Maggs Bros. Ltd.

ELIOT (T.S.)

The Waste Land, 1922.

A fine copy of this cornerstone of modernist poetry.

£140,000

[LAWS FOR THE INDIES] & CHARLES V.

Leyes y ordenancas nueuamente hechas por su Magestad… 1543.

THE FIRST BOOK OF AMERICAN LAW

£130,000

CHORIS (Louis).

Voyage Pittoreque autour du monde, avec portraits de… 1822.

"THE GREAT COLORPLATE BOOK OF THE NORTH PACIFIC" (Forbes)

£125,000

CHAUCER (Geoffrey), BURNE-JONES (Edward) & KELMSCOTT PRESS

The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, 1896.

'The finest book ever printed'

£95,000

MATISSE (Henri) & MALLARMÉ (Stephane)

Poésies, 1932.

MATISSE'S FIRST LIVRE D'ARTISTE

£82,500

VAUGHAN (Henry).

Silex Scintillans: or Sacred Poems and Priuate Eiaculations… 1650.

£75,000

BOOK OF HOURS

Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, in Latin…

THE FITZ-RALPH HOURS

£75,000

JESUIT GRAVE-STONE RUBBING.

Twenty rubbings of Jesuit graves.

16TH-18TH CENTURY JESUITS AT THE KANGXI COURT

£65,000

OVIEDO Y VALDEZ (Gonzalo Fernandes de).

Libro XX, 1557.

THE FIRST AND SECOND CIRCUMNAVIGATORS: MAGELLAN & LOAISA

£62,500

JACOBSZ. LOOTMAN (Casparus).

Le Grand & Nouveau Miroir, ou Flambeau de… 1684.

£55,750

BEDE , The Venerable, 673/4-735.

Ecclesiasticae historiae gentis Anglorum, Libri V, 1566.

CAREFULLY COLLATED WITH THE OLD ENGLISH TRANSLATION AND ANNOTATED THROUGHOUT BY THE SCHOLAR FRANCIS TATE

£55,000

LI (Zhaoluo), compiled by. & DONG (Fangli), drawn by.

Huang chao yi tong yu di quan tu.… 1832.

£55,000

OGAWA (Kazumasa). & ITO (Chuta).

Shinkoku Peking Kojo Shashincho - Photographs of Palace… 1906.

£52,000

WILKINSON (Robert).

[Untitled Composite Atlas of the World.], 1781.

WITH SOME OF THE BEST MAPS OF THE ERA

£50,000

LEONARD OF CHIOS (Archbishop of Mytilene)

[Historia Captae a Turca Constantinopolis]   [Italy?, third quarter of… 1450.

THE "MOST AUTHORITATIVE" EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF THE FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE

£47,500

GRAHAM (James).

A collection of books, prints and broadsides related… 1780.

ELECTRICITY, SEX THERAPY AND VEGETARIANISM: THE CURIOUS LIFE AND CAREER OF JAMES GRAHAM.

£45,000

[PU (Songling)] after.

Liao zhai quan tu [Complete Pictures of the… 1870.

FINE CHINESE MANUSCRIPT OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY

£45,000

BOOK OF HOURS

Use of Angers, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on… 1440.

FINELY ILLUMINATED IN BRUGES

£45,000

[ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY].

Journal, 1892.

£45,000

HURLEY (Frank).

A Cavern beneath the Coastal Ice Cliffs, 1914.

FROM THE COLLECTION OF EXPEDITION LEADER DOUGLAS MAWSON

£42,500

JAILLOT (Alexis-Hubert).

Atlas Nouveau, Contenant Toutes les Parties du Monde, 1693.

£40,000

MARX (Karl).

El Capital. Traducción por Pablo Correa y Zafrilla, 1886.

THE FIRST SPANISH TRANSLATION OF DAS KAPITAL, UNCUT IN THE ORIGINAL PARTS

£37,500

BROWNING (Elizabeth Barrett).

Six autograph letters signed (“Elizabeth Barrett Browning’) to… 1852.

A MUTUAL LITERARY APPRECIATION: LETTERS TO THE YOUNG WRITER, DINAH CRAIK

£37,500

SHACKLETON (Sir Ernest H.)

The Heart of the Antarctic, 1909.

WORDIE'S COPY OF THE DELUXE EDITION

£37,500

[DALRYMPLE (Alexander).]

A Letter from Mr. Dalrymple to Dr. Hawkesworth,… 1773.

COOK’S FIRST VOYAGE: A GREAT RARITY

£37,500

[LAWRENCE (T.E.)]

Tribal Politics in Feisal's Area, 1918.

MORE SECRET THAN THE ARAB BULLETIN.

£37,500

CORNELIUS NEPOS

Vitae imperatorum, sive De vita illustrium virorum. Venice, Nicolaus… 1471.

EDITIO PRINCEPS - THE PEMBROKE COPY

£35,000

ROBERTS (David).

The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, &… 1842.

A SUBSCRIBER'S COPY

£35,000

HURLEY (Frank).

Lotus floe 'neath the Barrier Brink, 1914.

FROM THE COLLECTION OF EXPEDITION LEADER DR. DOUGLAS MAWSON

£35,000

JACOBSZ. LOOTSMAN (Jacob). & JACOBSZ. LOOTSMAN (Caspar).

The Lightning Columne, or Sea-Mirrour, contaigning the Sea-coasts… 1670.

£35,000

JAILLOT (Alexis-Hubert).

Atlas Nouveau, Contenant Toutes les Parties du Monde, 1689.

£30,000

CLEVELEY (James & John).

[Views in the South Seas.], 1789.

£30,000

JAILLOT (Alexis Hubert).

Atlas Nouveau, contenant toutes les parties du Monde… 1690.

£30,000

LEO AFRICANUS.

A Geographical Historie of Africa, 1600.

WILFRED THESIGER'S COPY: FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH.

£30,000

CORTES (Hernando) & & MARTYR (Peter).

Praeclara Ferdinadi Cortesii de nova Maris Oceani Hyspania… 1524.

CORTES' SECOND LETTER: JOHN MURRAY'S COPY WITH HIS BOOKPLATE, PRESENTED TO HIM BY MARTIUS

£30,000

SENEX (John).

A New General Atlas, containing a Geographical and… 1721.

THE LORD CHANCELLOR'S COPY

£29,000

SHELLEY (Percy Bysshe). & SHELLEY (Mary) editor.

Essays, Letters from Abroad, Translations and Fragments, 1840.

"I PROMISED DR C. A SET OF SHELLEYS WORKS": A PRESENTATION COPY FROM MARY SHELLEY

£28,500

[SCHOOL OF TINGQUA]. attributed.

Cantonese Souvenir Album, 1838.

VIEWS, PEOPLE & WILDLIFE IN SOUTHERN CHINA

£28,000

MURAYAMA (Tomoyoshi)., YOSHIDA (Kenkichi)., MAKI (Hisao). & FURUKAWA (Bonjin).

MAVO Senshoku zuan shu. [MAVO Collection of Designs… 1927.

VERY RARE

£28,000

SAUNDERS (William). & GRIFFITH (David Knox), and other photographers.

Album and scrapbook relating to Chinkiang (Zhenjiang), 1880.

C.19TH CHINKIANG THROUGH THE LENS OF A WESTERN MERCHANT

£28,000

KANT (Immanuel).

Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781.

CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON

£28,000

DOMON (Ken).

Masuda Kozo, 1966.

£28,000