Maggs Bros. Ltd.

KIPLING (Rudyard).

Quartette, 1885.

RARE EARLY KIPLING FAMILY SHORT STORIES AND POEMS

£2,750

[LENIN]. [ULYANOV (Vladimir Ilyich).]

Zaria: sotsial'-demokraticheskii nauchno-politicheskii zhurnal. Nos. 1, 2-3 &… 1901.

CONTAINING THE FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT OF THE PSEUDONYM 'LENIN'

£3,000

WILDE, Oscar

Autograph Letter Signed ("Oscar Wilde") [to Colonel W.F.… 1882.

Written during Wilde's North American Tour

£12,500

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

WILDE (Oscar)].

The Trial of Oscar Wilde from Shorthand Reports, 1906.

THE EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE JAPANESE VELLUM ISSUE

£4,000

WILDE (Oscar).

Pan A Double Villanelle. And Desespoir a Sonnet.… 1909.

ONE OF ONLY 30 COPIES

£2,000

WILDE (Oscar).

A Woman of No Importance, 1894.

First edition, one of 50 large paper copies.

£5,750

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

POTTER (Beatrix).

The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse, 1910.

Inscribed "From Miss Potter. Christmas 1910."

£4,500

LAWRENCE (T.E.). & ERNEST BROWN & PHILLIPS.

Catalogue of an Exhibition of Arab Portraits by… 1921.

ONE OF THE RAREST BOOKS IN THE LAWRENCE CANON

£7,500

ROUSSEAU (Jean-Jacques)

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

UNCOMMON COUNTERFEIT EDITION OF ROUSSEAU'S MOST FAMOUS WORK

£750

[BUREAU GENERAL DE BONFAISANCE]

État général des répartitions de numéraire, farines ordinaries,… 1798.

PRECARIOUS WELFARE PROVISION IN REVOLUTIONARY FRANCE

£2,500

DAWKES (Thomas).

The Midwife Rightly Instructed:, 1736.

A MIDWIFERY MANUAL "WRITTEN PRINCIPALLY FOR THE USE OF WOMEN"

£3,500

[PUBLIC EXHIBITION].

Bath, February 5th, 1780. Look Sharp! Or you… 1780.

A ZEBRA AMONGST THE SPOILS OF WAR AND EXHIBITED FOR "THE INSPECTION OF THE CURIOUS"

£1,250

WHITTLE (R.P.)

Four Lithographic Views of Gillingham Church. Drawn from… 1840.

AN UNRECORDED SUITE OF PROVINCIAL LITHOGRAPHS

£1,500

[FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY WARS].

Bank Meeting. February 6, 1798. In the Press… 1798.

"THE EYES OF THE WHOLE KINGDOM...ARE UPON YOU"

£1,250

ROBINSON (Henry) artist.

An Accurate Representation of the Meteor which was… 1783.

A GLIMPSE OF THE "FLYING DRAGON"

£2,000

HOWARD (John Jarrard).

Poems on Different Subjects, 1816.

POEMS BY A SHIPWRECKED DOCTOR WHO DIED IN THE WEST INDIES

£3,500

[MARRIAGE]

The Folly, Sin, and Danger of Marrying Widows,… 1746.

"I THANK GOD, MY WIFE DIED A FEW WEEKS AGO"

£2,000

[ARISTOTLE].

Aristotle's Rhetoric;, 1686.

THE FIRST COMPLETE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF ARISTOTLE’S RHETORIC

£8,500

BELLERS (John).

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

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

£4,000

POLWHELE (Richard).

The Unsex’d Females: a Poem, 1798.

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

£5,500

[ELLIOTT (Ebenezer)].

Corn Law Rhymes. The Ranter, 1830.

THE PRIVATELY PRINTED FIRST EDITION OF "THIS HITHERTO OBSCURE POEM"

£5,000

DUNBAR (Robert Nugent).

The Cruise;, 1835.

A ROMANTIC POET TURNS FROM ITALY TO THE WEST INDIES FOR INSPIRATION

£2,500

[ANONYMOUS].

The Return of Peace. A Poem, 1802.

"MY LOSS OF FORTUNE, PARTNER, CHILD - MY ALL!"

£2,500

[SWIFT (Jonathan)].

Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, 1731.

"WIT UNEXAMPLED!" AND "WHAT DAMN'D DRY HARD STUFF": READING, CORRECTING AND EDITING GULLIVER'S TRAVELS

£8,500

[GILLRAY (James)].

Ladies Dress, as it soon will be, 1796.

"I HAVE SEEN LADIES IN A STATE OF UNDRESS"

£2,800

NICOLS (Thomas).

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

£16,500

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

[THE MOLASSES ACT.]

The Case of the British Sugar-Colonies, 1732.

BALANCING THE INTERESTS OF NEW ENGLAND AGAINST JAMAICA

£3,000

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

WANSEY (Henry).

Thoughts on Poor-Houses, 1801.

"THE SICK HAVE FRESH MEAT AND BROTH"

£1,800

[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

[POOR APPRENTICES].

Register of Children Bound or Assigned by the… 1802.

PARISH RECORD OF POOR CHILD APPRENTICES IN RURAL DEVON

£2,500

CHARLES (Richard).

An Essay on the Treatment of Consumptions, 1787.

"WHERE IT FAILED I NEVER KNEW MEDICINE SUCCEED”: CURING TUBERCULOSIS WITH MILK AND VEGETABLES

£950

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

JACKSON (Thomas, Dean of Peterborough).

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

BOUND BY MEARNE FOR CHARLES II

£8,500

STELE (James).

An Essay on Manufacturing Milk into Butter and… 1794.

HOW TO MAKE GOOD CHEESE AND BUTTER IN SCOTLAND

£1,800

CHANDLER (Mary).

The Description of Bath. A Poem, 1736.

"HERE LIES A TRUE MAID, DEFORMED AND OLD" STARK VERSE BY A DISABLED WOMAN

£1,250

EUCLID & BYRNE (Oliver)

The First Six Books of Euclid. In which… 1847.

"One of the oddest and most beautiful books of the whole century"

£12,000