Maggs Bros. Ltd.

GUIRAND DE SCÉVOLA (Lucien Victor) & DIDEROT (Denis)

Les Bijoux Indiscrets, 1928.

THE ARTIST'S COPY, WITH FOUR ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS

£2,500

AESOP

Fabellas una cum argumentis novis.   Brescia, heirs of Ludovico… 1563.

A RARE IMPRINT, PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED - ONLY ONE OTHER COPY KNOWN

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KHEMNITSER (Ivan Ivanovich)

Basni i skazki [Fables and Tales...in three parts], 1830.

ONE OF THE EARLIEST RUSSIAN FABULISTS

£3,000

OVIDIUS NASO

Metamorphoseon libri XV. In singulas quasque fabulas argumeta.… 1567.

WOODCUTS BY VIRGIL SOLIS

£4,500

DESNOUES (Guillaume)

Lettres de G. Desnoues, Professeur d'Anatomie & de… 1706.

ON EMBALMING PRACTICES, BY AN EARLY ANATOMICAL WAX MODELLER

£2,500

ERAGNY PRESS & VERHAEREN (Emile)

Les Petits Vieux, 1901.

PRESENTATION COPY TO THOMAS STURGE MOORE

£2,500

WAKAYAMA (Yasoji). & NAITO (Masakatsu), binder.

Kappa aijo-ki [Kappa love story], 1948.

Wakayama's first self-published book, one of 10 special copies

£2,600

MARX (Karl).

El Capital. Crítica de la Economía Política. Traducido… 1898.

FIRST COMPLETE SPANISH TRANSLATION OF DAS KAPITAL

£15,000

GANDHI (Mohandas Karamchand) [known as Mahatma Gandhi],, DESAI (Mahadev) & & NAIR (Pyarelal) Translators.

The Story of my Experiments with Truth, 1929.

FIRST EDITION BOUND IN KHADI

£9,500

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

HOLMES SR. (Oliver Wendell).

[Large cabinet card.], 1886.

SIGNED & INSCRIBED

£750

CHAUCER (Geoffrey), KING (Ronald), EDITIONS ALECTO & [CIRCLE PRESS]

The Prologue from the Canterbury Tales, text based… 1967.

RON KING'S FIRST BOOK

£750

[OCCOM (Samson)] & CHAMBERLIN (Mason), after.

The Reverend Samson Occom, 1768.

THE MOHEGAN MINISTER IN LONDON

£25,000

SAYENKO (Dmitry) & BODMAN (Sarah) [Text adaptation by]

The Royal Hunt. Selected historical observations, 2016.

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£1,750

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

MIRÓ (Joan) & LÉVIS MANO (Guy)

Le Dedans & Le Dehors, 1966.

ORIGINAL SIGNED ETCHING BY MIRÓ

£5,000

[ANONYMOUS].

The Return of Peace. A Poem, 1802.

"MY LOSS OF FORTUNE, PARTNER, CHILD - MY ALL!"

£2,500

NASH (John Forbes, Jr.), MAYBERRY (John). & SHUBIK (Martin).

A Comparison of Treatments of a Duopoly Situation, 1953.

NASH ON COURNOT

£1,500

MENGER (Carl).

Principles of Economics. Translated and Edited by James… 1950.

THE FOUNTAINHEAD OF THE AUSTRIAN SCHOOL

£3,000

PARADIN (Claude)

Devises heroiques. Lyon, Jean de Tournes and Guillaume Gazeau, 1557.

INFLUENTIAL EMBLEMS, OWNED BY A POLISH EMIGRÉ ARISTOCRAT

£5,500

FELIBIEN (André)

Description sommaire du Chasteau de Versailles.  Paris, 1674, 1674.

EARLIEST GUIDE BOOK TO PALACE OF VERSAILLES & PARK

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COUSTEAU (Pierre)

Le Pegme... mis en Francoys par Lanteaume de… 1560.

EARLY FRENCH EMBLEMS, IN ELABORATE BORDERS

£3,000

ERASTUS (Thomas).

De occultis pharmacorum potestibus. Basle, Pietro Perna, 1574, 1574.

ON PHARMACOLOGY & THE OCCULT, ANNOTATED BY AN EARLY PHYSICIAN

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TASSO (Torquato)

La Gerusalemme liberata. Paris, appresso A. Delalain, P.… 1771.

"RELIURE DE PRESENT" DESIGNED BY GRAVELOT FOR THIS EDITION

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LULL (Ramon)

Opera ea quae ad inventam ab ipso artem… 1598.

WITH 'REVOLUTIONARY' MOVING PARTS

£7,500

HUNN (Nathanael).

The Welfare of a Government Considered. A Sermon… 1747.

PRINTED ON THE BAY PSALM PRESS

£2,500

[FRANKLIN IMPRINT] & SMITH (John).

The doctrine of Christianity, as held by the… 1748.

QUAKER PACIFISM IN A TIME OF WAR

£12,500

[PAINE (Thomas)].

Buff; or, a Dissertation on Nakedness: A Parody… 1792.

"THE GRAND CHORUS OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN IS CHANGED INTO A CAZONETTA ON NAKEDNESS"

£5,000

KEYNES (John Maynard).

The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money, 1936.

KEYNES' GREATEST WORK

£6,750

NATALIBUS (Petrus de)

Catalogus sanctorum & gestorum eorum ex diversis voluminibus… 1516.

ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF SAINTS, WITH MANUSCRIPT PILATE LETTER

£3,500

HAYEK (Friedrich August von).

The Constitution of Liberty, 1960.

£2,500

TOCQUEVILLE (Alexis de).

Democracy in America, 1838.

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

£6,000

PRUDENTIUS

Poemata omnia: quorum Catalogum proxima à Praefatione pagina… 1562.

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£2,500

SARTRE (Jean-Paul).

L'Être et le Néant. Essai d'ontologie phénoménologique, 1943.

BEING AND NOTHINGNESS: INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR

£3,750

KRULL (Germaine)

Études de Nu, 1930.

'Why make nudes? because it has always been beautiful and I liked it one summer morning'

£8,500

ARROW (Kenneth J.)

Social Choice and Individual Values, 1951.

ARROW'S BRILLIANT DOCTORAL THESIS

£1,500

SCORESBY (Rev. William).

Narrative of the Loss of the Esk and… 1826.

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£4,000

MILL (John Stuart).

Principles of Political Economy with some of their… 1848.

THE UNDISPUTED BIBLE OF ECONOMIC DOCTRINE - UNRESTORED IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH

£8,750

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

Handcuff Secrets, 1910.

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£7,500

BARON L'ESTAT

Lali et Sainval drame en trois actes en… 1784.

WRITTEN & PERFORMED FOR CATHERINE THE GREAT

£12,500

[HAITIAN REVOLUTION] & LOUIS XVI.

Décret de la Convention Nationale [...] relatif aux… 1793.

REPATRIATION AMIDST REVOLUTION

£2,500

ERASMUS (Desiderius).

Collectanea Adagiorum, 1515.

WITH CONTEMPORARY SCHOOLBOY DOODLES AND DRAWINGS

£11,000