Maggs Bros. Ltd.

DARWIN (Charles). & RACHINSKII (Sergei Aleksandrovich), trans.

[On the Origin of the Species] O proiskhozhdenii… 1864.

THE FIRST RUSSIAN EDITION

£7,500

LAW (John)., HUME (David). & GEE (Joshua).

Considerations sur le commerce et sur l'argent, 1720.

A SAMMELBAND OF THREE IMPORTANT WORKS OF EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BRITISH ECONOMICS, IN FRENCH TRANSLATION.

£7,500

CAILLIAUD (Frédéric).

Voyage à Méroé, au Fleuve Blanc, au-delà de… 1823.

Presentation Inscription to Atlas

£7,500

TOFINO DE SAN MIGUEL (Vicente).

[Untitled: 'Atlas maritimo de Espana': volume 2: the… 1789.

£7,500

DÉPÔT DES CARTES ET PLANS DE LA MARINE.

Neptune François I, 1753.

£7,500

MAFFEI (Giovanni Pietro).

Ioan. Petri Maffeii, Bergomatis e Societate Iesu, Historiarum… 1593.

PORTUGUESE MISSIONARY ACCOUNTS, WITH LENGTHY PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION

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KING (Dr. Richard).

Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of… 1836.

RARE NARRATIVE BY THE SURGEON & NATURALIST ON THE BACK EXPEDITION

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LAWRENCE (T.E.)

Autograph Letter Signed (T.E. Lawrence), to Mrs Lane… 1909.

£7,500

TONTY (Henri de),, DAUPHIN LA FOREST (François) & & JUCHEREAU DE SAINT-DENYS (Charles).

[Loan of 314 Livres 2 Sols 8 Deniers… 1693.

A 17th-CENTURY CONTRACT PRICED IN BEAVER FUR

£7,500

LOUIS XIV. & [COLBERT (Jean-Baptiste).]

Recueil des lettres patentes, edits et declarations du… 1683.

ESTABLISHING THE FRENCH SLAVE TRADE

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[WILBERFORCE (William).]

An Act for the Abolition of the Slave… 1807.

THE 1807 ABOLITION ACT

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WHITMAN (E.B.) & & SEARLE (A.D.) compilers.

Map of Eastern Kansas by E.B. Whitman &… 1856.

ABOLITION VIA EMIGRATION

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STOWE (Harriet Beecher).

Uncle Tom's Cabin; Or Life Among the Lowly, 1852.

FIRST EDITION OF THE ABOLITIONIST LITERARY PHENOMENON

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CHERRY-GARRARD (Apsley).

The Worst Journey in the World, 1922.

"A WAR IS LIKE THE ANTARCTIC ... THERE IS NO GETTING OUT OF IT WITH HONOUR AS LONG AS YOU CAN PUT ONE FOOT BEFORE THE OTHER."

£7,500

CIRCLE OF VENTURELLA DI PIETRO

St. John the Baptist, a large historiated initial… 1330.

UMBRIAN ILLUMINATION

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SOUTHERN FRENCH ARTIST

Two historiated initials depicting St Mark and Two…

TWO SUPERB LARGE INITIALS, ONE OF ST. MARK

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[LAWRENCE (T.E.)] & INTELLIGENCE OFFICE, ARAB BUREAU.

[Maps of the Gallipoli Peninsula.], 1915.

SECRET MAPS OF THE GALLIPOLI PENINSULA

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GIOVANNI DI ANTONIO DA BOLOGNA?

St Michael the Archangel, in a large historiated… 1450.

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BROWN (Glen Francis). & UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

Arabian Peninsula. Map I-270 B-1, 1958.

THE FIRST AUTHORITATIVE GEOLOGIC AND GEOGRAPHIC MAP OF THE ARABIAN PENINSULA

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UBERTINUS (de Casali)

Arbor vitae crucifixae Jesu Christi. Venice, Andreas de… 1485.

THE TREE OF THE CRUCIFIED LIFE OF CHRIST

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WAUGH (Evelyn)

Rossetti. His Life and Works, 1928.

INSCRIBED TO ANTHONY POWELL

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[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], 1789.

PRINTED ON SILK BY DIDOT

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ISACCHI (Giovanni Battista)

Inventioni nelle quali si manifestano varij secreti, & vtili… 1579.

INVENTIONS AND SECRETS

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FORSTER (Johann Reinhold).

A Catalogue of the Animals of North America, 1771.

AN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY PRIMER FOR AMERICAN NATURALISTS

£7,500

SHAKESPEARE (William).

The Works of William Shakespeare. Edited by Israel… 1899.

£7,500

WAUGH (Evelyn)

Black Mischief, 1932.

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY WAUGH TO MRS. ANTHONY POWELL

£7,500

GOOD LUCK FLAG.

Yosegaki hinomaru - Surrender of Hong Kong, August… 1945.

£7,500

[HURLEY (R. C.)] attrib.

Brief account of the Visit of their Royal… 1890.

HURLEY IN HONG KONG

£7,500

BEERBOHM (Max).

Miniature Design for a colossal fresco commemorating the… 1924.

£7,500

FLEMING (Ian).

The Spy Who Loved Me, 1962.

UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY IN RARE PROOF DUST JACKET

£7,500

TENCH (Capt. Watkin, R.M.)

A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay;… 1789.

THE FIRST ACCOUNT OF THE SETTLEMENT AT BOTANY BAY

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LULL (Ramon)

Opera ea quae ad inventam ab ipso artem… 1598.

WITH 'REVOLUTIONARY' MOVING PARTS

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HOROZCO Y COVARRUBIAS (Juan)

Emblemas Morales. Segovia, Juan de la Cuesta, 1589.

THE FIRST EMBLEM BOOK PRINTED IN SPAIN

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HOUDINI (Harry). & [HARDEEN (Theo).]

Handcuff Secrets, 1910.

WITH A SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF HOUDINI & EPHEMERA

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TOCQUEVILLE (Alexis de).

Democracy in America, 1838.

“ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WORKS EVER WRITTEN ON AMERICAN POLITICAL AND CIVIL LIFE”

£7,500

SAUNDERS (William) and others.

An album of 24 photographs of Shanghai and… 1890.

£7,500

[NARES (George Strong)]. & FURUKAWA (Masao), transl.

Eishiki unyou zensho [A complete English Operational Manual], 1871.

FOUNDATION OF THE JAPANESE NAVY

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CHURCHILL (Winston S.)

Marlborough: His Life and Times, 1947.

Inscribed to Grace Hamblin, "the longest-serving member of Churchill’s secretarial staff"

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TOLSTOÏ [TOLSTOY] (Léon). [(Leo).]

La Guerre et la Paix. Roman historique traduit… 1879.

THE RARE FIRST FRENCH TRANSLATION OF TOLSTOY'S MASTERPIECE

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EUSTATHIUS (Archbishop of Thessalonica) & HOMER

Copiae cornu sive oceanus enarrationum Homericarum, ex Eustathii… 1558.

OWNED BY AN EARLY CHAMPION OF WOMEN'S EDUCATION

£7,500

HEANEY (Seamus).

Eleven Poems, 1965.

"These pamphlets are very valuable."

£7,500

LECONTE (François).

Mémoires Pittoresques d'un Officier de Marine, 1851.

EXCEPTIONALLY RARE: CONVICTS TO NEW CALEDONIA

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