ViaLibri — Maggs Bros.

The American Military Pocket Atlas

SAYER (Robert). & BENNETT (John).

The American Military Pocket Atlas, 1776.

THE HOLSTER ATLAS

Typed Letter Signed (

BECKETT (Samuel).

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

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

Velluti in Speculum - or - The Chorus Singers Triumphant. Before...and...After.

Velluti in Speculum - or - The Chorus… 1826.

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

The Quality Ladder.

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

The Quality Ladder., 1793.

WOMEN CLIMBING THE SOCIAL LADDER

The New Nationality Law of Japan An Explanation and Comments

[JAPANESE AMERICANS.]

The New Nationality Law of Japan An Explanation… 1924.

REVISING JAPANESE NATIONALITY LAWS

Book of Hours, Use of Arras & Tournai, in Latin with some Picard French.
Illuminated manuscript on parchment. [Northern France, c.1400]

[MASTER OF MORGAN 947]

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

A LONG-LOST MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF HOURS, STRIKINGLY ILLUMINATED

The Midwife Rightly Instructed:

DAWKES (Thomas).

The Midwife Rightly Instructed:, 1736.

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

The Imposter or, Obstetric Dispute.

[SOUTHCOTT (Joanna)].

The Imposter or, Obstetric Dispute., 1814.

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

Naufrage du brick la jeune Sophie, Incendié par du Vitriol; Raconté par Mme Doubeden de Rouville, l’une des Victimes Naufragés, dans l’île déserte de la Trinité.

DOUBEDEN DE ROUVILLE (Mme).

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

SHIPWRECKED ON TRINIDAD

De la langue des Indiens qui habitent la Guiane & les environs de Cayenne. Traduction en Français de plusieurs de leurs mots qu'il est le plus nécessaire d'entendre.

PRUDHOMME (Louis-Marc).

De la langue des Indiens qui habitent la… 1798.

A GALIBI DICTIONARY FOR TRAVELLERS

A Chart of Baffin's Bay with Davis & Barrow Straits; by Captn. Ross & Lieut Parry R.N., in 1818, 19 & 20, and the Discoveries of Captn. Parry in 1822 and 23 & Captn. Lyon in 1824.

BRITISH ADMIRALTY.

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

THE KEY TO THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE

The Last September.

BOWEN (Elizabeth).

The Last September., 1929.

First edition of Bowen's greatest novel.

A collection of 18 18th-century theatrical playbills for various performances at the Theatre Royal, Hull.

[THEATRE PLAYBILLS].

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

A COLLECTION OF RARE ENGLISH PROVINCIAL THEATRE PLAYBILS

The Heat of the Day.

BOWEN (Elizabeth).

The Heat of the Day., 1949.

INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR

Observations and Remarks

MORTIMER (George).

Observations and Remarks, 1791.

RAIDING RUSSIAN SETTLEMENTS IN ALASKA

The Mystique of Vellum

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

The Mystique of Vellum, 1984.

BOUND BY FATHER AND SON

Von dem greüwelichen laster der trunckenheit so in disen letsten zeiten erst schier mit dem frantzosen auffkom[m]en…[Augsburg, Heinrich Steiner, 1533]

FRANCK (Sebastian)

Von dem greüwelichen laster der trunckenheit so in… 1533.

WOODCUT OF FEASTING & DRUNKENNESS BY HANS WEIDITZ

Album of 189 playbills for the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 1833-34.

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

SHAKESPEARE, PRINCE LEE BOO AND BYRON ON THE LONDON STAGE

Relatione del Reame di Congo et delle Circonvicine Contrade Tratta dalli Scritti & ragionamenti di Odoardo Lopez [Duarte] Portoghese... con dissegni vari di Geografia, di piante d'habiti, d'animali & altro

PIGAFETTA (Filippo) & LOPEZ DUARTE

Relatione del Reame di Congo et delle Circonvicine… 1591.

WITH THE IMPORTANT MAP OF WEST AFRICA

Rules and Instructions for Playing at Skittles. By a Society of Gentlemen.

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

"REMOVING DOUBTS" AND "SETTLING DISPUTES"

Pride and Prejudice.

Pride and Prejudice., 1894.

The Thompson Peacock edition.

Typed letter to Rink Foto, signed in pen.

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

CASTRO CAMERA AS CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS

La Cause des Esclaves Nègres et des Habitans de la Guinée, Portée au Tribunal de la Justice, de la Religion, de la Politique, ou, Histoire de la traite & de l'esclavage des nègres: preuves de leur illégitimité, moyens de les abolir sans nuire ni aux colon

FROSSARD (Benjamin-Sigismond).

La Cause des Esclaves Nègres et des Habitans… 1789.

A HANDSOME COPY IN CONTEMPORARY CALF

Genshi Bakudan [Atomic Bomb].

Genshi Bakudan [Atomic Bomb]., 1945.

