[THEATRE PLAYBILLS].
A collection of 18 18th-century theatrical playbills for… 1793.
A COLLECTION OF RARE ENGLISH PROVINCIAL THEATRE PLAYBILS
£5,000
BLAKE (William) and,
Designs to a Series of Ballads, Written by… 1802.
"ONE OF THE RAREST LETTERPRESS BOOKS CONTAINING PLATES DESIGNED AND ENGRAVED BY BLAKE"
£70,000
[THEATRE].
Album of 189 playbills for the Theatre Royal,… 1833.
SHAKESPEARE, PRINCE LEE BOO AND BYRON ON THE LONDON STAGE
£9,500
[CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE].
The Trial of Richard Vining Perry Esq. for… 1794.
“STEALING AN HEIRESS”
£1,800
[HAMMERTON (Esther)].
Est. Hammerton Late Sexton of Kingston upon Thames, 1746.
THE FEMALE SEXTON
£1,000
[GAMES].
Rules and Instructions for Playing at Skittles. By… 1786.
"REMOVING DOUBTS" AND "SETTLING DISPUTES"
£2,500
[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
[CROSS-DRESSING]. & [HEATH (William) artist.
Making a Lancer, 1829.
“THE SPLENDID ENTRÉE OF THE FEMALE CAVALRY!”
£2,400
[NOVEL].
A Sketch of the Times; or, memoirs of… 1781.
“WHEN A WOMAN TAKES EVERY METHOD TO ATTRACT YOUR NOTICE…WHAT PROPRIETY CAN YOU ACCUSE THE MAN AS THE CAUSE OF HER RUIN”
£2,500
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
[ANTI-FEDERALISM].
A Peep into the Antifederal Club, 1793.
"DAMN GOVERNMENT. I SHALL NEVER BE WORTH A DOLLAR AS LONG AS THERES ANY GOVERNMENT AT ALL": THE EARLIEST KNOWN ANTI-JEFFERSON CARTOON?
£5,000
[MARRIAGE]
The Folly, Sin, and Danger of Marrying Widows,… 1746.
"I THANK GOD, MY WIFE DIED A FEW WEEKS AGO"
£2,000
![An hymn to be sung by the Episcopal charity-children, at St. Paul's-Church [New York], on Sunday, November the twenty-third, 1794,](https://api.maggs.com/image/a1c14410-5779-433b-80a1-20477f689b1b/616x770.webp)
[TRINITY CHURCH].
An hymn to be sung by the Episcopal… 1794.
"THE WIDOW'S TEARS ARE WIP'D AWAY, / AND SOOTH'D THE NEEDY ORPHAN'S PAIN"
£2,500
EDWARDS (Jonathan).
An Account of the Life of the late… 1749.
"IT IS NOT PROPER TO LEND BOOKS TO THOSE WHO ARE CARELES OF THEM"
£2,500
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
[ARISTOTLE].
Aristotle's Rhetoric;, 1686.
THE FIRST COMPLETE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF ARISTOTLE’S RHETORIC
£8,500
POPE (Alexander). & GRAY (Thomas) and
Bound volume of five works printed by Guyonne-Elisabeth-Josephe…
POETRY BY POPE AND GRAY PRINTED ON A FRENCH ARISTOCRATIC WOMAN'S OWN PRESS
£25,000
[ABSCONDING APPRENTICE].
Eight Dollars Reward. Ran-away from the subscriber...an apprentice… 1792.
"STOOPS WHEN HE WALKS"
£3,800
[CLELAND (John)].
La Fille de Joye, 1751.
THE FIRST FRENCH TRANSLATION OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS ENGLISH EROTIC NOVEL
£15,000
[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
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
POPE (Alexander).
ALS from the young Alexander Pope to his… 1707.
"MY MUSE IS EVER UNEMPLOY'D WHEN I CAN DIVERT MY SELF ANY OTHER WAY"
£25,000
[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
NICOLS (Thomas).
A Lapidary: Or, The History of Pretious Stones:, 1652.
£16,500
[THAMES TUNNEL]. & [BRUNEL (Marc Isambard)].
The Tunnel!!! or another Bubble Burst!, 1827.
"MY HYPOTHESIS IS GONE TO THE DEVIL"
£1,800
[PROSTITUTION].
A St. Giles's Beauty, 1784.
A POOR PROSTITUTE IN 18TH-CENTURY LONDON
£1,500
![Qualifying for a Campain [sic]](https://api.maggs.com/image/24ab27dd-a527-40c1-8ff8-3c5535f3efb3/616x770.webp)
[AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR].].
Qualifying for a Campain [sic], 1777.
THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE AS CHILD'S PLAY
£3,800
GILLRAY (James).
Britania's Assassination. or___The Republicans Amusement, 1782.
"ONE OF THE BOLDEST POST-REVOLUTIONARY ATTACKS LEVELED AGAINST THE NEW MINISTRY"
£3,800
[PRINTED HANDKERCHIEF].
Youthful Sport, Harmless Amusements, 1780.
PRINTED HANDKERCHIEF SHOWING CHILDREN PLAYING
£2,500
[NEWTON (John)].
An Authentic Narrative of some Remarkable and Interesting… 1764.
THE VERY RARE FIRST EDITION OF NEWTON'S REMARKABLE CONVERSION
£17,500
[CRIME].
Five bound volumes of Sessions Papers covering the… 1730.
“NOT ONLY NECESSARY FOR ALL LAWYERS, JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, CLERKS OF INDICMENTS…BUT ARE USEFUL AND ENTERTAINING TO THE GENRALITY OF READERS”
£12,500
[AMATEUR PEEP SHOW].
Handmade peep show formed from a copy of… 1803.
AN AMATEUR HANDMADE PEEP SHOW
£2,500
BROOKES (Joshua)., SCHARF (George) artist and lithographer, & HULLMANDEL (Charles Joseph), printer.
A View of the Vivarium, constructed principally with… 1830.
A PRIVATELY PRINTED IMAGE OF JOSHUA BROOKES'S VIVARIUM
£2,500
GERARD (John) and & JOHNSON (Thomas).
The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes, 1633.
"SARAH BULLOK HER BOOK"
£12,000
[EDUCATION REFORM].
Schools for All, 1813.
"THE WRETCHED IGNORANCE OF A LARGE PORTION OF THE POPULATION, IS THE FRUITFUL PARENT OF CRIME"
£1,850
[ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE].
Traite des Nêgres, 1794.
AN ABOLITIONIST PRINT BY A FRENCH FEMALE ENGRAVER, "CITOYENNE ROLLET"
£3,500
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
WALWYN (William).
Englands Lamentable Slaverie, 1645.
“LIBERTIE AND PRIVILEDGE…IS, AS DUE UNTO YOU, AS THE AYRE YOU BREATH IN”
£5,000
DRAYTON
Letters of Freeman, &c, 1771.
"...ALL TRUE LOVERS OF LIBERTY THROUGHOUT AMERICA..."
£5,000
