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Economics

Catalogue 1527

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Report, together with minutes of evidence, and accounts, from the Select Committee on the High Price of Gold Bullion. Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed, 8 June 1810.

BULLION REPORT.

Report, together with minutes of evidence, and accounts,… 1810.

THE TRUE FIRST EDITION, UNCUT IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

£20,000

SAMUELSON (Paul A.)

Correspondence with Mark Donoghue, 1992.

A RICH LITTLE ARCHIVE OF FIVE LONG AND SUBSTANTIAL LETTERS

£10,000

Twenty rubbings of Jesuit graves

17th–18th Century Jesuits at the Kangxi & Qianlong Court

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Mingei & More

Catalogue 1528

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IWAI (Taketoshi)., KATO (Minoo). & KAWAI (Kanjiro). design

Kyoto minka fu [Record of Kyoto's Minka Houses], 1934.

A LAST LOOK

£2,000

John Le Carré

Books from The Library of Jane and David Cornwell at Tregiffian

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The Maggs Scholarship

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“For Julia”

Inscribed by Sendak & Briggs

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BRIGGS (Raymond).

Gentleman Jim, 1980.

Warmly inscribed by Raymond Briggs to Julia MacRae.

£450

Autograph Card Signed ('from Maurice + Pierre') to Julia MacRae ('For Julia') incorporating an original pen and ink illustration of Pierre by Sendak.

SENDAK (Maurice).

Autograph Card Signed ('from Maurice + Pierre') to… 1967.

A get well soon card inscribed by Sendak and with a small pen and ink drawing.

£500

The History of Maggs Bros.

From our founding in 1853 to the present day

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Modern Literature

Catalogue 1524

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DOUGHTY (C.M.)

Correspondence with Doughty’s publisher 'Messers Duckworth', and specifically…

A rich archive of an effort to restore English literature

£8,500

ELIOT (T.S.)

The Waste Land, 1922.

A fine copy of this cornerstone of modernist poetry.

£140,000

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Carmen ad gravem: sanctumque senatum Lipsensem: de orgijs corporis Christi publici assertoris. deque supplicationibus et (ut aiunt) processionibus: que oppido Lipsico talium sacrorum luce peraguntur.

TUBERINUS (Johannes)

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Catalogue 1528

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Firsts: London's Rare Book Fair 2025

Economics

Report, together with minutes of evidence, and accounts,… 1810.

Correspondence with Mark Donoghue, 1992.

Twenty rubbings of Jesuit graves

Mingei & More

Kyoto minka fu [Record of Kyoto's Minka Houses], 1934.

John Le Carré

The Maggs Scholarship

“For Julia”

Gentleman Jim, 1980.

Autograph Card Signed ('from Maurice + Pierre') to… 1967.

The History of Maggs Bros.

Modern Literature

Correspondence with Doughty’s publisher 'Messers Duckworth', and specifically…

The Waste Land, 1922.

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Carmen ad gravem: sanctumque senatum Lipsensem: de orgijs… 1512.

Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, in Latin…

Yoroi chakuyo zusetsu [Illustrated Manual showing the Procedure… 1796.

"Evidence for 2-Chain Helix in Crystalline Structure of… 1953.

Planned Chaos, 1947.

Frederick Douglass I - IV, 1965.

A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia, 1837.

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