THE FIRST DESCRIPTION OF THE ATOMIC BOMB PUBLISHED IN JAPAN

Bath, February 5th, 1780. Look Sharp! Or you will actually loose the Opportunity of seeing that beautiful Animal the Zebra,

[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"

Le imagini con tutti i riversi trovati et le vite de gli imperatori tratte dalle medaglie et dalle historie de gli antichi. Libro primo [all published].
[Venice], Enea Vico, 1548.

ZANTANI (Antonio) & & VICO (Enea)

Le imagini con tutti i riversi trovati et le vite de… 1548.

UNUSUAL NEAR CONTEMPORARY OWNERSHIP STAMP

De sermone Latino, et modis Latine loquendi. Eiusdem venatio ad Ascanium cardinalem. Item iter julii. ii. Pontif. ro. Cum indice.

(Cologne: Hero Fuchs, October 1524)

CASTELLESI (Adriano)

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

LAVISHLY GILT AND GAUFFERED

A Tribute in Loving Memory of the Late Malcolm X...

[MALCOLM X] & MICHAUX (Lewis H.)

A Tribute in Loving Memory of the Late… 1965.

A RARE TRIBUTE FROM FRIEND AND BOOKSELLER

Voyage médical autour du monde sur La Coquille de 1822 à 1825

LESSON (René-Primevère).

Voyage médical autour du monde sur La Coquille… 1829.

A MEDICAL ACCOUNT OF A GRAND VOYAGE

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

ROBINSON (Ivor) [Binder] & BULL (René) [Illustrator]

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam., 1913.

AN EARLY BINDING BY THE GREAT MASTER

The Heart of a Woman.

ANGELOU (Maya).

The Heart of a Woman., 1981.

Inscribed by the author.

Minutes of the Evidence taken ... before the Committee of the Whole House to whom the BILL for providing certain Temporary Regulations respecting the Transportation of the Natives of Africa, in British Ships, to the West Indies, and elsewhere, was committ

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

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

EVIDENCE ON THE SLAVE TRADE & THE FOUNDING OF SIERRA LEONE

Missale Romanum

[CATHOLIC CHURCH]

Missale Romanum, 1660.

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

Nineteen Eighty-Four.

ORWELL (George).

Nineteen Eighty-Four., 1949.

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

The Christmas Books: A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life, The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain.

DICKENS (Charles).

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

Dickens' Christmas books, lavishly bound by Ramage

Making a Lancer.

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

Making a Lancer., 1829.

“THE SPLENDID ENTRÉE OF THE FEMALE CAVALRY!”

The tale of Mrs Tittlemouse.

POTTER (Beatrix).

The tale of Mrs Tittlemouse., 1910.

Inscribed "From Miss Potter. Christmas 1910."

Hida yuki [Travels in Hida].

SEKINO (Junichiro).

Hida yuki [Travels in Hida]., 1951.

With two original Sekino woodblock printed postcards, signed

A Sketch of the Times; or, memoirs of Lord Derville.

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”

Buried Alive, or Ten Years of Penal Servitude in Siberia.

DOSTOEVSKY [DOSTOYEVSKY] (Fyodor).

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

THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD

My Bondage and Freedom.

DOUGLASS (Frederick).

My Bondage and Freedom., 1855.

THE MOST IMPORTANT BLACK ABOLITIONIST IN AMERICA

Fraternity.

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

Fraternity., 1939.

NINE ORIGINAL ENGRAVINGS SIGNED, INCLUDING KANDINSKY AND MIRO

The Old Man and the Sea.

HEMINGWAY (Ernest).

The Old Man and the Sea., 1952.

First edition, first issue.

The Last Battle.

The Last Battle., 1956.

The Wonderful Adventures of Abel Sampson.

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

The Wonderful Adventures of Abel Sampson., 1847.

RARE FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF THE WAR OF 1812

Poems on Different Subjects.

HOWARD (John Jarrard).

Poems on Different Subjects., 1816.

POEMS BY A SHIPWRECKED DOCTOR WHO DIED IN THE WEST INDIES

Ova Paschalia sacro emblemate inscripta descriptaque a Georgio Stengelio Societatis Iesu Theologo Curae Secundae.
Munich, (Nicolas Henricus), 1635

STENGEL (Georg)

Ova Paschalia sacro emblemate inscripta descriptaque a Georgio… 1635.

CHARMING, EGG-SHAPED EMBLEMS, WITH EARLY DEPICTIONS OF INDIGENOUS AMERICANS

Colonie Icarienne aux États-Unis d'Amerique. Sa constitution, ses lois, sa situation matérielle et morale après le premier semestre.

[CABET (Étienne).]

Colonie Icarienne aux États-Unis d'Amerique. Sa constitution, ses… 1856.

EXCEEDINGLY RARE ACCOUNT OF THE ICARIAN COLONY

The Folly, Sin, and Danger of Marrying Widows, and Old Women in General,

The Folly, Sin, and Danger of Marrying Widows,… 1746.

"I THANK GOD, MY WIFE DIED A FEW WEEKS AGO"

The Race Problem and Peace.

JOHNSON (James Weldon).

The Race Problem and Peace., 1924.

"WHAT IS THE NEGRO GOING TO DO WITH AMERICA?"