Maggs Bros. Ltd.

C (Mrs.).

Belinda, or The Fair Fugitive. A Novel, 1789.

"I HAVE LAUGHED 'TILL I AM WEARY...HOW I ENJOY THE FELLOW'S MORTIFICATION, AND ADORE THE GIRL'S SPIRIT"

£2,800

GOLDSMITH (Oliver).

The Vicar of Wakefield:, 1769.

"TO PRONOÙNCE THE ENGLISH RIGHTLY" - THE FIRST CONTINENTAL PRINTING

£3,500

[OPERA].

Engraved portrait of Josephine Grassini printed on silk, 1803.

PRINTED ON SILK AND DECORATED WITH SEQUINS

£1,800

MORRIS (Thomas Linwell).

The Daneid, an Epic Poem, in four Books.… 1803.

WRITTEN AT SEA AND SOLD BY THE AUTHOR'S WIDOW

£850

[WATSON-TAYLOR (George)].

The Old Hag in a Red Cloak. A… 1801.

"THY DOOM IS DECIDED: PREPARE FOR THY FATE": A PRIVATELY PRINTED PARODY OF MATTHEW "MONK" LEWIS

£2,500

[TEA].

The Tea Purchaser's Guide; or, the Lady and… 1785.

"LITTLE BETTER THAN DIRT": THE DANGERS OF COUNTERFEIT TEA

£4,000

[PRINTED HANDKERCHIEF].

Youthful Sport, Harmless Amusements, 1780.

PRINTED HANDKERCHIEF SHOWING CHILDREN PLAYING

£2,500

WANSEY (Henry).

Thoughts on Poor-Houses, 1801.

"THE SICK HAVE FRESH MEAT AND BROTH"

£1,800

EUSEBIUS PAMPHIL, Bishop of Caesarea, c.260-c.340, and others.

The Auncient Ecclesiasticall Histories of the First Six… 1577.

EARLY OXFORD PROVENANCE

£5,000

[PETERLOO MASSACRE]. & [HUNT (Henry)].

The following is a correct account of the… 1820.

"I PROFESS TO BE A LOVER OF LIBERTY, OF RATIONAL LIBERTY, BUT NOT OF LICENTIOUSNESS"

£1,250

[CAROLINE (Queen Consort of George IV )].

Advertisement Extraordinary. Wants a situation, (Her present Employees… 1820.

"TEARING FEMALE REPUTATION TO ATOMS"

£1,250

PERROT (John) and & BAYLY (Charles).

A Narative of some of the Sufferings of… 1661.

"SERPENTS CREEPED OVER MY BODY, AND FROGS DANCED ON MY FACE, WHEN SCORPIONS RAN OVER MY HEAD, AND DRAGONS SPAT FIRE IN MY FACE"

£2,500

PERROT (John).

A Sea of the Seed’s Sufferings, Through which… 1661.

"HERE ENDS WHAT WAS WRITTEN IN ROME-PRISON OF MAD-MEN"

£3,800

DWARRIS (Sir Fortunatus William Lilley)

Juvenile Essays, In Verse, With Notes, Critical and… 1805.

A RARE COLLECTION OF LITERARY WORKS, SELF-PUBLISHED BY A FUTURE LAWYER, COLONIAL ADMINISTRATOR, AND SLAVE-OWNER

£850

[BRUNDISH (John Jelliland)].

An Elegy on a Family-Tomb, 1782.

PRESENTATION COPY OF A RARE POEM ON DEATH AND GRIEVING

£1,250

[DE BALAGNY (Gauthier)]

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

A MANUSCRIPT MISCELLANY SPANNING MORE THAN A CENTURY

£25,000

EUSTATHIUS (Archbishop of Thessalonica) & HOMER

Copiae cornu sive oceanus enarrationum Homericarum, ex Eustathii… 1558.

OWNED BY AN EARLY CHAMPION OF WOMEN'S EDUCATION

£7,500

DANTE

Dante con l'espositione di Christoforo Landino, et di… 1564.

THE DIVINE COMEDY, LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED

£9,500

CHEW (Mary Jane) et al.

Notice! The Ladies of the African Methodist Episcopal… 1852.

RARE EPHEMERA FROM THE FIRST US BLACK CHURCH DENOMINATION

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[LAPLANDERS] & [LARSDOTTER (Christina).]

