of the Midnight Sun., 1878.

A PREPARATORY STUDY FOR "MIDNIGHT SUN, THE ARCTIC."

£12,500.00

WILDE (Oscar).

A Woman of No Importance., 1894.

First edition, one of 50 large paper copies.

£4,250.00

BEARDSLEY (Aubrey).

The Savoy., 1896.

A RARE SET IN THE ORIGINAL WRAPPERS AND BOARDS

£4,300.00

LANDSCAPE GARDENING. SPENCER (John, III), of Cannon Hall, Cawthorne, Barnsley, South Yorkshire.

"An Account of the Improvements in the Gardens…

LANDSCAPING THE GROUNDS AT CANNON HALL, SOUTH YORKSHIRE

£8,500.00

BEDE , The Venerable, 673/4-735.

Ecclesiasticae historiae gentis Anglorum, Libri V., 1566.

CAREFULLY COLLATED WITH THE OLD ENGLISH TRANSLATION AND ANNOTATED THROUGHOUT BY THE SCHOLAR FRANCIS TATE

£45,000.00

MUILMAN (Teresia Constantia, née Phillips).

An apology for the conduct of Mrs. Teresia… 1748.

£3,500.00

BECKETT (Samuel).

Typed Letter Signed ("Samuel Beckett") to Heathcote Williams,… 1965.

"At some future time [...] I should be happy for one or more to appear in your review"

£1,250.00

[BAHAMAS] & SCOTT (Capt. Andrew).

A volume of watercolours depicting topographical scenes in… 1850.

GORGEOUS WATERCOLOURS OF THE BAHAMAS

£15,000.00

WAUGH (Evelyn)

Black Mischief., 1932.

INSCRIBED BY WAUGH TO MRS. ANTHONY POWELL

£6,000.00

SAYER (Robert). & BENNETT (John).

The American Military Pocket Atlas, 1776.

THE HOLSTER ATLAS

£12,500.00

BECKETT (Samuel).

Typed Letter Signed ("Samuel Beckett") in French, written… 1953.

Beckett, writing the same month Waiting for Godot was first performed

£1,450.00

[THEATRE].

Velluti in Speculum - or - The Chorus… 1826.

"POOH! POOH! I CONSIDER IT A TRUMPERY DEFENCE - HE MUST PAY THE GIRLS"

£1,250.00

[WOMEN]. & [CRUIKSHANK (Isaac)].

The Quality Ladder., 1793.

WOMEN CLIMBING THE SOCIAL LADDER

£1,500.00

[JAPANESE AMERICANS.]

The New Nationality Law of Japan An Explanation… 1924.

REVISING JAPANESE NATIONALITY LAWS

£550.00

[MASTER OF MORGAN 947]

Book of Hours, Use of Arras & Tournai,… 1400.

A LONG-LOST MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF HOURS, STRIKINGLY ILLUMINATED

£35,000.00

DAWKES (Thomas).

The Midwife Rightly Instructed:, 1736.

A MIDWIFERY MANUAL "WRITTEN PRINCIPALLY FOR THE USE OF WOMEN"

£3,500.00

[SOUTHCOTT (Joanna)].

The Imposter or, Obstetric Dispute., 1814.

"BLASPHEMOUS OLD HAG": THE CONTROVERSIAL "PREGNANCY" OF THE PROPHETESS JOANNA SOUTHCOTT

£1,500.00

DOUBEDEN DE ROUVILLE (Mme).

Naufrage du brick la jeune Sophie, Incendié par… 1818.

SHIPWRECKED ON TRINIDAD

£3,750.00

PRUDHOMME (Louis-Marc).

De la langue des Indiens qui habitent la… 1798.

A GALIBI DICTIONARY FOR TRAVELLERS

£4,500.00

BRITISH ADMIRALTY.

A Chart of Baffin's Bay with Davis &… 1824.

THE KEY TO THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE

£5,000.00

BOWEN (Elizabeth).

The Last September., 1929.

First edition of Bowen's greatest novel.

£850.00

[THEATRE PLAYBILLS].

A collection of 18 18th-century theatrical playbills for… 1793.

A COLLECTION OF RARE ENGLISH PROVINCIAL THEATRE PLAYBILS

£5,000.00

BOWEN (Elizabeth).

The Heat of the Day., 1949.

INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR

£650.00

FRANKLIN (Colin), BROCKMAN (Stuart), BROCKMAN (James) & TURNER (Decherd)

The Mystique of Vellum, 1984.

BOUND BY FATHER AND SON

£4,500.00

[THEATRE].

Album of 189 playbills for the Theatre Royal,… 1833.

SHAKESPEARE, PRINCE LEE BOO AND BYRON ON THE LONDON STAGE

£9,500.00

PIGAFETTA (Filippo) & LOPEZ DUARTE

Relatione del Reame di Congo et delle Circonvicine… 1591.

WITH THE IMPORTANT MAP OF WEST AFRICA

£25,000.00

[GAMES].

Rules and Instructions for Playing at Skittles. By… 1786.

"REMOVING DOUBTS" AND "SETTLING DISPUTES"

£2,500.00

MILK (Harvey).

Typed letter to Rink Foto, signed in pen., 1975.

CASTRO CAMERA AS CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS

£2,600.00

FROSSARD (Benjamin-Sigismond).

La Cause des Esclaves Nègres et des Habitans… 1789.

A HANDSOME COPY IN CONTEMPORARY CALF

£6,000.00

TAKEI (Takeo).

Genshi Bakudan [Atomic Bomb]., 1945.

THE FIRST DESCRIPTION OF THE ATOMIC BOMB PUBLISHED IN JAPAN

£2,250.00

[PUBLIC EXHIBITION].

Bath, February 5th, 1780. Look Sharp! Or you… 1780.

A ZEBRA AMONGST THE SPOILS OF WAR AND EXHIBITED FOR "THE INSPECTION OF THE CURIOUS"

£1,250.00

CASTELLESI (Adriano)

De sermone Latino, et modis Latine loquendi. Eiusdem… 1524.

LAVISHLY GILT AND GAUFFERED

£2,250.00

LESSON (René-Primevère).

Voyage médical autour du monde sur La Coquille… 1829.

A MEDICAL ACCOUNT OF A GRAND VOYAGE

£3,000.00

ANGELOU (Maya).

The Heart of a Woman., 1981.

Inscribed by the author.

£500.00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Minutes of the Evidence taken ... before the… 1789.

EVIDENCE ON THE SLAVE TRADE & THE FOUNDING OF SIERRA LEONE

£4,000.00

[CATHOLIC CHURCH]

Missale Romanum, 1660.

'ALMOST HEDONISTIC': UNRECORDED ROMAN MISSAL, SUMPTUOUSLY BOUND IN RECYCLED SILK

£6,500.00

ORWELL (George).

Nineteen Eighty-Four., 1949.

One of the greatest works of British dystopian literature and a terrifying critique of totalitarianism.

£8,500.00

DICKENS (Charles).

The Christmas Books: A Christmas Carol, The Chimes,… 1844.

Dickens' Christmas books, lavishly bound by Ramage

£12,500.00

[CROSS-DRESSING]. & [HEATH (William) artist.

Making a Lancer., 1829.

“THE SPLENDID ENTRÉE OF THE FEMALE CAVALRY!”

£2,400.00

POTTER (Beatrix).

The tale of Mrs Tittlemouse., 1910.

Inscribed "From Miss Potter. Christmas 1910."

£4,500.00

[NOVEL].

A Sketch of the Times; or, memoirs of… 1781.

“WHEN A WOMAN TAKES EVERY METHOD TO ATTRACT YOUR NOTICE…WHAT PROPRIETY CAN YOU ACCUSE THE MAN AS THE CAUSE OF HER RUIN”

£2,500.00

DOSTOEVSKY [DOSTOYEVSKY] (Fyodor).

Buried Alive, or Ten Years of Penal Servitude… 1881.

THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD

£4,250.00

SPENDER (Stephen), HAYTER (Stanley William), KANDINSKY (Wassily), MIRÓ (Juan) & BUCKLAND WRIGHT (John)

Fraternity., 1939.

NINE ORIGINAL ENGRAVINGS SIGNED, INCLUDING KANDINSKY AND MIRO

£17,500.00

LEWIS (C.S.)

The Last Battle., 1956.

First edition.

£1,800.00

[SAMPSON (Abel)] & KENDALL (Edmund Hale).

The Wonderful Adventures of Abel Sampson., 1847.

RARE FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF THE WAR OF 1812

£1,750.00