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Pride and Prejudice.

Pride and Prejudice, 1894.

Les Liaisons Dangereuses

SAUVAGE (Slyvain) & DE LACLOS (Choderlos)

Les Liaisons Dangereuses, 1930.

EIGHT ORIGINAL WORKS AND FOUR COPPER PLATES BY SAUVAGE

Economics

Economics

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

Correspondence with Mark Donoghue.

SAMUELSON (Paul A.)

Correspondence with Mark Donoghue, 1992.

A RICH LITTLE ARCHIVE OF FIVE LONG AND SUBSTANTIAL LETTERS

Twenty rubbings of Jesuit graves

Twenty rubbings of Jesuit graves

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

Mingei & More

Mingei & More

Myokonin inaba no genza [The devout Genza of Inaba]

SERIZAWA (Keisuke).

Myokonin inaba no genza [The devout Genza of… 1980.

A meditative, illustrated biography

Jagatarabumi [Letter from Jakarta].

KAWAKAMI (Sumio).

Jagatarabumi [Letter from Jakarta], 1941.

The half-Japanese diaspora in Jakarta

John Le Carré

John Le Carré

Books from The Library of Jane and David Cornwell at Tregiffian

The Maggs Scholarship

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“For Julia”

“For Julia”

Inscribed by Sendak & Briggs

Gentleman Jim.

BRIGGS (Raymond).

Gentleman Jim, 1980.

Warmly inscribed by Raymond Briggs to Julia MacRae.

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.

The History of Maggs Bros.

The History of Maggs Bros.

From our founding in 1853 to the present day

Modern Literature

Modern Literature

Correspondence with Doughty’s publisher 'Messers Duckworth', and specifically George Milsted, regarding Doughty’s epic poem The Dawn in Britain,

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

A rich archive of an effort to restore English literature

The Waste Land.

The Waste Land, 1922.

A fine copy of this cornerstone of modernist poetry.

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Paduan doctoral degree diploma, illuminated manuscript on vellum.

Paduan doctoral degree diploma, illuminated manuscript on vellum, 1641.

A SCOTTISH SCHOLAR IN ITALY, WITH THE ILLUMINATOR'S STRIKING ADVERTISEMENT

Le Deuxième Sexe. Tome I. Les Faits et Les Mythes; Tome II. L'expérience Vécue.

BEAUVOIR (Simone de).

Le Deuxième Sexe. Tome I. Les Faits et… 1949.

Journal of a Voyage to Brazil,

GRAHAM (Maria).

Journal of a Voyage to Brazil, 1824.

A RARE COLOURED COPY

Frederick Douglass I - IV.

[DOUGLASS (Frederick)] & SHAHN (Ben).

Frederick Douglass I - IV, 1965.

MOBILISING DOUGLASS IN THE SERVICE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

De Christianis apvd Japonios trivmphis sive de gravissima ibidem contra Christi fidem persecvtione exorta anno MDCXII vsq. ad annvm MDCXX.

TRIGAULT (Nicolas).

De Christianis apvd Japonios trivmphis sive de gravissima… 1623.

FIRST ILLUSTRATED ACCOUNT OF JESUIT MARTYRDOMS IN JAPAN

Calligraphic manuscript of verse taken from William Morris' Earthly Paradise

BENNETT (Miss M. G.)

Calligraphic manuscript of verse taken from William Morris'… 1929.

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)

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

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Books from The Library of Jane and David Cornwell at Tregiffian

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