Maggs Bros. Ltd.

[HMS CHALLENGER EXPEDITION] & NARES (Capt. George S.)

Extracts from the Reports of Capt. Nares. HMS… 1876.

PRESENTED BY THE ADMIRALTY

£1,500

GRANT (William J.A.), photographer.

[Photographs of the Dutch Polar expeditions of William… 1883.

PHOTOGRAPHING FOUR ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS

£15,000

SEKINO (Junichiro).

Kojiki emaki [Picture Scroll of the Kojiki], 1949.

A calming book for the busy age

£6,500

ABE (Eishiro)

Izumo Mingei Shifu [Izumo folk craft papers], 1956.

Made by the hands of a Living National Treasure

£1,500

KAWAKAMI (Sumio).

Futarizure [Couples], 1947.

A catwalk of stylish couples

£3,000

GOTO (Seikichiro).

Tesuki no kami [Handmade paper], 1984.

A highly tactile book on paper-making in Asia

£650

SEKINO (Junichiro).

Kosetsu shiki [The Story of the Blind Man… 1975.

The hand-coloured edition

£550

YANAGI (Muneyoshi). & [YANAGI (Soetsu)].

Washi no Bi [The Beauty of Japanese Paper], 1943.

With the rare original dust jacket

£2,000

WOLFF (Rev. Joseph).

Narrative of a Mission to Bokhara, in the… 1848.

Inscribed copy

£450

KAWAKAMI (Sumio).

Kawakami Sumio Sakuhin-shu [Collection of works by Kawakami… 1975.

A beautifully produced posthumous tribute

£1,500

BROWN (Ross D.)

Afro-American World Almanac. What Do You Know About… 1942.

THE RARE FIRST EDITION

£2,250

BROWN (Mary Hyde), compiler.

[Album containing Carte de Visites of Freed People's… 1869.

TERROR PREVAILED

£27,500

TAKAHASHI (Masataka).

Momikarakami [Kneaded papers], 1971.

A privately printed book on highly specialised washi

£350

SEKINO (Junichiro).

Hida yuki [Travels in Hida], 1951.

With two original Sekino woodblock printed postcards, signed

£650

KAWAKAMI (Sumio).

Ranpu to onna [Lamps and Women], 1965.

Natural and man-made beauty, admired together

£2,500

[BOCCACCIO (Giovanni)] & SALVIATI (Leonardo)

Il Decameron di messer Giovanni Boccacci, cittadini fiorentino,… 1582.

THE DECAMERON, CLEANED UP FOR CENSORS

£2,500

JOHNSON (B.S.) & GHOSE (Zulfikar).

Statement Against Corpses, 1964.

INSCRIBED BY B.S. JOHNSON, AND ADDITIONALLY SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS

£225

JOHNSON (B.S.).

A Dublin Unicorn, 1973.

£30

TUCKER (Alan) & [JOHNSON (B.S.).]

B.S.J. A Monody to the plan to Milton… 1974.

£30

JOHNSON (B.S.).

See the Old Lady Decently, 1975.

PROOF COPY

£75

JOHNSON (B.S.).

Trawl, 1966.

PROOF COPY

£125

JOHNSON (B.S.).

Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry, 1973.

£100

[GOLTZIUS (Hendrick) [Circle of]] & [CALDARA (Polidoro), called Da Caravaggio]

[Original pen and ink drawings] Four Olympian Gods… 1600.

INK SKETCHES AFTER GOLTZIUS, AFTER POLIDORO DA CARAVAGGIO

£2,000

JOHNSON (B.S.).

Everyone Knows Somebody Who's Dead, 1973.

LIMITED EDITION

£45

JOHNSON (B.S.).

Everyone Knows Somebody Who's Dead, 1973.

SIGNED LIMITED EDITION

£95

JOHNSON (B.S.).

Poems, 1964.

£100

GRAVES (Robert).

Beyond Giving Poems, 1969.

SIGNED LIMITED EDITION

£75

GRAVES (Robert).

The Green-Sailed Vessel Poems, 1971.

SIGNED LIMITED EDITION

£75

ORWELL (George).

Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1949.

One of the greatest works of British dystopian literature and a terrifying critique of totalitarianism.

£8,500

GASPAR (Enrique).

El Anacronópete, 1887.

THE FIRST NOVEL TO DEPICT A TIME TRAVEL MACHINE

£4,800

ISHERWOOD (Christopher).

The World in the Evening, 1954.

£35

DAHL (Roald).

Matilda, 1988.

An inscribed first edition.

£3,500

MULDOON (Paul).

The Birds. Translated from Aristophanes by Paul Muldoon… 1999.

SIGNED BY MULDOON

£75

MULDOON (Paul). & NI DHOMHNAILL (Nuala).

The Astrakhan Cloak. Poems in Irish by Nuala… 1992.

SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND THE TRANSLATOR

£100

MULDOON (Paul). & NI DHOMHNAILL (Nuala).

The Fifty Minute Mermaid. Poems in Irish by… 2007.

SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND THE TRANSLATOR

£100

[CROSS-DRESSING]. & [HEATH (William) artist.

Making a Lancer, 1829.

“THE SPLENDID ENTRÉE OF THE FEMALE CAVALRY!”

£2,400

[MORTON (Thomas)].

Theatre Royal, Newcastle....On Friday evening, March 16, 1838,… 1838.

SURINAM IN NEWCASTLE

£250

THOMAS (Edward).

Light and Twilight, 1911.

£50

MANNING (James).

The Nature of Bread, Honestly and Dishonestly Made;, 1757.

DEADLY BREAD

£1,800

WILSON (Charles H.)

Six Picturesque Views of Pompeii, 1836.

"THE MOST INTERESTING MEMORIAL OF PAST AGES WHICH HAS SURVIVED THE RAVAGES OF TIME"

£2,000

WHITTLE (R.P.)

Four Lithographic Views of Gillingham Church. Drawn from… 1840.

AN UNRECORDED SUITE OF PROVINCIAL LITHOGRAPHS

£1,500

[FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY WARS].

Bank Meeting. February 6, 1798. In the Press… 1798.

"THE EYES OF THE WHOLE KINGDOM...ARE UPON YOU"

£1,250