Maggs Bros. Ltd.

UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER

[Album of hand-coloured photographs showing famous sites of… 1906.

£450

BOCCACCIO (Giovanni) & TIEMANN (Walter).

[Original Walter Tiemann lettering for Das Dekameron], 1906.

With Tiemann's original designs

£500

TIEMANN (Walter).

Tiemann-Mediaeval Halbfette [Type specimen book], 1911.

£180

SERIZAWA (Keisuke).

Wasome egatari [Illustrated book of Japanese Dyeing], 1939.

One of only 50 reprints by Serizawa of his first self-published book

£2,000

[TEMPERANCE] & H.F.B.

THINK. ALCOHOL DESTROYS BODY MIND SOUL, 1943.

£125

MORRISON (Toni)., VAN DER ZEE (James)., DODSON (Owen). & BILLOPS (Camille).

The Harlem Book of the Dead. With a… 1978.

Signed and inscribed.

£1,200

TELLEZ (Alfonso Garcia)

Historia de la Curacion de Antigua de San… 1978.

£1,250

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

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

HEANEY (Seamus).

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

ONE OF ONLY TWO PROOF COPIES PRODUCED BY THE PRINTER

£4,000

ANTHONY (Gordon).

Russian Ballet: Camera Studies. With an Introduction by… 1939.

£150

SEKINO (Junichiro)

Ugetsu Monogatari [Tales of Moonlight and Rain], 1944.

Fine copperplate etchings by Sekino Junichiro

£1,500

UNKNOWN ARTIST. & 'MIMIZU' and 'KONRO'.

[A trip to Hakone], 1910.

Male friendship in the form of an onsen holiday

£5,000

OKAMOTO (Ippei).

Monomi yusan - Manga to bun [A Sightseeing… 1919.

Social change depicted by a manga artist

£80

OKAMOTO (Ippei).

Mansuke no shakai kaizo [Mansuke's Social Reforms], 1924.

Taisho-period manga

£160

CHUO BIJUTSU KYOKAI [CENTRAL ART ASSOCIATION].

Nikuhitsu manga kenkoku 2500-nenshi zue [Illustrated History of… 1928.

2500 years of Japanese history, illustrated by over two dozen artists

£4,500

SERIZAWA (Keisuke), illus. & SATO (Haruo), author.

Gokuraku kara kita sashi-e shu [Illustrated Book: From… 1961.

From a newspaper column to private press book

£2,500

SERIZAWA (Keisuke), illus., TAKEDA (Taijun), author. & [NAGAEDA] (Kyoko), printer.

Chugoku ninja-den: Jusanmei sashi-e shu [Chinese ninja tale:… 1986.

A feminist tale; posthumously printed by Serizawa's female apprentice

£1,500

SERIZAWA (Keisuke)

Katazome mon-shi [Katazome patterned paper designs], 1943.

A Wartime production: one of only 15 copies

£2,500

SERIZAWA (Keisuke), Illustrator., JUGAKU (Bunsho). & JUGAKU (Shizuko).

Kami suki mura tabi nikki [Diary of a… 1945.

Adventures in paper-making illustrated by Serizawa

£650

SHIKIBA (Ryusaburo). & SERIZAWA (Keisuke), illus.

Mingei to seikatsu [Mingei and Lifestyle], 1944.

Living and breathing Mingei philosophy

£1,250

BUCKSTONE (John Baldwin)

The Dream at Sea; a Drama, in three… 1835.

Pantomime Dames and Principal Boys

£1,750

STANILAND, C. J.

Original watercolour of The Royal Aquarium Westminster, 1894.

Annie Luker and her great dive at the Royal Aquarium Westminster

£650

VAN DER ZEE (James)., DODSON (Owen). & BILLOPS (Camille).

The Harlem Book of the Dead. With a… 1978.

£250

BATTEN, John D[ickson].

Eve and the Serpent, 1896.

£115

KUNG (David S.)

Nihon no tako [Japanese Kites] – Japanese Kites:… 1962.

Celebrating kite-makers in Japan

£350

OKAMOTO (Ippei). & MAEKAWA (Senpan) and others.

Tokaido gojusantsugi manga emaki [A Manga scroll of… 1921.

THE TOKAIDO BY 18 MANGA ARTISTS

£2,500

MIYAO (Shigeo). & [BUNRAKU]

Bunraku ningyo zufu [Illustrated book of Bunraku Puppets], 1942.

The first edition of Miyao's Bunraku book

£250

SERIZAWA (Keisuke).

Shinpan ehon don kihote zen sanju-ichi zu •… 1978.

A unique extra copy

£450

SERIZAWA (Keisuke)

Shinpan ehon don kihote zen sanju-ichi zu •… 1978.

Serizawa's pocket-sized Don Quixote

£450

SERIZAWA (Keisuke) & NIHON MINGEI KYOKAI

Kogei no.76 [Craft issue 76], 1937.

The special Serizawa and Don Quixote issue

£250

SERIZAWA (Keisuke)

Shinpan ehon don kihote zen sanju-ichi zu •… 1978.

Serizawa's pocket-sized Don Quixote

£450

SERIZAWA (Keisuke)

Shinpan don kihote [New edition of Don Quixote], 1976.

The decadent, enlarged edition

£1,800

ALLIX (Susan)

Shoreline, 2025.

THE SOUNDS OF THE SHORELINE

£1,000

ROBINSON (Ivor) [Binder] & BULL (René) [Illustrator]

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 1913.

AN EARLY BINDING BY THE GREAT MASTER

£7,000

BUCKLAND WRIGHT (John), SPENDER (Stephen), HAYTER (Stanley William), KANDINSKY (Wassily) & MIRÓ (Juan)

Fraternity, 1939.

NINE ORIGINAL ENGRAVINGS SIGNED, INCLUDING KANDINSKY AND MIRO

£17,500

KALDEWEY PRESS & KALDEWEY (Gunnar A.)

Books as Art, 1990.

£2,250