Maggs Bros. Ltd.

HEANEY (Seamus).

Beowulf, 1999.

£1,750

SENDAK (Maurice).

A Christmas Mystery, 1995.

With an inscription from Maurice Sendak's long term partner Eugene David Glynn.

£150

ATWOOD (Margaret).

The Handmaid's Tale, 1986.

First edition of Margaret Atwood's famous dystopian novel.

£750

AHLBERG (Alan). & AHLBERG (Janet).

The Jolly Postman & Other People's Letters; The… 1986.

A modern Children's classic.

£495

BRIGGS (Raymond).

Gentleman Jim, 1980.

Warmly inscribed by Raymond Briggs to Julia MacRae.

£450

Squarings. Twelve Poems. Lithographs by Felim Egan, 1980.

'SHIFTING BRILLIANCIES' SIGNED BY HEANEY AND FELIM EGAN

£6,000

BRIGGS (Raymond).

Autograph Card Signed ('Raymond') to Julia MacRae with… 1979.

An original colour illustration by Briggs of Julia MacRae.

£950

BAWDEN (Nina).

Carrie's War, 1973.

£950

Wintering Out, 1972.

£450

RHYS (Jean).

Wide Sargasso Sea, 1966.

£650

WOMEN'S ROYAL ARMY CORPS, TERRITORIAL ARMY.

Exercise Welsh Rarebit, 1966.

IN CASE OF NUCLEAR WAR

£250

HEANEY (Seamus).

Death of a Naturalist, 1966.

£3,500

BETHUNE (Lebert).

Juju of My Own, 1965.

"AN AFRO-AMERICAN PRODUCTION": A SIGNED COPY

£750

SENDAK (Maurice). Illustrator. & STOCKTON (Frank R.)

The Bee-Man of Orn, 1964.

Inscribed by Sendak and with a large pen and ink drawing of the Bee-Man.

£2,000

WAUGH (Evelyn).

Christmas card for 1950, 1950.

Gaetano Giulio Zumbo's plague diorama, the perfect Christmas card for Scrooge-like Waugh

£4,500

IWAI (Taketoshi)., KATO (Minoo). & KAWAI (Kanjiro). design

Kyoto minka fu [Record of Kyoto's Minka Houses], 1934.

Recording the craftsmanship of minka architecture

£2,000

BENSON (E.F.)

More Spook Stories, 1934.

£200

KAWABATA (Yasunari).

Izu no odoriko [The Dancing Girl of Izu], 1932.

SIGNED BY JAPAN'S FIRST NOBEL PRIZE WINNER FOR LITERATURE

£6,800

ALLINGHAM (Margery).

The Gyrth Chalice Mystery, 1931.

£400

PONTING (Herbert G.)

The Great White South, 1928.

INSCRIBED BY PONTING

£1,250

BLUNDEN (Edmund) & MANN (Edward H)

The Waggoner [original illuminated manuscript], 1927.

A charming 20th century illuminated manuscript

£1,000

JAMES (M.R.)

A Warning to the Curious and other Ghost… 1925.

The fourth and final collection of ghost stories by M.R. James.

£1,000

HARTLEY (L. P.)

Night Fears and Other Stories, 1924.

A superlative copy, inscribed by the author

£7,500

"TAHOMA"

Narragansett Indian Fortune Telling, 1920.

A HANDSOME SIGN FOR A NATIVE AMERICAN FORTUNE TELLER

£550

JAMES (M. R.)

A Thin Ghost and Other Stories, 1919.

James' third collection of ghost stories.

£1,200

BUCHAN (John).

The Thirty-Nine Steps, 1915.

£600

SHACKLETON (Sir Ernest),, BERNACCHI (L.C.), & & CHERRY-GARRARD (A.G.B.)

South Polar Times, 1914.

A HANDSOME SET

£15,000

JAMES (M. R.)

More Ghost Stories, 1911.

£1,000

YEATS (W.B.)

The Secret Rose, 1897.

£750

HOGG (James).

The Suicides Grave Being the Private Memoirs and… 1895.

DEMONIC DOPPELGANGERS

£1,250

WHITMAN (Walt).

Complete Poems and Prose, 1888.

THE DEFINITIVE LIFETIME EDITION OF WHITMAN'S WORKS, BOLDLY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

£6,500

RAE (John).

[ALS to Norman Lockyer "The Editor of Nature".], 1888.

"FROZEN FISH COMING TO LIFE AGAIN"

£3,750

WOODHULL (Victoria C.)

The Origin, Tendencies and Principles of Government: Or… 1871.

AMERICA'S FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

£4,000

UNITED STATES CHRISTIAN COMMISSION.

Songs for Soldiers and Sailors, 1864.

A RARE SONGSTER FOR UNION TROOPS

£750

PEARCE (Stephen).

This Portrait of Captain Penny , 1863.

£1,750

MONTEZ (Lola, Countess of Lansfeld).

Lectures: Including her Autobiography, 1859.

MEDITATIONS ON BEAUTY AND MORE BY THE FAMED COURTESAN

£450

SANDEMAN (R.).

Grand Architectural Panorama Of London Regent Street to… 1849.

THE SIGHTS OF LONDON

£800

[DICKENS (Charles)]

Printed invitation to the 'Boz Ball' along with… 1842.

Dickens in America

£3,500

[CHRISTMAS CAROLS].

Christmas Carols broadside comprising Christmas Night and Christians… 1840.

An attractive example of street literature

£250

DICKENS (Charles).

Master Humphrey's Clock. [Embracing] Barnaby Rudge, [and] The… 1840.

£3,500

DICKENS (Charles).

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, 1839.

BOUND FROM THE MONTHLY PARTS IN ORIGINAL CLOTH

£3,500

WEST BERKS ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROSECUTION OF FELONS.

Six Pounds Reward. Whereas During the Night of… 1835.

A FESTIVE FELON FEASTS ON FOWL

£275