Maggs Bros. Ltd.

OUIDA [Marie Louise de la Ramée]

Cecil Castlemaine's Gage; or, The Story of a… 1879.

"Cecil Castlemaine was the beauty of her county and her line..."

£150

SCORESBY (Rev. William).

Narrative of the Loss of the Esk and… 1826.

A VERY RARE SCORESBY NARRATIVE

£4,000

CLAVIUS (Christopher)

Aritmetica Prattica... tradotta da Latino in Italiano dal… 1602.

JESUIT ASSOCIATIONS - A GIFT FROM A FAMOUS MATHEMATICIAN TO A FUTURE MISSIONARY

£5,500

CHERRY-GARRARD (Apsley).

The Worst Journey in the World, 1922.

"A WAR IS LIKE THE ANTARCTIC ... THERE IS NO GETTING OUT OF IT WITH HONOUR AS LONG AS YOU CAN PUT ONE FOOT BEFORE THE OTHER."

£7,500

BAGSHAWE (Thomas Wyatt).

Two Men in the Antarctic, 1939.

PRESENTATION COPY WITH THE DUSTJACKET

£2,500

SAYEG (Ahmad).

To the Far East on a Tandem, 1952.

A CHARMING TALE OF MUSLIM PILGRIMAGE BY TANDEM BICYCLE

£950

[SPIRITUAL EXERCISES]

Esercizio sopra la passione di Gesû Cristo.   [Italy, seventeenth… 1700.

£1,250

MILL (John Stuart).

Principles of Political Economy with some of their… 1848.

THE UNDISPUTED BIBLE OF ECONOMIC DOCTRINE - UNRESTORED IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH

£8,750

THOMPSON (William). & [WHEELER (Anna).]

Appeal of One Half the Human Race, Women,… 1825.

"THE FIRST DETAILED STATEMENT OF SOCIALIST FEMINISM"

£6,500

POPPER (Karl R.)

Unended Quest. An Intellectual Autobiography, 1980.

INSCRIBED TWICE BY THE AUTHOR TO HIS PERSONAL SECRETARY

£4,500

[EAST (Sir Edward Hyde)], & BRIERLY, publisher.

GET OUT OF THE WAY. As the new Premier--has now… 1835.

AN UNRECORDED SATIRE CONCERNING COFFEE, CHICORY AND SUGAR

£750

MORTIMER (Thomas).

Every Man His Own Broker: Or, A Guide… 1762.

THE FIRST GUIDE TO THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE

£1,500

HOUDINI (Harry). & [HARDEEN (Theo).]

Handcuff Secrets, 1910.

WITH A SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF HOUDINI & EPHEMERA

£7,500

OUIDA [Marie Louise de la Ramée]

Wanda, 1890.

"But no lover was there. The Countess Wanda dismissed all lovers; she was wedded to the memory of her brother, and to her own liberty and power."

£250

MARSTON (George).

[Watercolour of Penguins on an ice floe.], 1914.

A LOVELY IMAGE BY THE EXPEDITION ARTIST

£3,250

[CHASTENET-PUYSÉGUR (Antoine-Hyacinthe-Anne) Comte de].

Détail sur la Navigation aux côtes de Saint-Domingue… 1787.

PRESENTED BY THE FORMER GOVERNOR GENERAL

£2,750

AYER (Alfred J.)

The Problem of Knowledge, 1956.

£150

KEYNES (John Maynard).

[Two Memoirs]. Dr. Melchior: A Defeated Enemy and… 1949.

£175

FISHER (Irving).

The Stock Market Crash - And After, 1930.

INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR

£2,500

SARTRE (Jean-Paul).

Réflexions sur la Question Juive, 1946.

£750

[HALKETT (John).]

Statement Respecting the Earl of Selkirk's Settlement upon… 1817.

WILLIAM WILBERFORCE'S COPY

£1,750

VAUX (Roberts).

Memoirs of the life of Anthony Benezet, 1817.

EARLY ABOLITIONIST HISTORIOGRAPHY - THE FIRST BIOGRAPHY OF BENEZET

£275

[FRANKLIN (Benjamin) & & HALL (David), printers.]

I do promise to pay ... Treasurer of…

A PROMISSORY NOTE FOR AMERICA'S FIRST HOSPITAL, FROM BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S PRESS

£3,500

SFONDRATI (Celestinus)

Innocentia vindicata, in qua gravissimis argumentis ex S.… 1695.

BENEDICTINE EMBLEMS PRINTED AT ST. GALL

£3,500

BOISSARD (Jean Jacques)

Emblematum liber. Ipsa Emblemata ab auctore delineata: a… 1593.

A COMPLEX EMBLEM BOOK

£4,000

CHYTRAEUS (David)

Libellus de morte et vita aeterna, editio postrema.… 1590.

WITH UNIQUE DANCE OF DEATH WOODCUTS

£12,500

PARRY (William Edward).

Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of… 1826.

AN EXCELLENT SET OF PARRY'S VOYAGES

£15,000

H.M.S. ROYAL OAK.

Joppa to Jericho, 1928.

Rare Holy Land travelogue printed in Malta

£1,500

UNIDENTIFIED PHOTOGRAPHER.

Press photograph of Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, 1945.

£175

TARSKI (Alfred).

Der Wahrheitsbegriff in den formalisierten Sprachen, 1935.

INSCRIBED TO ISRAELI MATHEMATICIAN ABRAHAM FRAENKEL

£5,000

BLACKWELL (John).

A Compendium of Military Discipline, 1726.

WITH PLATES BY WILLIAM HOGARTH

£3,250

DICK (Philip K.)

The World Jones Made. [bound tête-bêche with:] Agent… 1956.

SIGNED FIRST EDITION OF DICK’S SECOND PUBLISHED NOVEL

£2,000

STEIN (Gertrude).

Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein with Two Shorter… 1932.

£300

DERRIDA (Jacques),

La Voix et le Phénomène. Introduction au problème… 1967.

£175

JAMES (William).

The Varieties of Religious Experience. A Study in… 1902.

ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL STUDIES OF RELIGIOUS PHENOMENA

£2,000

KNEALE (William). & KNEALE (Martha).

Development of Logic, 1962.

£550

FOLARIN (Adebesin).

A Short Historical Review of the Life of… 1931.

A RARE LOCAL HISTORY PRINTED IN ABEOKUTA

£750

AKINYELE (Chief Isaac Babalola).

The Outlines of Ibadan History, 1946.

A PRIMER FOR NON-NIGERIANS

£750

D'AVRIL (Adolphe).

L'Arabie Contemporaine avec la Description du Pèlerinage de… 1868.

WITH THE HANDSOME MAP

£2,500

[CAPERON (Maurice).]

Chasses et Pêches aux Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, 1885.

RARE ST. PIERRE IMPRINT

£2,000

MONCEAUX (Jean), editor.

Supplement a l'Affice du Mercredi 13 Février, 1765… 1765.

A VERY EARLY SAINT-DOMINGUE IMPRINT

£2,000

WITTGENSTEIN (Ludwig).

Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics, 1956.

£1,200