Maggs Bros. Ltd.

POTTER, Beatrix

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

"I shall bring my paintbox”

£5,000

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

PRINGLE (Sir John).

A Discourse upon some late Improvements Of the… 1776.

SOLVING SCURVY

£22,500

PRUDHOMME (Louis-Marc).

De la langue des Indiens qui habitent la… 1798.

A GALIBI DICTIONARY FOR TRAVELLERS

£4,500

RANDOLPH (Paschal Beverly).

Dealings With the Dead; the human soul, its… 1861.

BY THE SEX POSITIVE ABOLITIONIST SPIRITUALIST

£4,000

[JUDAICA] & RIES (Jacob).

Jacob Ries der Sohn Marcus, gebohren in der… 1710.

COURT DWARF AND JESTER TO THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE

£4,500

ROBBINS (Lionel).

An Essay on the Nature & Significance of… 1932.

AN EXCEEDINGLY FINE COPY

£3,500

[LIBERIA] & ROBERTS (Joseph Jenkins).

[Letter rejoicing that he had arrived in Liberia:… 1839.

"IN THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE OPPRESSED"

£6,500

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

SALMON (Mrs).

At Mrs. Salmon's Royal Wax-Work, in Fleet Street, 1750.

A PRECURSOR TO MADAME TUSSAUDS

£850

SARTRE (Jean-Paul).

La Nausée, 1938.

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

£5,000

SARTRE (Jean-Paul).

L'Être et le Néant. Essai d'ontologie phénoménologique, 1943.

BEING AND NOTHINGNESS: INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR

£3,750

SCHMIDTMEYER (Peter).

Travels to Chile, over the Andes, in the… 1822.

THE TRUE FIRST EDITION IN THE ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

£17,500

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

SCHOPENHAUER (Arthur).

Ueber den Willen in der Natur. Eine Erörterung… 1836.

Presentation copy of Schopenhauer's On the Will in Nature

£15,000

SCHUMPETER (Joseph A.)

History of Economic Analysis. Edited from Manuscript by… 1954.

"A MONUMENTAL TAPESTRY"

£4,500

[BAHAMAS] & SCOTT (Capt. Andrew).

A volume of watercolours depicting topographical scenes in… 1850.

GORGEOUS WATERCOLOURS OF THE BAHAMAS

£15,000

SEKINO (Junichiro)

Ugetsu Monogatari [Tales of Moonlight and Rain], 1944.

Fine copperplate etchings by Sekino Junichiro

£1,500

SEKINO (Junichiro).

Hida yuki [Travels in Hida], 1951.

With two original Sekino woodblock printed postcards, signed

£650

SERIZAWA (Keisuke)

Katazome mon-shi [Katazome patterned paper designs], 1943.

A Wartime production: one of only 15 copies

£2,500

SHACKLETON (Sir Ernest H.)

The Heart of the Antarctic, 1909.

BROCKLEHURST'S COPY WITH A LETTER FROM SHACKLETON

£40,000

SHARPE (Richard Bowdler).

Monograph of the Paradiseidae, or Birds of Paradise,… 1898.

IN SPECTACULAR ORIGINAL COLOUR

£68,750

SMITH (Adam).

The Theory of Moral Sentiments;, 1790.

THE FINAL LIFETIME EDITION

£7,500

SMITH (Adam).

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

THE ONLY CERTAIN LIFETIME PORTRAIT OF ADAM SMITH

£25,000

SMITH (Gerrit).

Some of the Duties of an Abolitionist: (and… 1841.

SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY SMITH TO ELISHA CAMP

£3,500

SNAGG (Thomas) artist.

To the friends of freedom and to the… 1802.

ENGLISH PRISONERS OF WAR DURING THE TERROR

£3,500

[HAITIAN REVOLUTION] & SONTHONAX (Léger-Félicité).

Au nom de la République. Proclamation, 1793.

SIX MONTHS BEFORE THE ABOLITION DECREE

£9,500

ST GREGORY THE GREAT (d. 604)

Forty Homilies on the Gospels, etc., in Latin,…

ST GREGORY'S SERMONS WITH A RECUSANT & WELSH ANTIQUARY PROVENANCE

£48,000

[FEARN (John Russell)]. & STATTEN (Vargo). Pseudonym.

Creature from the Black Lagoon, 1954.

£5,000

STENGEL (Georg)

Ova Paschalia sacro emblemate inscripta descriptaque a Georgio… 1635.

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

£5,500

STOCK (Richard).

The Churches Lamentation for the losse of the… 1614.

MOURNING THE YOUNG JOHN HARINGTON

£4,500

TAKEI (Takeo).

Genshi Bakudan [Atomic Bomb], 1945.

THE FIRST DESCRIPTION OF THE ATOMIC BOMB PUBLISHED IN JAPAN

£2,250

TASSO (Torquato)

La Gerusalemme liberata. Paris, appresso A. Delalain, P.… 1771.

"RELIURE DE PRESENT" DESIGNED BY GRAVELOT FOR THIS EDITION

£5,750

TELLEZ (Alfonso Garcia)

Historia de la Curacion de Antigua de San… 1978.

£1,250

THOMPSON (Mary W.)

Sketches of the history, character, and dying testimony,… 1851.

PROTECTION AND PEACE FOR THE HOMELESS

£3,750

TOCQUEVILLE (Alexis de).

Democracy in America, 1838.

“ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WORKS EVER WRITTEN ON AMERICAN POLITICAL AND CIVIL LIFE”

£6,000

TOLSTOÏ [TOLSTOY] (Léon). [(Leo).]

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

THE RARE FIRST FRENCH TRANSLATION OF TOLSTOY'S MASTERPIECE

£7,500

[REVOLUTIONARY WAR] & U.S. CONGRESS.

April 7, 1781 be it ordained ... the… 1781.

"YOU MAY BY FORCE OF ARMS ATTACK, SUBDUE, AND SEIZE ALL SHIPS, VESSELS, AND GOODS BELONGING TO GREAT BRITAIN"

£6,500

UNITED STATES ARMY AIR CORPS & [US AIR FORCE].

["Restricted" WWII Era U.S. Military Pilots Aerial Approach… 1941.

A RESTRICTED MAP FOR PILOTS IN ALASKA

£2,500

UNKNOWN MAKER

[A collection of three albums of inban ceramic… 1900.

An impressive abundance of ceramic transfer papers

£9,500

VAUGHAN (Henry).

Silex Scintillans: or Sacred Poems and Priuate Eiaculations… 1650.

A VERY FINE COPY

£65,000