Maggs Bros. Ltd.

[EDUCATION OF WOMEN]. & [WILLARD (Emma)].

The Reviewer of Mrs. Emma Willard Reviewed, 1839.

"THE AGE OF CHIVALRY IS NOT GONE"

£850

[SCOTTISH MUSIC].

The Effigie of Patie Birnie, 1700.

"THE FAMOUS FIDLER OF KINGHORN"

£1,000

[FOUNDLING HOSPITAL].

An anthem to be sung in the chapel… 1781.

"BEHOLD, IN MISERY'S DREARY SHADE, / THE WIDOW WITH HER CHILDREN LAID"

£2,250

MARKHAM (Major C.A.)

The Art of Archerie, 1634.

A RARE COMPLETE COPY OF AN IMPORTANT ENGLISH BOOK ON ARCHERY

£4,000

[GRAND TOUR]

Album of prints of Persia, France and Italy…

£2,200

JONES (Henry).

Kew Garden. A Poem, 1767.

“BANANA NEXT, SUSTAINING PLANT, BEHOLD”

£1,500

SENIOR (Nassau William).

Original scribal manuscript draft, with numerous manuscript corrections,… 1821.

ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT OF SENIOR'S FIRST PUBLISHED ARTICLE ON ECONOMICS

£15,000

[WOMEN]

Keep Within Compass and you shall be sure… 1785.

"WHILE THOSE WHO PLAY DEEP SOON EMPTY THEIR PURSE, AND THEN TAKE TO DRINKING & MAKE BAD THINGS WORSE"

£850

[WOMEN'S FASHION].

The Folly of 1771, 1771.

EXCESSIVE HAIR

£1,800

[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

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

[THEATRE PLAYBILLS].

A collection of 18 18th-century theatrical playbills for… 1793.

A COLLECTION OF RARE ENGLISH PROVINCIAL THEATRE PLAYBILS

£5,000

[THEATRE].

Album of 189 playbills for the Theatre Royal,… 1833.

SHAKESPEARE, PRINCE LEE BOO AND BYRON ON THE LONDON STAGE

£9,500

[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

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

[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

[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

[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

[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

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

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