Maggs Bros. Ltd.

SOO (Chia Yong). i.e. & SU (Jiarong).

A New Directory Map of Shanghai - Xin… 1940.

£750

[WILBERFORCE (William).]

A Bill for the Abolition of the Slave… 1804.

RARE, EARLY ABOLITION BILL

£2,500

LAWRENCE (T.E.)

Seven Pillars of Wisdom a triumph, 1926.

THE GARNETT COPY OF THE SUBSCRIBERS, OR "CRANWELL" EDITION, ONE OF 170 COMPLETE COPIES INSCRIBED BY LAWRENCE

£120,000

SENIOR (Nassau William).

Original scribal manuscript draft, with numerous manuscript corrections,… 1821.

ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT OF SENIOR'S FIRST PUBLISHED ARTICLE ON ECONOMICS

£15,000

HORIGUCHI (Daigaku).

Token Ryubisho [Notes about Attractive Eyes], 1976.

Poetry and luxurious lacquer

£2,500

UNKNOWN ARTIST.

Saionjike kurumazu. [Illustrations of Saionji style Palanquins], 1750.

A very fine draft scroll with excellent provenance

£4,500

[RAWSON (Mary Anne), ed.]

The Bow in the Cloud; or, the Negro's… 1834.

THE ONLY BRITISH ANTISLAVERY GIFT BOOK, WITH AN INSCRIPTION IN OTTOMAN TURKISH

£3,750

DRYANDER (Jonas Carlsson).

Two ALS to Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle, 1790.

A botanist remarks "I fear Burke's book will do harm; I mean promote political bigottry."

£3,500

DESAI (Palanji Barjorji).

[History of the Kings of Persia: being A… 1895.

AN IMPORTANT PARSIS HISTORY

£2,750

[PUGILISM] & [MOLINEAUX (Tom).]

[Pearlware jug decorated with transfer image of Tom… 1815.

AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN BOXER FIGHTS THE ENGLISH CHAMP

£2,750

[YORUBA LANGUAGE] & TOWNSEND (Henry) editor.

Iwe Irohin, 1864.

A VITAL SOURCE OF INFORMATION ON ABEOKUTA, LAGOS & YORUBALAND

£1,500

ALLICOCKE (Joseph).

Importer and Dealer in Wines and Spiritous Liquors.… 1795.

AN ANTIGUAN ACTIVIST & WINE DEALER

£950

JEUNE (Jean-Louis).

Les Créoles en Orient. Drame en cinq actes, 1916.

EXCEEDINGLY RARE

£1,500

[VICARS (Captain Richard). & D'EPINAY (Prosper), annotater.]

Representation of the State of Government Slaves and… 1830.

PRESENTED AND ANNOTATED BY THE AUTHOR

£3,250

LIVINGSTONE (David).

[An exceptionally long and detailed ALS to Isaac… 1849.

£60,000

[ORME (Daniel).]

Descriptive catalogue of the British Naval & Military… 1798.

APPARENTLY UNRECORDED

£4,500

HUSAMEDDIN , translator.

[Notes on the Current Iraqi War] Iraka dair… 1917.

CAPTURED BY TURKISH FORCES

£3,250

SPEED (John).

The Theatre of the Empire of Great-Britain ...… 1676.

A LANDMARK ENGLISH ATLAS

£100,000

PEARY (Robert E.) & [SHACKLETON (Sir Ernest)]

Nearest the Pole, 1907.

CARRIED ON SHACKLETON'S NIMROD EXPEDITION

£17,500

SHAKESPEARE (William) & CRANACH PRESS

The Tragedie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke, 1930.

JO MIELZINER'S COPY OF THE CRANACH HAMLET

£27,500

MATTHEWS (William)

Bookbinding. A Manual for those interested in the… 1929.

WILLIAM MATTHEWS BINDING ON HIS OWN MANUAL OF BOOKBINDING, INSCRIBED TO HIS WIFE

£5,000

KAWAKAMI (Sumio)

Cinderella, 1943.

The East-meets-West version of Cinderella

£1,000

SHIMIZU (Kosho)

Sanbo geishun [New Year's Greetings from a Mountain… 1986.

Exuberant paintings by a retired monk

£450

DAN (Kazuo) & TSUKASA (Osamu), illus. and design.

Kataku no hito [The man of the burning… 1979.

A tactile, limited edition of Dan Kazuo's final novel

£1,500

BRIETMAN (George), editor.

Malcolm X Speaks, 1965.

INSCRIBED BY ONE ACTIVIST TO ANOTHER

£1,250

HOSOE (Eikoh). & TAKIGUCHI (Shuzo), text.

Kamaitachi [Weasel's Slash], 1969.

AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPY

£4,200

ANISIMOV (Yulian) compiler and translator,, DINAMOVA (Sergei) ed., & MILLER (Loren) afterword.

Afrika v Amerike: Antologiya poezii amerikanskikh negrov [trans:… 1933.

THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE IN THE SOVIET UNION

£1,750

SAUVAGEAU (Juan).

Stories that Must Not Die. Vols 1-4 [all… 1975.

BILINGUAL LATINO FOLK TALES

£200

[SOCIETY FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS]

Vector. Vol. 1. No. 1 [and] Vol. 1.… 1965.

"DEDICATED TO BELIEF IN THE WORTH OF THE HOMOSEXUAL"

£300

RIGGS (Alfred L.).

Iapi Oaye. The Word Carrier. [Five issues:] Vol.… 1880.

DAKOTA LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER

£1,250

SEDOV (Georgy).

[The Rights of Women at Sea.] Pravo Zhenshchin… 1908.

PROMOTING WOMEN'S EDUCATION AT SEA

£1,750

BOYER (Jean-Pierre).

LS to John Brown and James Catts, 1818.

A RARE LETTER FROM A HAITIAN PRESIDENT

£2,000

HOISINGTON (H.R.) translator. & ULLAMUDAIYAN

The Oriental Astronomer: Being a Complete System of… 1848.

£2,500

THUCYDIDES

Thucidide historico greco delle guerre fatte fra i… 1564.

HANDSOMELY BOUND THUCYDIDES

£1,250

[HOGARTH (David George), editor.] & ADMIRALTY WAR STAFF, INTELLIGENCE DIVISION.

A Handbook of Arabia. Volume I General, 1920.

ONE OF THE MOST DESIRABLE OFFICIAL BOOKS ON ARABIA

£3,750

GREAT BRITAIN. PARLIAMENT.

Miscellaneous No. 3 (1939). Correspondence between Sir Henry… 1939.

THE MCMAHON-HUSSEIN CORRESPONDENCE

£1,250

KEYNES (John Maynard).

Essays in Persuasion, 1931.

£3,000

[WOMEN]

Keep Within Compass and you shall be sure… 1785.

"WHILE THOSE WHO PLAY DEEP SOON EMPTY THEIR PURSE, AND THEN TAKE TO DRINKING & MAKE BAD THINGS WORSE"

£850

[WOMEN'S FASHION].

The Folly of 1771, 1771.

EXCESSIVE HAIR

£1,800

UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER

[Album of hand-coloured photographs showing famous sites of… 1906.

£450

BOCCACCIO (Giovanni) & TIEMANN (Walter).

[Original Walter Tiemann lettering for Das Dekameron], 1906.

With Tiemann's original designs

£500

SERIZAWA (Keisuke).

Wasome egatari [Illustrated book of Japanese Dyeing], 1939.

One of only 50 reprints by Serizawa of his first self-published book

£2,000