Maggs Bros. Ltd.

CARLET DE LA ROZIÈRE (Louis-François).

Partie septentrionale du landgraviat de Hesse-Cassel avec les… 1760.

£500

HOMANN (Johann Baptist).

Theatrum Belli Rhenani auspicatis Militiæ Primitus Potentissimi Roman.… 1730.

£250

RIZZI-ZANNONI (Giovanni Antonio).

Topografia dell'Agro Napoletano con le sue adjacente , 1793.

£1,500

TELLEZ (Alfonso Garcia)

Historia de la Curacion de Antigua de San… 1978.

£1,250

SCHENK (Pieter).

Accuratissima Europae Tabula [on sheet with:] Erklärung über… 1705.

£400

SCHENK (Pieter).

Tabula Historica et Geographica, ad breve Compendium Addiscendum… 1705.

£500

SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE

Places mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles… 1830.

£200

SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE

The world as known to the Ancients, shewing… 1828.

£200

WALLIS (John sr.).

Wallis's Tour of Europe a new Geographical Pastime.… 1811.

£400

ISHERWOOD (Christopher) & BACHARDY (Don)

Original pencil, graphite and ink wash portrait of… 1967.

£7,500

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

CURSON (Henry).

A New Description of the World delineated Europe,… 1706.

£1,250

ZURLA (Placido).

Il Mappamondo di Fra Mauro Camaldolese descritto ed… 1806.

£2,000

WYLD (James sr.)

Map of the West India & Bahama Islands:… 1843.

£125

RÜHLE VON LILIENSTERN (Johann Jakob Otto August).

Oro-Hydro-Graphische general charte vom Ko¨nigreiche Sachsen und den… 1810.

£400

SCHMIDT (O. F.)

Post-Reise-Karte durch Deutschland und die angraenzenden Staaten zwischen… 1831.

£350

PINCHETTI (Giacomo).

Carta geografica e postale del regno Lombardo-Veneto disegnata… 1831.

£700

DIONYSIUS PERIEGETES

[Greek text, transliterated ‘Tes palai kai tes nyn… 1704.

£800

BAZAINE (Francois Achille).

Episodes de la Guerre de 1870 et le… 1883.

£45

LE CARRE (John).

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, 1974.

INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, AND HIS FATHER

£3,750

TAKANASHI (Yutaka).

Tokyo-jin [Tokyoites], 1983.

£350

SHIBATA (Zesshin). & OCHIAI (Yoshihiku).

Kuma naki kage [No Shadow in any Corner], 1867.

BEAUTIFUL SILHOUETTES

£4,800

KANAGAKI (Robun). & KAWANABE (Kyosai), illus.

Seiyo ryouri-tsu [Ways of Western cookery], 1872.

The first Western cookery book in Japan, containing the recipe to curry rice

£4,750

CHUO BIJUTSU KYOKAI [CENTRAL ART ASSOCIATION].

Nikuhitsu manga kaikoku 60nen shi zue [Illustrated History… 1927.

Manga artists' take on the opening of Japan

£4,200

YAMAKICHI

[Tabi shoe sewing guides], 1890.

How to make your own tabi shoes

£250

UNKNOWN MAKER

[A collection of three albums of inban ceramic… 1900.

An impressive abundance of ceramic transfer papers

£9,500

GYOKUJIN'EN (Yukisumi), author. & UTAGAWA (Yoshitora), artist.

Jidai moyo sasazuru nishiki [Historical bamboo and vine… 1858.

A complete gokan set, preserved with all the original envelopes

£4,000

WILDE, Oscar

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

Written during Wilde's North American Tour

£12,500

BECKETT (Samuel).

Typed Letter Signed ("Samuel Beckett") to Heathcote Williams,… 1965.

"At some future time [...] I should be happy for one or more to appear in your review"

£1,250

BECKETT (Samuel).

Typed Letter Signed ("Samuel Beckett") in French, written… 1953.

Beckett, writing the same month Waiting for Godot was first performed

£1,450

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

NABOKOV (Vladimir).

Lolita, 1955.

First edition, second issue.

£2,200

HEANEY (Seamus).

The Light of the Leaves. Screenprints by Jan… 1999.

ONE OF ONLY TWO PROOF COPIES PRODUCED BY THE PRINTER

£4,000

WAUGH (Evelyn)

Black Mischief, 1932.

INSCRIBED BY WAUGH TO MRS. ANTHONY POWELL

£6,500

[THEATRE].

Velluti in Speculum - or - The Chorus… 1826.

"POOH! POOH! I CONSIDER IT A TRUMPERY DEFENCE - HE MUST PAY THE GIRLS"

£1,250

[WOMEN]. & [CRUIKSHANK (Isaac)].

The Quality Ladder, 1793.

WOMEN CLIMBING THE SOCIAL LADDER

£1,500

[EXOTIC ANIMALS].

To the Nobility, Gentry, and Others, There is… 1780.

A PROVINCIAL DISPLAY OF "A COLLECTION OF RARITIES" FROM AROUND THE WORLD

£1,800

SALMON (Mrs).

At Mrs. Salmon's Royal Wax-Work, in Fleet Street, 1750.

A PRECURSOR TO MADAME TUSSAUDS

£850

[BOOKSELLER'S CATALOGUE]. & LACKINGTON (James).

A Catalogue of Books, for the Year 1803;, 1803.

“EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND VOLUMES”

£1,200

[CHILD-REARING].

The Art of Nursing: or, The Method of… 1733.

FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE: BREAST FEEDING TO GOUT

£3,500

DAWKES (Thomas).

The Midwife Rightly Instructed:, 1736.

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

£3,500

[SOUTHCOTT (Joanna)].

The Imposter or, Obstetric Dispute, 1814.

"BLASPHEMOUS OLD HAG": THE CONTROVERSIAL "PREGNANCY" OF THE PROPHETESS JOANNA SOUTHCOTT

£1,500