Maggs Bros. Ltd.

HACHIMORI (Kotaro) & KAWAKAMI (Sumio), illus.

Kotan enkin [Kotan's perspective – two copies], 1957.

Kawakami as a designer

£500

[OKAMURA (Kichiemon)]

Gatha, 1961.

A dazzling stencil-dyed Buddhist gatha

£650

LAWRENCE (T.E.)

Seven Pillars of Wisdom a triumph, 1926.

THE GARNETT COPY OF THE SUBSCRIBERS, OR "CRANWELL" EDITION, ONE OF 170 COMPLETE COPIES INSCRIBED BY LAWRENCE

£120,000

HORIGUCHI (Daigaku).

Token Ryubisho [Notes about Attractive Eyes], 1976.

Poetry and luxurious lacquer

£2,500

UNKNOWN ARTIST.

Saionjike kurumazu. [Illustrations of Saionji style Palanquins], 1750.

A very fine draft scroll with excellent provenance

£4,500

MATTHEWS (William)

Bookbinding. A Manual for those interested in the… 1929.

WILLIAM MATTHEWS BINDING ON HIS OWN MANUAL OF BOOKBINDING, INSCRIBED TO HIS WIFE

£5,000

KAWAKAMI (Sumio)

Cinderella, 1943.

The East-meets-West version of Cinderella

£1,000

SHIMIZU (Kosho)

Sanbo geishun [New Year's Greetings from a Mountain… 1986.

Exuberant paintings by a retired monk

£450

DAN (Kazuo) & TSUKASA (Osamu), illus. and design.

Kataku no hito [The man of the burning… 1979.

A tactile, limited edition of Dan Kazuo's final novel

£1,500

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

SARTRE (Jean-Paul).

La Nausée, 1938.

INSCRIBED BY SARTRE, IN A REVORIM BINDING BY JEAN DE GONET

£5,000

[CATHOLIC CHURCH]

Missale Romanum, 1660.

'ALMOST HEDONISTIC': UNRECORDED ROMAN MISSAL, SUMPTUOUSLY BOUND IN RECYCLED SILK

£6,500

CASTELLESI (Adriano)

De sermone Latino, et modis Latine loquendi. Eiusdem… 1524.

LAVISHLY GILT AND GAUFFERED

£2,250

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

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

Mingei to seikatsu [Mingei and Lifestyle], 1944.

Living and breathing Mingei philosophy

£1,250

SHAKESPEARE (William) & BARTLEY (Glenn)

Hamlet, 1978.

£3,250

GARRET (Frank) [Binder)

My Recipe Book, 1929.

£800

[POPULAR PRINT]

La Gitanilla de madrid...Primera Parte. (Secunda Parte), 1816.

PRINTED BY A WOMAN

£750

GOLTWURM (Caspar)

Biblische Chronica, darinn die fürtrefliche Geschicht der heiligen… 1558.

NO COPIES OUTSIDE GERMANY

£5,000

DELESSERT (Édouard).

Vingt et un jours à la Mer Morte.… 1851.

INSCRIBED LIMITED EDITION

£350

BEAUMONT, Cyril W.

The Mysterious Toyshop

£150

MACHIAVELLI (Niccolo).

Lettere, 1929.

MACHIAVELLI IN A CHRISTMAS BINDING

£250

SCHILLER (Friedrich).

Die Verschwörung des Fiesco zu Genua. Ein republikanisches Trauerspiel, 1788.

£250

SHAKESPEARE (William).

The Works of William Shakespeare. Edited by Israel… 1899.

A stunning set of Shakespeare's complete works

£7,500

DANTE

Dante con l'espositione di Christoforo Landino, et di… 1564.

THE SIGNET LIBRARY COPY

£9,500

PHILANDRIER (Guillaume)

In decem libros M. Vitruvii Pollionis de architectura… 1544.

EARLY CRITICAL RECEPTION OF VITRUVIUS

£4,500

BIBLE

(King James Version). The Holy Bible. Contemporary red… 1768.

£4,000

YEATS (W.B.)

Poems, 1923.

£450

KAWAKAMI (Sumio).

Hirado genso [Hirado fantasy], 1977.

The Dutch trading port of Hirado, Nagasaki

£450

KAWAKAMI (Sumio).

Ima wa mukashi [Once upon a time], 1967.

Bound with a reverse glass painting

£800

CHELONIIDAE PRESS & BROCKMAN (James) [Binder]

Birds and Beasts of Shakespeare, 1990.

A MASTERFUL BINDING BY JAMES BROCKMAN

£12,000

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

Abstract Garden, 1996.

FINELY BOUND BY STUART BROCKMAN

£4,500

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

Land, 1996.

FINELY BOUND BY STUART BROCKMAN

£5,000

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

Of Gardens, 1993.

DOMINIC RILEY BINDING INSPIRED BY GARDENS

£6,000

ALLIX (Susan)

Attitudes, 2024.

An artist's book by Susan Allix

£2,500

ALLIX (Susan)

Colours of Persia, 2007.

ONE OF SUSAN ALLIX'S FINEST BOOKS

£4,500

FARLEIGH (John) & WOMESLEY (Edward)

The Creative Craftsman, 1950.

A THOUGHTFUL AND UNUSUAL BINDING

£900

VALE PRESS ., RICKETTS (Charles) & MARLOWE (Christopher)

Hero and Leander, 1894.

A FINE COPY OF RICKETTS' FINE BOOK

£3,000

PLOUGH PRESS & WAKEMAN (Geoffrey)

English Marbled Papers, A Documentary History, 1985.

THE SPECIAL EDITION WITH 7 ADDITIONAL SAMPLES

£800

KAWAKAMI (Sumio).

Jagatarabumi [Letters from Jakarta], 1941.

The half-Japanese diaspora in Jakarta

£4,000

KAMISAKI (Sunao).

Toki seou [Bearing the weight of time], 1987.

Time: in fourteen influential thinkers

£450

[Anon], LALAU (Maurice), CANAPE (George) [Binder] & CORRIEZ (George) [Binder]

Les Quinze Joyes de Mariage, 1928.

A STRIKING ART DECO BINDING

£2,000