Maggs Bros. Ltd.

FLEMING (Ian).

A Complete Set of the James Bond Novels… 1953.

With one copy signed by the dust jacket artist Kenneth Lewis.

£130,000

MATISSE (Henri) & MALLARMÉ (Stephane)

Poésies, 1932.

MATISSE'S FIRST LIVRE D'ARTISTE

£82,500

SHACKLETON (Sir Ernest H.)

The Heart of the Antarctic, 1909.

AN EXPEDITION MEMBER'S COPY

£40,000

AUSTEN (Jane).

Northanger Abbey: and Persuasion, 1818.

An Austen family copy of the first edition in beautiful Regency binding.

£35,000

HYGINUS (Gaius Julius)

Poetica astronomica. (Edited by Jacobus Sentinus and Johannes… 1482.

THE FIRST DEPICTIONS OF THE CONSTELLATIONS IN A PRINTED BOOK

£25,000

BROWNE (Sir Thomas), translated by, & KNORR VON ROSENROTH (Christian).

Pseudodoxia epidemica, 1680.

THOMAS BROWNE AS A CATALYST FOR EUROPEAN INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY

£25,000

ELLIS (William).

Polynesian Researches, the working manuscript. Together with the…

THE WORKING MANUSCRIPT

£25,000

[TEA ACT].

An Act to allow a Drawback of the… 1773.

THE INFAMOUS TEA ACT: A KEY DOCUMENT IN THE STORY OF AMERICA'S INDEPENDENCE - THE CATALYST FOR THE BOSTON TEA PARTY

£25,000

PHIPPS (John).

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

INDIA: THE GLOBAL COMMERCIAL HUB

£25,000

HOOKE (Robert).

Micrographia Restaurata:, 1745.

WITH CRITICAL ANNOTATIONS AND ADDITIONAL DRAWINGS BY A KNOWLEDGABLE READER

£20,000

WILDE (Oscar).

Signed and dated photographic portrait of Wilde, 1892.

Signed during the first run of Lady Windemere's Fan

£20,000

BUNYAN (John)., [NEW ENGLAND INSTITUTION FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE BLIND] & [HOWE (Samuel Gridley)]

The Pilgrim's Progress through this world to the… 1836.

A LANDMARK PUBLICATION IN BLIND LITERACY

£18,750

BUCKLAND WRIGHT (John), SPENDER (Stephen), HAYTER (Stanley William), KANDINSKY (Wassily) & MIRÓ (Juan)

Fraternity, 1939.

NINE ORIGINAL ENGRAVINGS SIGNED, INCLUDING KANDINSKY AND MIRO

£17,500

[CLELAND (John)].

La Fille de Joye, 1751.

THE FIRST FRENCH TRANSLATION OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS ENGLISH EROTIC NOVEL

£15,000

AUSTEN (Jane).

Mansfield Park, 1816.

An Austen family copy of the second edition in beautiful Regency binding.

£15,000

AUSTEN (Jane).

Sense and Sensibility, 1813.

A second edition in beautiful Regency binding.

£15,000

[GARGOT (Nicolas)] & GROYER (Pierre).

Memoires de la vie et des aventures de… 1668.

A RARE CONTEMPORARY BIOGRAPHY OF A SHIP OWNER, COLONIAL GOVERNOR, AND PRIVATEER

£15,000

[HOLBEIN (Hans the younger)]

Les images de la mort, aux quelles sont… 1547.

HOLBEIN'S DANCE OF DEATH

£15,000

GARNIER (Pierre)

The Battle of Ibera at which the Romans… 1480.

FROM A LAVISH MANUSCRIPT HISTORY OF ROME

£13,500

DICKENS (Charles).

The Christmas Books: A Christmas Carol, The Chimes,… 1844.

Dickens' Christmas books, lavishly bound by Ramage

£12,500

[D'AGUERRE (Chrétienne), Comtesse de Sault]

Manuscript notarial account book for regional Provence, 1584.

