Maggs Bros. Ltd.

SHAKESPEARE (William).

The Works of William Shakespeare, 1864.

£1,500

LAWRENCE (T.E.)

Men in Print. Essays in Literary Criticism. Introduction… 1940.

£2,000

DOVES PRESS. & THE HOLY BIBLE

The English Bible Containing the Old Testament out… 1903.

£17,000

LAWRENCE (T.E.)

Seven Pillars of Wisdom a triumph, 1926.

THE GARNETT COPY OF THE SUBSCRIBERS, OR "CRANWELL" EDITION, ONE OF 170 COMPLETE COPIES INSCRIBED BY LAWRENCE

£120,000

HORIGUCHI (Daigaku).

Token Ryubisho [Notes about Attractive Eyes], 1976.

Poetry and luxurious lacquer

£2,500

UNKNOWN ARTIST.

Saionjike kurumazu. [Illustrations of Saionji style Palanquins], 1750.

A very fine draft scroll with excellent provenance

£4,500

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

KAWAKAMI (Sumio)

Cinderella, 1943.

The East-meets-West version of Cinderella

£1,000

SHIMIZU (Kosho)

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

Exuberant paintings by a retired monk

£450

DAN (Kazuo) & TSUKASA (Osamu), illus. and design.

Kataku no hito [The man of the burning… 1979.

A tactile, limited edition of Dan Kazuo's final novel

£1,500

THUCYDIDES

Thucidide historico greco delle guerre fatte fra i… 1564.

HANDSOMELY BOUND THUCYDIDES

£1,250

UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER

[Album of hand-coloured photographs showing famous sites of… 1906.

£450

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

NEWCASTLE (William Cavendish, Duke of).

Méthode et Invention Nouvelle de Dresser les Chevaux… 1737.

THE GREATEST ENGLISH ILLUSTRATED BOOK ON HORSEMANSHIP IN A MAGNIFICENT CONTEMPORARY BINDING

£65,000

SARTRE (Jean-Paul).

La Nausée, 1938.

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

£5,000

[CATHOLIC CHURCH]

Missale Romanum, 1660.

'ALMOST HEDONISTIC': UNRECORDED ROMAN MISSAL, SUMPTUOUSLY BOUND IN RECYCLED SILK

£6,500

CASTELLESI (Adriano)

De sermone Latino, et modis Latine loquendi. Eiusdem… 1524.

LAVISHLY GILT AND GAUFFERED

£2,250

SERIZAWA (Keisuke), illus. & SATO (Haruo), author.

Gokuraku kara kita sashi-e shu [Illustrated Book: From… 1961.

From a newspaper column to private press book

£2,500

BROCKMAN (James), FRANKLIN (Colin), BROCKMAN (Stuart) & TURNER (Decherd)

The Mystique of Vellum, 1984.

BOUND BY FATHER AND SON

£4,500

ROBINSON (Ivor) [Binder] & BULL (René) [Illustrator]

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 1913.

AN EARLY BINDING BY THE GREAT MASTER

£7,000

GARRET (Frank) [Binder)

My Recipe Book, 1929.

£800

[POPULAR PRINT]

La Gitanilla de madrid...Primera Parte. (Secunda Parte), 1816.

PRINTED BY A WOMAN

£750

GOLTWURM (Caspar)

Biblische Chronica, darinn die fürtrefliche Geschicht der heiligen… 1558.

NO COPIES OUTSIDE GERMANY

£5,000

DELESSERT (Édouard).

Vingt et un jours à la Mer Morte.… 1851.

INSCRIBED LIMITED EDITION

£350

BEAUMONT, Cyril W.

The Mysterious Toyshop

£150

MACHIAVELLI (Niccolo).

Lettere, 1929.

MACHIAVELLI IN A CHRISTMAS BINDING

£250

ELIOT (George).

Romola, 1880.

Eliot’s Romola, bound in vellum and hand-painted, featuring a lion rampant holding a crest of the flag of Florence

£650

SCHILLER (Friedrich).

Die Verschwörung des Fiesco zu Genua. Ein republikanisches Trauerspiel, 1788.

£250

SHAKESPEARE (William).

The Works of William Shakespeare. Edited by Israel… 1899.

A stunning set of Shakespeare's complete works

£7,500

DANTE

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

THE SIGNET LIBRARY COPY

£9,500

STENGEL (Georg)

Ova Paschalia sacro emblemate inscripta descriptaque a Georgio… 1635.

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

£5,500

PHILANDRIER (Guillaume)

In decem libros M. Vitruvii Pollionis de architectura… 1544.

EARLY CRITICAL RECEPTION OF VITRUVIUS

£4,500

BIBLE

(King James Version). The Holy Bible. Contemporary red… 1768.

£4,000

YEATS (W.B.)

Poems, 1923.

£450

SCOTT (Walter).

The Lady of the Lake, 1898.

£250

KAWAKAMI (Sumio).

Hirado genso [Hirado fantasy], 1977.

The Dutch trading port of Hirado, Nagasaki

£450

MARIETTE (Pierre-Jean)

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

SUMPTUOUSLY ILLUSTRATED, FROM A CONNOISSEUR'S LIBRARY

£8,500

KAWAKAMI (Sumio).

Ima wa mukashi [Once upon a time], 1967.

Bound with a reverse glass painting

£800

CHELONIIDAE PRESS & BROCKMAN (James) [Binder]

Birds and Beasts of Shakespeare, 1990.

A MASTERFUL BINDING BY JAMES BROCKMAN

£12,000

MITCHELL (Margaret) & DELRUE (Paul) [Binder]

Gone with the Wind, 1936.

FIRST EDITION, BOUND BY PAUL DELRUE

£7,000

RILEY (Dominic) [Binder] & BARNFIELD (Richard)

Richard Barnfield's Sonnets, 2001.

A BEAUTIFUL AND THOUGHTFUL BINDING BY DOMINIC RILEY

£7,500

Bacon (Francis), RILEY (Dominic) [Binder] & PENNELL (Betty)

Of Gardens, 1993.

DOMINIC RILEY BINDING INSPIRED BY GARDENS

£6,000