Maggs Bros. Ltd.

ISSELBURG (Peter)

Künstliche Waffenhandlung der Musqueten und Piquen oder Langen… 1620.

RARE EDITION, WITH FINE ENGRAVINGS

£5,500

JACKSON (Thomas, Dean of Peterborough).

The Works of the Reverend and Learned Divine,… 1673.

BOUND BY MEARNE FOR CHARLES II

£8,500

KANT (Immanuel).

Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781.

A VERY FINE COPY OF KANT'S CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON

£47,500

KAWAI (Kanjiro), author. & MUNAKATA (Shiko), illustrator.

Hi no negai [A prayer of fire], 1947.

The meeting of Mingei Minds in post-war Kyoto

£15,000

KAWAKAMI (Sumio)

Cinderella, 1943.

The East-meets-West version of Cinderella

£1,000

KELMSCOTT PRESS & MORRIS (William) [trans.]

The Tale of the Emperor Coustans and of… 1896.

£8,500

KEYNES (John Maynard).

Essays in Biography, 1933.

"Economics is a very dangerous science."

£4,250

KIPLING (Rudyard & Alice).

Echoes. By Two Writers, 1884.

An outstanding rarity: the author's second book.

£8,250

KIPLING (Rudyard).

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

First editions of these great classics of English children's fiction.

£4,500

KIPLING (Rudyard).

Captains Courageous, 1897.

First edition.

£1,000

KIPLING (Rudyard).

Quartette, 1885.

RARE EARLY KIPLING FAMILY SHORT STORIES AND POEMS

£2,750

KURODANI WASHI ASSOCIATION

Katazome cho kurodani washi [Alum of stencil printed… 1979.

With extra samples and Kyoto kimono association

£4,500

LE CARRE (John).

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, 1974.

INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, AND HIS FATHER

£3,750

MARIETTE (Pierre-Jean)

Traité des pierres gravées par P.J. Mariette. Recueil… 1750.

SUMPTUOUSLY ILLUSTRATED, FROM A CONNOISSEUR'S LIBRARY

£8,500

MARX (Karl).

Kapital. Kritika politicheskoi ekonomii, 1872.

THE FIRST TRANSLATION OF DAS KAPITAL INTO ANY LANGUAGE, BOUND WITH THE SCARCE ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPPERS

£17,500

MATTHEWS (William)

Bookbinding. A Manual for those interested in the… 1929.

WILLIAM MATTHEWS BINDING ON HIS OWN MANUAL OF BOOKBINDING, INSCRIBED TO HIS WIFE

£5,000

WATTS (Rev. Thomas), & MILLERD (Rachel) compiler and scribe.

Her Book of Sermons Anno Dom 1705, 1705.

UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT SERMONS BY A TRAGIC CLERGYMAN. COMPILED INTO A HANDSOME VOLUME BY A RACHEL MILLERD

£8,500

[SUN (Yong)] attrib. & MIN (Qiao). transl.

Womndi Chulu [Our Way Out], 1937.

The Chinese Communist Party's stance against Japanese aggression

£1,500

NICOLL (John).

The Advantage of Great Britain Consider'd in the… 1727.

"ENCOURAGING HIS MAJESTY'S PLANTATIONS IN AMERICA, AND OUR NAVIGATION, AND HANDY CRAFTS AT HOME"

£1,800

NICOLS (Thomas).

A Lapidary: Or, The History of Pretious Stones:, 1652.

£16,500

ORWELL (George).

Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1949.

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

£8,500

PARADIN (Claude)

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

INFLUENTIAL EMBLEMS, OWNED BY A POLISH EMIGRÉ ARISTOCRAT

£5,500

PISTOFILO (Bonaventura)

Oplomachia di Bonaventura Pistofilo. Siena: Hercole Gori, 1621, 1621.

DEDICATED TO KENELM DIGBY, WITH HIS PORTRAIT

£3,500

PLUTARCHUS

[Works, Greek & Latin] Τα σωζομενα συγγραμματα... Quae… 1572.

FINELY BOUND & RARELY FOUND COMPLETE

£12,500

POLWHELE (Richard).

The Unsex’d Females: a Poem, 1798.

"SEE WOLLSTONECRAFT, WHOM NO DECORUM CHECKS, / ARISE, THE INTREPID CHAMPION OF HER SEX"

£5,500

POTTER (Beatrix).

The tale of Mrs Tittlemouse, 1910.

Inscribed "From Miss Potter. Christmas 1910."

£4,500

POTTER, Beatrix

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

An illustrated letter about her own dogs, from the creator of Duchess 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

WILDE (Oscar) & ROBINSON (Charles) [illustrator]

The Happy Prince and Other Tales, 1913.

'IN MY GARDEN OF PARADISE THIS LITTLE BIRD SHALL SING FOR EVERMORE'

£1,750

ROBINSON (Henry) artist.

An Accurate Representation of the Meteor which was… 1783.

A GLIMPSE OF THE "FLYING DRAGON"

£2,000

ROLEWINCK (Werner)

De regimine rusticorum, 1481.

MORAL ADVICE FOR FARMERS

£15,000

ROUSSEAU (Jean-Jacques)

Du contrat social, ou principes du droit politique, 1772.

UNCOMMON COUNTERFEIT EDITION OF ROUSSEAU'S MOST FAMOUS WORK

£750

[IRAQ.] & SALMOND (J.M.).

Iraq Command - Report. October, 1922 - April,… 1924.

"FOR OFFICIAL USE" - PETER HOPKIRK'S COPY

£1,750

SCHOPENHAUER (Arthur).

Ueber die vierfache Wurzel des Satzes vom zureichenden… 1813.

SCHOPENHAUER'S FIRST BOOK: ON THE FOURFOLD ROOT OF THE PRINCIPLE OF SUFFICIENT REASON

£17,500

SEKINO (Junichiro)

Kusa no mi tori [Gathering grass seeds], 1976.

Fondness between grandfather and grandson

£450

SHELLEY (Percy Bysshe). & SHELLEY (Mary) editor.

Essays, Letters from Abroad, Translations and Fragments, 1840.

"I PROMISED DR C. A SET OF SHELLEYS WORKS": A PRESENTATION COPY FROM MARY SHELLEY

£25,000

SHIMIZU (Kosho)

Sanbo geishun [New Year's Greetings from a Mountain… 1986.

Exuberant paintings by a retired monk

£450

SMITH (Adam).

White vitreous / glass paste profile head-and-shoulders right-facing… 1787.

THE ONLY CERTAIN LIFETIME PORTRAIT OF ADAM SMITH

£25,000

STELE (James).

An Essay on Manufacturing Milk into Butter and… 1794.

HOW TO MAKE GOOD CHEESE AND BUTTER IN SCOTLAND

£1,800

THUCYDIDES

Thucidide historico greco delle guerre fatte fra i… 1564.

HANDSOMELY BOUND THUCYDIDES

£1,250

TOLSTOÏ [TOLSTOY] (Léon). [(Leo).]

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

THE RARE FIRST FRENCH TRANSLATION OF TOLSTOY'S MASTERPIECE

£7,500