Maggs Bros. Ltd.

CHAUCER (Geoffrey), BURNE-JONES (Edward) & KELMSCOTT PRESS

The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, 1896.

'The finest book ever printed'

£95,000

MATISSE (Henri) & MALLARMÉ (Stephane)

Poésies, 1932.

MATISSE'S FIRST LIVRE D'ARTISTE

£82,500

DOMON (Ken).

Masuda Kozo, 1966.

£28,000

SHAKESPEARE (William) & CRANACH PRESS

The Tragedie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke, 1930.

A FINE COPY, FROM THE LIBRARY OF A NOTED AMERICAN DESIGNER

£27,500

WILDE (Oscar).

Signed and dated photographic portrait of Wilde, 1892.

Signed during the first run of Lady Windemere's Fan

£20,000

[JEAN (Philip).]

Admiral Skeffington Lutwidge (1735-1814), 1795.

COMMANDER ON THE PHIPPS ARCTIC EXPEDITION

£19,750

WANYAN LINQING. (author).

Hong xue yin yuan tu ji [An Illustrated… 1849.

THE MOST RICHLY ILLUSTRATED AUTO-BIOGRAPHY IN CHINA

£18,500

OGAWA (Kazumasa).

Tokyo Geigi chu hyaku bijin [100 Beautiful Women… 1895.

ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS BY OGAWA

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BATEMAN (Charles S.L.)

Original drawings and watercolours for the author's 'The…

Remarkable original artworks

£17,500

BAINBRIGGE (Philip John), attrib.

Brookeville [sic] - Upper Canada, 1840.

A ST LAWRENCE RIVER SCENE BY A ROYAL ENGINEER

£15,000

[RALEGH (Sir Walter)] & DRAKE (Samuel G.)

A Brief Memoir of Sir Walter Ralegh; prepared… 1862.

ABUNDANTLY EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED

£12,500

PARKER (Agnes Miller)

The Fables of Esope, 1931.

A REMARKABLY WELL-PRESERVED COPY OF AGNES MILLER PARKER'S MASTERPIECE

£12,500

BURNE-JONES (Edward)

The Flower Book, 1905.

£12,000

PÉCHEUR (Jane), ANOUILH (Jean) & ANTHOINE-LEGRAIN (J.)

Antigone, 1945.

A STUNNING TYPOGRAPHIC BINDING

£12,000

CHELONIIDAE PRESS & BROCKMAN (James) [Binder]

Birds and Beasts of Shakespeare, 1990.

A MASTERFUL BINDING BY JAMES BROCKMAN

£12,000

KRULL (Germaine)

Études de Nu, 1930.

'Why make nudes? because it has always been beautiful and I liked it one summer morning'

£8,500

OGATA (Gekko).

Gekko Zuihitsu [Gekko’s Miscellaneous Jottings], 1896.

A complete album of Ogata Gekko's masterpiece

£8,500

CRANACH PRESS & VERGILIUS MARO (Publius)

The Eclogues of Vergil. In the original Latin… 1927.

One of the greatest achievements of 20th century fine printing

£8,000

BEERBOHM (Max).

Miniature Design for a colossal fresco commemorating the… 1924.

£7,500

RILEY (Dominic) [Binder] & BARNFIELD (Richard)

Richard Barnfield's Sonnets, 2001.

A BEAUTIFUL AND THOUGHTFUL BINDING BY DOMINIC RILEY

£7,500

THUCYDIDES & ASHENDENE PRESS

Thucydides [History of the Peloponnesian War], 1930.

£7,000

KIPLING (Rudyard).

Sixteen Illustrations of Subjects from Rudyard Kipling's Jungle… 1903.

£6,000

TZARA (Tristan). & ARP (Hans)

Vingt-cinq poèmes. Dix Gravures sur bois de Hans… 1918.

£6,000

SAUVAGE (Slyvain) & DE LACLOS (Choderlos)

Les Liaisons Dangereuses, 1930.

EIGHT ORIGINAL WORKS AND FOUR COPPER PLATES BY SAUVAGE

£6,000

Bacon (Francis), RILEY (Dominic) [Binder] & PENNELL (Betty)

Of Gardens, 1993.

DOMINIC RILEY BINDING INSPIRED BY GARDENS

£6,000

BETJEMAN (John) as Deirdre O'Betjeman.

Some Immortal Hours. A Rhapsody of the Celtic… 1962.

£5,750

SIRA (Ben) & ASHENDENE PRESS

Wisdom of Jesus commonly called Ecclesiasticus, 1932.

£5,000

MIRÓ (Joan) & LÉVIS MANO (Guy)

Le Dedans & Le Dehors, 1966.

ORIGINAL SIGNED ETCHING BY MIRÓ

£5,000

WILLIAMS (Eric) [Editor], PALMER (Garrick) [Illustrator], OLD STILE PRESS & BROCKMAN (Stuart) [Binder]

Land, 1996.

FINELY BOUND BY STUART BROCKMAN

£5,000

HIDAKA (Chotaro).

Hills in the Rain, 1920.

JAPANESE PICTORIALIST PHOTOGRAPHY

£4,800

ALLIX (Susan) & LEON BATTISTA (Alberti)

On Painting. Translated from the original Italian, abridged… 1999.

ALBERTI'S MANUAL OF PAINTING, VIA SUSAN ALLIX

£4,500

ALLIX (Susan)

Colours of Persia, 2007.

ONE OF SUSAN ALLIX'S FINEST BOOKS

£4,500

BROCKMAN (Stuart) [Binder], GROSS (Philip) & REDDICK (Peter)

Abstract Garden, 1996.

FINELY BOUND BY STUART BROCKMAN

£4,500

ASHENDENE PRESS

A Book of Songs and Poems from the… 1904.

'A VARIED AND BEAUTIFUL WORK'

£4,250

VERLAINE (Paul), YSEUX SR. DE THIERRY-SIMIER [Binder] & CHIMOT (Édouard)

Parallelement, 1931.

THE LAST GASP OF THE 'ROARING TWENTIES'

£4,000

BRUGALLA (Emilio), JUVENAL & DE BECQUE (Maurice)

Satire Sur Les Femmes, 1923.

A FINE ART DECO BINDING BY THE CATALAN MASTER

£4,000

ALLIX (Susan)

Poems of Wyatt and Petrarch, Tudor poetry and… 1989.

PRINTED, ILLUSTRATED AND BOUND BY SUSAN ALLIX

£4,000

ASHENDENE PRESS

Carmina Alcaica, 1903.

£4,000

WHISTLER (Rex).

The Wilsford Theatre. A small Collection of suggested… 1931.

A flower of friendship

£3,750

MARET (Russell) & LOEBER (Nancy)

Linear A to Linear Z, deluxe edition, 2015.

Copy XIV of XX special copies bound in quarter white leather

£3,500

PALMER (Samuel). & VIRGIL

The Eclogues of Virgil, 1883.

An unusually bright copy of Samuel Palmer's gently transcendent masterpiece

£3,500

BURNE-JONES (Edward Coley)

Pan and Psyche, 1887.

£3,500