Maggs Bros. Ltd.

ERASMUS (Desiderius).

Collectanea Adagiorum, 1515.

WITH CONTEMPORARY JUVENILE NOTES & DRAWINGS

£11,000

VERDIZOTTI (Giovanni Mario)

Cento favole morali de i piu illustri antichi… 1586.

£2,500

TRIGAULT (Nicolas).

De Christianis apvd Japonios trivmphis sive de gravissima… 1623.

FIRST ILLUSTRATED ACCOUNT OF JESUIT MARTYRDOMS IN JAPAN

£16,000

[DUPONT DE NEMOURS (Pierre Samuel).]

De l'origine et des progrès d'une science nouvelle, 1768.

A lovely copy of this important exposition of physiocrat doctrine

£6,500

GONCALVES (Joachim Alphonso).

Han yang he zi hui - Diccionario Portuguez-China,… 1833.

£9,500

MEDHURST (Walter Henry).

Chinese and English Dictionary; Containing all the words… 1843.

RARE

£9,500

MEDHURST (Walter Henry).

General description of Shanghae and its Environs, Extracted… 1850.

THE FIRST MONOGRAPH ON THE HISTORY OF SHANGHAI

£6,700

MEDHURST (Walter Henry).

Private: Remarks on the signification of the Chinese… 1852.

£2,800

[PERRY (Commodore Matthew)]., HEINE (William). & PATTERSON (Hamilton).

Reconnoissance of the Anchorage of Ura-Ga & Reception… 1853.

£75,000

PERRY (Commodore Matthew).

Japan Expedition Press. Additional Regulations, Agreed between Commodore… 1854.

IMPORTANT SHIPBOARD IMPRINTS FROM THE PERRY JAPAN EXPEDITION

£56,000

WILLIAMS (S. Wells).

A Chinese Commercial Guide consisting of a collection… 1856.

WITH THE RARE MAP

£5,800

MAURY (William Lewis). & BENT (Silas).

Sailing directions and nautical remarks; by officers of… 1857.

£3,500

MILL (John Stuart).

Utilitarismo. Prima versione italiana fatta sulla seconda edizione… 1866.

FIRST ITALIAN TRANSLATION OF MILL'S UTILITARIANISM

£1,250

[NARES (George Strong)]. & FURUKAWA (Masao), transl.

Eishiki unyou zensho [A complete English Operational Manual], 1871.

FOUNDATION OF THE JAPANESE NAVY

£7,500

COCKBURN (Samuel)]

Japanese Ideas of London, 1873.

£350

[BLACK (John Reddie) ed.]

The Far East. A Monthly Journal, Illustrated with… 1877.

£12,500

WIRGMAN (Charles), editor.

Japan Punch, 1880.

‘INCUNABLE’ OF COMIC PRINTING IN YOKOHAMA

£6,500

KIPLING (Rudyard).

Quartette, 1885.

RARE EARLY KIPLING FAMILY SHORT STORIES AND POEMS

£2,750

MARX (Karl). & ENGELS (Friedrich).

The Manifesto of the Communists, 1886.

First British edition in book form of the Communist Manifesto

£12,500

FLAUBERT (Gustave).

Madame Bovary. Provincial Manners. Translated from the French… 1886.

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION

£4,500

BURTON (William Kinnimond). & OGAWA (Kazumasa).

Panorama of Matsushima, 1895.

£1,200

MARX (Karl).

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

FIRST COMPLETE SPANISH TRANSLATION OF DAS KAPITAL

£15,000

NAMIKI (Takeo).

Shina kakumei shashin-cho. Dai 1-hen. [Photograph album of… 1912.

EXCEEDINGLY RARE

£3,500

WOOLF (Virginia)

Jacob’s Room, 1922.

First edition signed by Virginia Woolf.

£22,000

BUREAU OF SOCIAL AFFAIRS.

The Great Earthquake of 1923 in Japan, 1926.

£750

UNKNOWWN JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHER.

Photographs of articles exhibited in honour of their… 1926.

£1,800

HOCHI SHIMBUN.

Presentation Album of Japan, 1930.

£2,500

WAUGH (Evelyn)

Black Mischief, 1932.

INSCRIBED BY WAUGH TO MRS. ANTHONY POWELL

£6,500

SAMUELSON (Paul A.)

Correspondence with Mark Donoghue, 1992.

A RICH LITTLE ARCHIVE OF FIVE LONG AND SUBSTANTIAL LETTERS

£10,000

SOUTHERN FRENCH ARTIST

Two historiated initials depicting St Mark and Two…

TWO SUPERB LARGE INITIALS, ONE OF ST. MARK

£7,500