Maggs Bros. Ltd.

FIRBANK (Ronald).

The New Rythum and Other Pieces, 1962.

£50

[SATIRICAL HORSE RACING POSTER].

Correct Return List of the Winning Horses, For… 1844.

"THUS TERMINATED ONE OF THE BEST AND MOST PLEASANT DAY'S FOR THE BRUMMAGONIANS"

£950

[RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSY]

The Petition and Articles of severall Charge[s] exhibited… 1641.

"WICKED PRELATES, AND THEIR SCANDALOUS AND IDOLATROUS PRIESTS" - OWNED BY THE SHAKESPEARE FORGER WILLIAM HENRY IRELAND

£1,800

MANT (Elizabeth).

The Parent's Poetical Anthology:, 1814.

A POETRY ANTHOLOGY FOR CHILDREN COMPILED BY A WOMAN

£650

HOWARD (John Jarrard).

Poems on Different Subjects, 1816.

POEMS BY A SHIPWRECKED DOCTOR WHO DIED IN THE WEST INDIES

£3,500

DAWSON (Benjamin).

Some Assistance offered to Parents with respect to… 1759.

"IT THEREFORE HIGHLY CONCERNS PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND WELL THE NATURAL PROPENSITIES AND LEADING DESIRES OF THEIR CHILDREN"

£1,500

[MARRIAGE]

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

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

£2,000

[COUNTER REVOLUTIONARY POLITICS]

A collection of seven broadsides warning the inhabitants… 1793.

"TRAITORS, REBELS AND SEDITIOUS PERSONS" IN 18TH-CENTURY YORKSHIRE

£12,500

DEMOSTHENES, translated by, & WILSON (Thomas).

The Three Orations of Demosthenes, 1570.

"MOST NEDEFULL TO BE REDDE IN THESE DAUNGEROUS DAYES"

£8,500

[JOHNSON (Samuel)].

The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia, An… 1768.

"PRINTED FOR EVERY PURCHASER" IN AMERICA

£37,500

WORDSWORTH (William) and

Lyrical Ballads, 1802.

ROMANTICISM (AND REVOLUTION) IN AMERICA

£12,000

BELLERS (John).

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

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

£4,000

PINE (Robert Edge) artist,

A Lady & Children, 1780.

AN 18TH-CENTURY MEZZOTINT OF A BREAST FEEDING WOMAN

£2,500

[ABSCONDING APPRENTICE].

Eight Dollars Reward. Ran-away from the subscriber...an apprentice… 1792.

"STOOPS WHEN HE WALKS"

£4,500

ARNOLD (Matthew). & [WISE (Thomas James)].

Alaric at Rome, 1893.

"A FEW COPIES FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY"

£2,500

C (Mrs.).

Belinda, or The Fair Fugitive. A Novel, 1789.

"I HAVE LAUGHED 'TILL I AM WEARY...HOW I ENJOY THE FELLOW'S MORTIFICATION, AND ADORE THE GIRL'S SPIRIT"

£2,800

[OPERA].

Engraved portrait of Josephine Grassini printed on silk, 1803.

PRINTED ON SILK AND DECORATED WITH SEQUINS

£1,800

MORRIS (Thomas Linwell).

The Daneid, an Epic Poem, in four Books.… 1803.

WRITTEN AT SEA AND SOLD BY THE AUTHOR'S WIDOW

£850

[WATSON-TAYLOR (George)].

The Old Hag in a Red Cloak. A… 1801.

"THY DOOM IS DECIDED: PREPARE FOR THY FATE": A PRIVATELY PRINTED PARODY OF MATTHEW "MONK" LEWIS

£2,500

[PRINTED HANDKERCHIEF].

Youthful Sport, Harmless Amusements, 1780.

PRINTED HANDKERCHIEF SHOWING CHILDREN PLAYING

£2,500

WANSEY (Henry).

Thoughts on Poor-Houses, 1801.

"THE SICK HAVE FRESH MEAT AND BROTH"

£1,800

PERROT (John).

A Sea of the Seed’s Sufferings, Through which… 1661.

"HERE ENDS WHAT WAS WRITTEN IN ROME-PRISON OF MAD-MEN"

£3,800

DWARRIS (Sir Fortunatus William Lilley)

Juvenile Essays, In Verse, With Notes, Critical and… 1805.

A RARE COLLECTION OF LITERARY WORKS, SELF-PUBLISHED BY A FUTURE LAWYER, COLONIAL ADMINISTRATOR, AND SLAVE-OWNER

£850

[BRUNDISH (John Jelliland)].

An Elegy on a Family-Tomb, 1782.

PRESENTATION COPY OF A RARE POEM ON DEATH AND GRIEVING

£1,250

JOHNSON (B.S.).

Poems Two, 1972.

SIGNED LIMITED EDITION

£275

[AUDEN (W.H.)]. & PARSONS (Clere), editor

Oxford Poetry 1928, 1928.

£50

YEATS (W.B.)

Ideas of Good and Evil, 1903.

£125

HEANEY (Seamus), translator.

Sweeney Astray, 1984.

£75

HEANEY (Seamus), translator.

A Lough Neagh Sequence, 1969.

£175

[CRANNOG PRESS] & McCORD (Margaret).

Leavings. Illustrated by the author, 1970.

£375

STEPHENS (James).

The Crock of Gold, 1926.

£300

HEANEY (Seamus) Introduces

From The Small Back Room. A Festschrift for… 2009.

£30

[DE BALAGNY (Gauthier)]

Recueil de bonnes et mauvaises poisies, de diferens… 1587.

A MANUSCRIPT MISCELLANY SPANNING MORE THAN A CENTURY

£25,000

JOYCE (James).

The Mime of Mick, Nick and the Maggies.… 1934.

LIMITED EDITION

£750

ELIOT (T.S.). & KAUFFER (E. McKnight)., illustrator.

Marina. With Drawings by E. McKnight Kauffer, 1930.

SIGNED BY T.S. ELIOT

£875

BURROWS (Bernard).

Footnotes in the Sand, 1990.

SIGNED COPY

£125

MILLER I. L. (Mr. Grin) & LABERBIS (E. de), translator.

The Chinese Girl, 1932.

£1,800

EUSTATHIUS (Archbishop of Thessalonica) & HOMER

Copiae cornu sive oceanus enarrationum Homericarum, ex Eustathii… 1558.

OWNED BY AN EARLY CHAMPION OF WOMEN'S EDUCATION

£7,500

DANTE

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

THE DIVINE COMEDY, LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED

£9,500

[INDIAN REBELLION], WREXHAM LITERARY INSTITUTE. & RAWLINS (R.C.)

BRITISH INDIA, 1857.

£75

HOFFMAN (Alice).

The Third Angel, 2008.

£35

OTSUKI (Gentaku) & ISHIKAWA (Tairo), illus.

Enroku [Tobacco Record], 1809.

An illustrated study of imported tobacco and crafted tobacco objects

£3,500