Maggs Bros. Ltd.

POTTER, Beatrix

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

An illustrated letter about her own dogs, by the creator of Duchess, John Joiner, and Pickles.

£7,500

POTTER, Beatrix

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

"I shall bring my paintbox”

£5,000

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

ORWELL (George).

Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1949.

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

£8,500

GASPAR (Enrique).

El Anacronópete, 1887.

THE FIRST NOVEL TO DEPICT A TIME TRAVEL MACHINE

£4,800

DAHL (Roald).

Matilda, 1988.

An inscribed first edition.

£3,500

[DE BALAGNY (Gauthier)]

Recueil de bonnes et mauvaises poisies, de diferens… 1587.

A MANUSCRIPT MISCELLANY SPANNING MORE THAN A CENTURY

£25,000

TOLSTOÏ [TOLSTOY] (Léon). [(Leo).]

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

THE RARE FIRST FRENCH TRANSLATION OF TOLSTOY'S MASTERPIECE

£7,500

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

WILDE (Oscar).

Signed and dated photographic portrait of Wilde, 1892.

Signed during the first run of Lady Windemere's Fan

£20,000

DOSTOEVSKY [DOSTOYEVSKY] (Fyodor).

Buried Alive, or Ten Years of Penal Servitude… 1881.

THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD

£4,250

ADAMS (Richard).

Watership Down, 1972.

FIRST EDITION, WITH TWO PIECES OF EPHEMERA SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

£2,750

LEWIS (C.S.)

The Last Battle, 1956.

First edition.

£1,800

SARTRE (Jean-Paul).

La Nausée, 1938.

INSCRIBED BY SARTRE, IN A REVORIM BINDING BY JEAN DE GONET

£5,000

O'BRIEN (Edna).

A Pagan Place, 1970.

A presentation copy, inscribed and with a warm letter from the author.

£450

FLEMING (Ian).

A Complete Set of the James Bond Novels… 1953.

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

£130,000

O'BRIEN (Edna).

The Country Girls, The Lonely Girl, Girls in… 1960.

The first novel inscribed by the author.

£975

MCCARTHY (Mary).

The Group, 1963.

First edition.

£200

ATWOOD (Margaret).

The Edible Woman, 1969.

First edition.

£650

MCCULLERS (Carson).

The Heart of the Lonely Hunter, 1940.

The author's first novel.

£1,500

MCCARTHY (Mary).

Memories of a Catholic Girlhood, 1957.

Inscribed by the author.

£1,250

ROBINSON (Marilynne).

Housekeeping, 1980.

Inscribed by the author.

£950

AUSTEN (Jane).

Sense and Sensibility, 1813.

A second edition in beautiful Regency binding.

£15,000

AUSTEN (Jane).

Northanger Abbey: and Persuasion, 1818.

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

£35,000

AUSTEN (Jane).

Mansfield Park, 1816.

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

£15,000

GRAHAME (Kenneth), SHEPHARD (Ernest) & CHANDLER (Margaret) [Binder]

The Wind in the Willows, 1931.

SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ARTIST, MAGNIFICENTLY BOUND BY MARGARET CHANDLER

£12,000

MITCHELL (Margaret) & DELRUE (Paul) [Binder]

Gone with the Wind, 1936.

FIRST EDITION, BOUND BY PAUL DELRUE

£7,000

KIPLING (Rudyard).

The Jungle Book. [with:] The Second Jungle Book, 1894.

£4,500

POWELL (Anthony).

From a View to a Death, 1933.

The Author's copy, with manuscript revisions

£5,000

KIPLING (Rudyard).

Just So Stories For Little Children, 1902.

WITH THE RARE DUST JACKET

£12,500

NIN (Anais).

The Four-Chambered Heart, 1950.

Inscribed by the author.

£475

MURDOCH (Iris).

Under the Net, 1954.

First edition of the author's first novel.

£1,150

MURDOCH (Iris).

Poet Ventures. A Collection of Poems written by… 1938.

Iris Murdoch's earliest obtainable printed work.

£1,250

MORRISON (Toni).

Jazz, 1992.

First edition by the Nobel Prize winning author.

£200

MORRISON (Toni).

Song of Solomon, 1977.

The Nobel Prize winning author's third novel.

£400

MORRISON (Toni).

Sula, 1974.

Morrison's second novel, nominated for the American National Book Award.

£450

CARTER (Angela).

Several Perceptions, 1968.

From the library of Angela Carter.

£450

CARTER (Angela).

Shadow Dance, 1966.

The author's first novel.

£750

LEWIS (C.S.)

Prince Caspian the Return to Narnia, 1951.

The second book in The Chronicles of Narnia series.

£2,750

FAULKNER (William).

Absalom, Absalom!, 1936.

First edition in exceptional condition.

£4,500

FAULKNER (William).

The Sound and the Fury, 1929.

An excellent copy of Faulkner's fourth novel.

£9,750

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