The Most Extraordinary Novelty in London! And the… 1851.

"THE TALLEST FEMALE IN THE WORLD"

£750

JOHNSON (William Bishop).

The Scourging of a Race, and Other Sermons… 1904.

PREACHER AND POLITICAL THINKER

£1,850

HEERMAN (Surgeon Lewis).

Directions for the Medicine Chest , 1811.

PRESENTED TO THE US SECRETARY OF THE NAVY

£8,500

YANAGI (Soetsu). & OIKAWA (Zenzo).

Wazome washi [Japanese Dye; Japanese Paper], 1948.

The magic of natural dyed paper

£1,750

SHIBATA (Hanamori)., SHIMAZAKI (Gembei). & HASEGAWA (Sadanobu), illus.

Kaika kocho [Ancient Signs of Enlightenment], 1874.

The rare, illustrated edition

£750

UTAGAWA (Sadahide). & [GOUNTEI] (Sadahide).

Yokohama miyage: Tokaido meisho no uchi Yokohama fukei… 1860.

A colourful panorama of Yokohama

£2,500

[TRINIDAD.]

[Trinidad Carnival Costume Gowns.], 1963.

THE COSTUME COMPETITION

£1,250

[LINCOLN (Abraham).] & JONES (Fernando).

Address of the Cameron and Lincoln Club of… 1860.

THE FIRST BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE OF LINCOLN

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NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NIGERIA., MACAULAY (Herbert) & RICHARDS (Arthur).

Political and Constitutional Future of Nigeria: Governor of… 1945.

AFRICAN INDEPENDENCE IN ACTION

£8,500

[COURT OF ALDERMEN.]

Rules, Orders, and Regulations for the Police of… 1824.

ESTABLISHING LONDON'S POLICE FORCE

£3,000

OKAMURA (Kichiemon).

Uzen Takamatsu azabu-gami densho [Traditional papermaking in Uzen… 1960.

Shining a light on Tohoku paper-making

£1,200

OKAMURA [Kichiemon].

Okinawa no minyo [Folk Songs in Okinawa], 1961.

A nostalgic book of Okinawan folk songs

£950

CHICK (Noah Alfred).

Annals of the Indian Rebellion, 1857-58, 1859.

AN EXTRAORDINARY WARTIME PUBLICATION

£5,000

ALLEN (Col. Edward Jay) & & SMITH (Dill A.)

To the Flag of the 155th Regiment, Penn'a… 1863.

Would to God I had a hundred such!

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CAXTON (William), printer, & HIDGEN (Ranulf), author.

[Leaf from the Polychronicon mentioning Muhammad.], 1482.

AN EARLY PRINTED ACCOUNT OF MUHAMMAD IN ENGLISH

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[DEBS (Eugene V.) signed by],, LE PRADE (Ruth) ed. & SINCLAIR (Upton) Introduction.

Debs and the Poets, 1920.

SIGNED FROM HIS PRISON CELL, BY THE SOCIALIST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

£1,850

SAWA (Keitaro), editor.

Shinso - Tokushu-ban, vol. 1, 2 & 3.… 1949.

First three issues of the special edition of "Truth" magazine

£350

BAINBRIGGE (Philip John), attrib.

"Melicent Indians [sic]: New Brunswick - In gala… 1841.

MALISEET FIRST NATION DANCERS PAINTED BY A ROYAL ENGINEER

£20,000

BAINBRIGGE (Philip John), attrib.

Brookeville [sic] - Upper Canada, 1840.

A ST LAWRENCE RIVER SCENE BY A ROYAL ENGINEER

£15,000

SCHOPPER (Hartmann)

De omnibus illiberalibus sive mechanicis artibus...  Frankfurt, (Georg I… 1574.

JOST AMMAN'S BOOK OF TRADES

£14,000

[ANON.]

Advice to the Officers of the British Navy, 1785.

PROFITEERING ABOVE & BELOW DECKS

£2,250

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

Explicatio Apocalypsis Iohannis Perspicua & brevis, 1575.

FABULOUSLY ILLUSTRATED APOCALYPSE

£4,500

STENGEL (Georg)

Ova Paschalia sacro emblemate inscripta descriptaque a Georgio… 1635.

CHARMING, EGG-SHAPED EMBLEMS, WITH EARLY DEPICTIONS OF INDIGENOUS AMERICANS

£5,500