Maggs Bros. Ltd.

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

GOLDSMITH (Oliver).

The Vicar of Wakefield:, 1769.

"TO PRONOÙNCE THE ENGLISH RIGHTLY" - THE FIRST CONTINENTAL PRINTING

£3,500

[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

STEVENS (Wallace).

Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens, 1955.

VERNON WATKINS' COPY

£275

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

KAWAKAMI (Sumio).

Tabako Toraiki [On the Arrival of Tobacco], 1943.

A quiet rebellion in the form of a private press book

£3,500

MAHON (Derek).

The Yaddo Letter. With a frontispiece by Barrie… 1992.

SIGNED BY THE POET AND ILLUSTRATOR

£125

FRIEL (Brian).

The London Vertigo, 1990.

£175

FRIEL (Brian).

Hedda Gabler. After Ibsen, 2008.

£150

FRIEL (Brian).

Three Plays After, 2002.

£150

FRIEL (Brian).

The Home Place, 2005.

£150

FRIEL (Brian).

Fathers and Sons. After Turgenev, 2013.

£125

FRIEL (Brian).

Give Me Your Answer, Do!, 1997.

£175

FRIEL (Brian).

Molly Sweeney, 1994.

£100

BELL (William), editor & LARKIN (Philip), contributor.

Poetry from Oxford in Wartime, 1945.

£120

CLARKE (John Cooper).

Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt, 1983.

INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR

£750

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The Traveller's Companion: A Travel Anthology, 1931.

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£400