Maggs Bros. Ltd – Rare Books & Manuscripts

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L'histoire... de la guerre qui fut entre les Pelopenesiens & Atheniens

THUCYDIDES

L'histoire... de la guerre qui fut entre les… 1555.

TRANSLATED BY LOUIS XII'S ADVISOR

£850

Fatti relativi a mesmerismo e cure mesmeriche... del dottor Angelo Cogevina... e...Francesco Orioli. Corfu: dalla tipografia del Governo,

[COGEVINA (Angelo)]

Fatti relativi a mesmerismo e cure mesmeriche... del… 1842.

ON MESMERISM

£1,500

India and Central Asia

Travel Department 2026

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A Guide to the Commerce of Bengal, for the use of merchants, ship owners, commanders, officers, pursers and others, resorting to the East Indies, but particularly of those connected with the shipping and commerce of Calcutta ...

PHIPPS (John).

A Guide to the Commerce of Bengal, for… 1823.

INDIA: THE GLOBAL COMMERCIAL HUB

£25,000

[Watercolour album by an officer in the XIII Regiment Bombay Light Infantry.]

STEUART (Charles James).

[Watercolour album by an officer in the XIII… 1854.

IMAGES OF INDIA BY A SOLDIER-ARTIST

£25,000

Something Wicked!

A catalogue to spark the Halloween spirit

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DUFFY (Carol Ann).

Rumpelstiltskin and Other Grimm Tales, 1998.

£50

PYLE (Howard).

Book of Pirates, 1921.

£950

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The History of Maggs Bros.

From our founding in 1853 to the present day

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Paul Quarrie

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YABS

An Article by Hazel Tubman

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House of Maggs

Memories of Berkeley Square

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Summer Selection in Four Parts

Far East Department

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YANASE (Takashi).

Biru no Osama [King of Beer], 1958.

From the creator of Anpanman

£1,800

KAWABATA (Yasunari), and others

Modan TOKIO enbukyoku - Modern Tokio Rondo, 1930.

Buzzing, modern Tokyo in literature and design

£1,800

Politics, Sex, and Translation

Early British Department

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[RAOUL (Marie-Françoise, or Fanny)].

Opinion d’une Femme sur les Femmes, 1801.

£18,000

Making & Marking

Early European Department

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Napoleon and France: Satire, Suspicion and Fear

Early British Department

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Japan & America

A short list of 16 items illustrating the historical relationship between Japan and America

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FAR EAST FANFARE

Far East Fanfare, 1950.

An evocative snapshot of life in Occupation era Japan

£750

Reconnoissance of the Anchorage of Ura-Ga & Reception Bay, on the West Side of the Entrance of Jeddo Bay, Island of Niphon, Japan. Made by Order of Commo. M.C. Perry, Comd'g U.S. Naval Forces E. India, China & Japan Seas.

[PERRY (Commodore Matthew)]., HEINE (William). & PATTERSON (Hamilton).

Reconnoissance of the Anchorage of Ura-Ga & Reception… 1853.

£75,000

Book Collecting Prizes

A directory of competitions in the UK and US.

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From Maggs to Maggs

A Book Lover's Walking Tour from Curzon Street to Bedford Square

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Women Writers of the Twentieth Century

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BOWEN (Elizabeth).

The Death of the Heart, 1938.

INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR

£1,500

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L'histoire... de la guerre qui fut entre les… 1555.

Fatti relativi a mesmerismo e cure mesmeriche... del… 1842.

India and Central Asia

A Guide to the Commerce of Bengal, for… 1823.

[Watercolour album by an officer in the XIII… 1854.

Something Wicked!

Rumpelstiltskin and Other Grimm Tales, 1998.

Book of Pirates, 1921.

Wicked Selections

Recent Acquisitions & Autumn Highlights

The History of Maggs Bros.

Paul Quarrie

YABS

House of Maggs

Summer Selection in Four Parts

Biru no Osama [King of Beer], 1958.

Modan TOKIO enbukyoku - Modern Tokio Rondo, 1930.

Politics, Sex, and Translation

Opinion d’une Femme sur les Femmes, 1801.

Making & Marking

Napoleon and France: Satire, Suspicion and Fear

Japan & America

Far East Fanfare, 1950.

Reconnoissance of the Anchorage of Ura-Ga & Reception… 1853.

Book Collecting Prizes

From Maggs to Maggs

Women Writers of the Twentieth Century

The Death of the Heart, 1938.

Browse The Shop

The Flower Book, 1905.

Zongli fengan shilu. [A Record of the Prime… 1929.

Alberti Durer Noriberg. German. Icones sacrae. In historiam… 1604.

Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, in Latin… 1440.

Portrait of an old Woman [Roba-zo], 2011.

Hinoe tora goshi ginka kana tsuguru ban katazome… 1986.

Instructions de Daprès sur la Navigation des Indes… 1819.

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