Maggs Bros. Ltd.

CHYTRAEUS (David), [APOCALYPSE], AEMILIUS (Georg) & MELANCHTHON (Phillip)

Explicatio Apocalypsis Iohannis Perspicua & brevis, 1575.

FABULOUSLY ILLUSTRATED APOCALYPSE

£4,500

CHYTRAEUS (David)

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

PLAYFUL & MISCHIEVOUS DEATH

£12,500

GROSSE (Henning)

Magica de spectris et apparitionibus spiritum de vaticiniis,… 1632.

TALES OF DEMONIC PHENOMENA AND THEOLOGIANS ON TRIAL: A CURIOUS CONTRAST OF WORKS BOUND TOGETHER IN THE 17TH CENTURY

£1,250

[KIDD (William)] & [MITCHELL (Dr John).]

A Full Account of the Proceedings in Relation… 1701.

THE STREETER COPY

£9,500

BECKFORD (William).

An Arabian Tale, From An Unpublished Manuscript: with… 1786.

THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF VATHEK IN ANY LANGUAGE

£5,000

[BECKFORD (William)].

Vathek, Conte Arabe, 1787.

£3,000

RADCLIFFE (Ann).

The Mysteries of Udolpho, a Romance, 1794.

£3,000

LEWIS (Matthew Gregory).

Tales of Wonder, 1801.

£950

ANONYMOUS.

Tales of Terror with An Introductory Dialogue, 1801.

WITH A FORE-EDGE PAINTING

£750

LEWIS (Matthew Gregory).

The Monk: A Romance, 1807.

A charming English-language edition published in Paris.

£1,250

LEWIS (Matthew Gregory)

Poems, 1812.

First edition of Monk Lewis’s scarce final work, appearing the month after the death of his father.

£1,000

AUSTEN (Jane).

Northanger Abbey: and Persuasion, 1818.

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

£35,000

[ADDISON (Joseph)].

A Visit to a Witch!, 1820.

"OLD MOLL HAD OFTEN BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE HIM FOR MAKING CHILDREN SPIT PINS, AND GIVING MAIDS THE NIGHT-MARE"

£950

[HEAMON (Peter).]

Report of the Trial of Peter Heaman and… 1821.

£1,500

MÜLLER (William James) artist and ?lithographer.

Skeleton of the great Elk, 1825.

£1,500

YOUNG (W[illiam]).

Model of the Prison and Holy Office of… 1829.

TORTURE ILLUSTRATED

£1,250

POE (Edgar Allan Poe).

The Conchologist's First Book: a System of Testaceous… 1840.

£400

"MADAM CONNOISSEUR"

The Dreamer's own Book; or a complete interpretation… 1850.

FORTUNE TELLING BY DREAMS AND MOLES

£750

UNKNOWN JAPANESE ARTIST.

[Japanese funeral customs], 1860.

JAPANESE EXPORT PAINTINGS

£2,500

BURTON (Richard F.).

Vikram and the Vampire or Tales of Hindu… 1870.

£275

BRONTE (Charlotte).

Jane Eyre. An Autobiography, 1873.

£750

[SHELLEY (Mary)]., MARTIN (Robert). & LONNEN (E.J.)

Sheet Music and Lyrics for Frankenstein, or The… 1888.

£750

KIPLING (Rudyard).

The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales, 1889.

SUPERNATURAL FICTION BY KIPLING, PRINTED IN INDIA

£500

OGATA (Gekko).

Gekko Zuihitsu [Gekko’s Miscellaneous Jottings], 1896.

A complete album of Ogata Gekko's masterpiece

£8,500

STEVENSON (Robert Louis).

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.… 1896.

£200

SOLA (A.E. Ironmonger).

Klondyke: Truth and Facts of the New El… 1897.

£350

ROBLEY (Mag.-Gen Horatio).

A Vampire, 1900.

A GRUESOME IMAGE

£1,500

POE (Edgar Allan).

The Poems of Edgar Allan Poe. Illustrated and… 1900.

£1,000

DOYLE (Arthur Conan).

The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1902.

£4,500

JAMES (M. R.)

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, 1904.

QUINTESSENTIAL GHOST STORIES

£3,500

JAMES (M. R.)

More Ghost Stories, 1911.

£1,000

STOKER (Bram).

The Lair of the White Worm, 1911.

£850

MARX (Karl). & ENGELS (Friedrich).

Manifesto of the Communist Party, 1913.

“THIS NEW TRANSLATION WILL NOT BELONG TO ANY PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS, BUT TO THE WORKING CLASS...”

£750

JAMES (M. R.)

A Thin Ghost and Others, 1919.

£1,500

PYLE (Howard).

Book of Pirates, 1921.

£950

HARTLEY (L. P.)

Night Fears and Other Stories, 1924.

A superlative copy, inscribed by the author

£7,500

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

FORTUNE (Dion).

The Demon Lover, 1927.

£3,000

JONES (David)

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, 1929.

£1,250

BENSON (E.F.)

More Spook Stories, 1934.

£200

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

MILLER (Arthur).

Death of a Salesman, 1949.

£400