LA COMTESSE DE SAULT FINANCES THE FRENCH CATHOLIC LEAGUE

£12,500

BARON L'ESTAT

Lali et Sainval drame en trois actes en… 1784.

WRITTEN & PERFORMED FOR CATHERINE THE GREAT

£12,500

[COUNTER REVOLUTIONARY POLITICS]

A collection of seven broadsides warning the inhabitants… 1793.

"TRAITORS, REBELS AND SEDITIOUS PERSONS" IN 18TH-CENTURY YORKSHIRE

£12,500

[ROSS (James Clark)] & ROYAL SOCIETY.

Report of the Committee of Physics and Meteorology… 1840.

THE FIRST ANTARCTIC MANUAL

£12,500

LASHLY (William).

The Diary of  W. Lashly.   A  record… 1939.

WITH THE ORIGINAL GLASSINE WRAPPER

£12,500

[NEW ZEALAND] & [ANON.]

[Topographical watercolour album, including New Zealand, the West… 1890.

WONDERFUL WATERCOLOURS OF NEW ZEALAND

£12,500

BURNE-JONES (Edward)

The Flower Book, 1905.

£12,000

CHYTRAEUS (David)

Libellus de morte et vita aeterna, editio postrema.… 1590.

PLAYFUL & MISCHIEVOUS DEATH

£10,000

DAVIS (John King).

With the "Aurora" in the Antarctic 1911-1914, 1919.

INSCRIBED TO FRANK HURLEY

£9,500

DANTE

Dante con l'espositione di Christoforo Landino, et di… 1564.

THE SIGNET LIBRARY COPY

£9,500

BOCCACCIO (Giovanni)

Le Philocope de Messire Jehan Boccace florentin, contena(n)t… 1542.

OWNED BY A PICARDY COUNTESS IN THE LATE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

£9,500

ASHENDENE PRESS & CERVANTÈS SAAVEDRA (Miguel de)

The History of...Don-Quixote of the Mancha, 1927.

THE FINEST MODERN EDITION

£9,000

POTTER, Beatrix

Autograph Letter Signed (“Beatrix Potter”) to “My dear… 1906.

“I am taking a day or two’s holiday & then I must finish those kitten drawings”

£9,000

[THEATRE PLAYBILLS].

A collection of 18 18th-century theatrical playbills for… 1793.

A COLLECTION OF RARE ENGLISH PROVINCIAL THEATRE PLAYBILS

£8,500

[SWIFT (Jonathan)].

Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, 1731.

"WIT UNEXAMPLED!" AND "WHAT DAMN'D DRY HARD STUFF": READING, CORRECTING AND EDITING GULLIVER'S TRAVELS

£8,500

ORWELL (George).

Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1949.

One of the greatest works of British dystopian literature and a terrifying critique of totalitarianism.

£8,500

CRANACH PRESS & VERGILIUS MARO (Publius)

The Eclogues of Vergil. In the original Latin… 1927.

One of the greatest achievements of 20th century fine printing

£8,000

TOLSTOÏ [TOLSTOY] (Léon). [(Leo).]

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

THE RARE FIRST FRENCH TRANSLATION OF TOLSTOY'S MASTERPIECE

£7,500

RILEY (Dominic) [Binder] & BARNFIELD (Richard)

Richard Barnfield's Sonnets, 2001.

A BEAUTIFUL AND THOUGHTFUL BINDING BY DOMINIC RILEY

£7,500

[BROWN (John)] & [SPOONER (Lysander).]

To the Non-Slaveholders of the South, 1858.

A PLAN FOR THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY

£7,500

"UNCLE JOHN", editor.

The Little Pioneer, 1860.

A VERY RARE JUVENILE NEWSPAPER FROM SAN FRANCISCO

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POTTER, Beatrix

Illustrated Autograph Letter Signed “Beatrix Heelis” to “Dear… 1936.

An illustrated letter about her own dogs, from the creator of Duchess and Pickles.

£7,500