Maggs Bros. Ltd.

JESUIT GRAVE-STONE RUBBING.

Twenty rubbings of Jesuit graves.

16TH-18TH CENTURY JESUITS AT THE KANGXI COURT

£65,000

SAUNDERS (William). & GRIFFITH (David Knox), and other photographers.

Album and scrapbook relating to Chinkiang (Zhenjiang), 1880.

C.19TH CHINKIANG THROUGH THE LENS OF A WESTERN MERCHANT

£28,000

BROWN (Mary Hyde), compiler.

[Album containing Carte de Visites of Freed People's… 1869.

TERROR PREVAILED

£27,500

SWEET (Samuel White).

Captain Sweet's Views of South Australia, 1884.

A SUPERB LIFETIME ALBUM

£25,000

CHURCHILL (Winston S.)

The War Speeches: Into Battle; The Unrelenting Struggle;… 1945.

A fine presentation set, Vols. 1-6 inscribed by Churchill

£25,000

MARX (Karl).

A fine sammelband including three important works written… 1868.

£17,500

[CUGOANO (Ottobah)] & FISHER (Thomas).

The Negro's Memorial or Abolitionist's Catechism, by an… 1825.

EARLIEST OBTAINABLE EDITION OF THE NARRATIVE OF OTTOBAH CUGOANO

£17,500

TRIGAULT (Nicolas).

De Christianis apvd Japonios trivmphis sive de gravissima… 1623.

FIRST ILLUSTRATED ACCOUNT OF JESUIT MARTYRDOMS IN JAPAN

£16,000

MARX (Karl).

El Capital. Crítica de la Economía Política. Traducido… 1898.

FIRST COMPLETE SPANISH TRANSLATION OF DAS KAPITAL

£15,000

CHURCHILL (Winston S.)

The Second World War: The Gathering Storm; The… 1948.

Inscribed to Grace Hamblin, "the longest-serving member of Churchill’s secretarial staff".

£15,000

MARX (Karl). & ENGELS (Friedrich).

The Manifesto of the Communists, 1886.

First British edition in book form of the Communist Manifesto

£12,500

[FRANKLIN IMPRINT] & SMITH (John).

The doctrine of Christianity, as held by the… 1748.

QUAKER PACIFISM IN A TIME OF WAR

£12,500

GANDHI (Mohandas Karamchand) [known as Mahatma Gandhi],, DESAI (Mahadev) & & NAIR (Pyarelal) Translators.

The Story of my Experiments with Truth, 1929.

FIRST EDITION BOUND IN KHADI

£9,500

[FRENCH CARICATURES].

A collection of 17 rare French caricatures on… 1805.

HOW THE FRENCH VIEW THE ENGLISH

£9,000

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

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

AFRICAN INDEPENDENCE IN ACTION

£8,500

CHURCHILL (Winston S.)

Marlborough: His Life and Times, 1947.

Inscribed to Grace Hamblin, "the longest-serving member of Churchill’s secretarial staff"

£7,500

[HURLEY (R. C.)] attrib.

Brief account of the Visit of their Royal… 1890.

HURLEY IN HONG KONG

£7,500

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

Address of the Cameron and Lincoln Club of… 1860.

THE FIRST BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE OF LINCOLN

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[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

CASSÉUS (Dr. Augustus).

Du Rôle Civilisateur de la Race Noire, 1911.

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA

£6,000

CHURCHILL (Winston S.)

Typed Letter Signed with initials, addressed to 'CHAIRMAN… 1946.

A fascinating glimpse of Churchill, six months after the crushing setback of the immediate post-war election of July 1945.

£6,000

[MEXICO] & MANSILLA (Baltasar de).

ALS from Father Baltasar de Mansilla to the… 1684.

£5,500

[CIVIL RIGHTS ACT]

88th Congress. 1st Session. S.1732 ... A Bill… 1963.

A CRITICAL BILL IN THE PASSAGE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT

£5,500

[MACGILLIVRAY (John).] & NOTT (Henry) et al, trans.

Te Bibilia moa ra, ... [Bible in Tahitian], 1847.

PRESENTED TO JOHN MACGILLIVRAY

£5,000

[VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.]

[Four convict disciplinary reports: Mary Murray, Mary Ann… 1845.

RARE RECORDS OF CONVICTS AND THEIR PUNISHMENTS

£5,000

DOUGLASS (Frederick).

My Bondage and Freedom, 1855.

THE MOST IMPORTANT BLACK ABOLITIONIST IN AMERICA

£5,000

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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[PAINE (Thomas)].

Buff; or, a Dissertation on Nakedness: A Parody… 1792.

"THE GRAND CHORUS OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN IS CHANGED INTO A CAZONETTA ON NAKEDNESS"

£5,000

CHURCHILL (Winston S.)

Typed Letter Signed (‘WSC’) to Grace Hamblin (‘Dear… 1934.

£5,000

CHURCHILL (Winston S.)

The World Crisis, 1923.

WITH THE SCARCE ORIGINAL DUST JACKETS

£5,000

[BOLOGNE (Joseph), Chevalier de Saint-Georges.], WARD (William) engraver. & BROWN (Mather), after.

Monsieur de St. George

A SENSATIONAL FIGURE IN THE AGE OF REVOLUTION

£5,000

THOMAS (Nathan).

Articles of Agreement between Nathan Thomas Agent of… 1868.

THE ECHOS OF SLAVERY DURING RECONSTRUCTION

£4,750

NACHBAUR (Albert).

Chansons de Chine: La Maison des Eunuques, L'Envoi… 1925.

£4,500

[STRUTH (Sir William).]

View of the Prospect Plantation, the property of… 1821.

RARE VIEW OF A PLANTATION DURING THE LAST GREAT SUGAR BOOM

£4,250

[WILBERFORCE (William).]

An Abstract of the Evidence delivered before a… 1791.

A VITAL CONTRIBUTION TOWARD THE ABOLITION PROCESS

£4,250

BELLERS (John).

Proposals for Raising a Colledge [sic] of Industry… 1696.

"A VERITABLE PHENOMENON IN THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL ECONOMY" - KARL MARX

£4,000

CHINESE REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT.

Zongli fengan shilu. [A Record of the Prime… 1929.

£3,800

BREÜILLY (M.)

[Passport allowing an enslaved man to travel to… 1771.

A RARE PASSPORT GRANTING AN ENSLAVED MAN PASSAGE TO HAITI

£3,750

MANDELA (Nelson).

Long Walk to Freedom, 1994.

£3,750

CLARKSON (Thomas).

ALS to fellow Abolitionist John Scoble, Regarding Duties… 1844.

THE SUGAR PROBLEM

£3,500

OWEN (Robert).

A New View of Society; or, Essays on… 1818.

£3,500

PISTOFILO (Bonaventura)

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

DEDICATED TO KENELM DIGBY, WITH HIS PORTRAIT

£3,500