Maggs Bros. Ltd – Rare Books & Manuscripts

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13-15 March 2026

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Reconnoissance of the Anchorage of Ura-Ga & Reception Bay, on the West Side of the Entrance of Jeddo Bay, Island of Niphon, Japan. Made by Order of Commo. M.C. Perry, Comd'g U.S. Naval Forces E. India, China & Japan Seas.

[PERRY (Commodore Matthew)]., HEINE (William). & PATTERSON (Hamilton).

Reconnoissance of the Anchorage of Ura-Ga & Reception… 1853.

£75,000

Japan Expedition Press. Additional Regulations, Agreed between Commodore Matthew C. Perry and Commissioners of the Emperor of Japan, on Behalf of their Respective Governments.

PERRY (Commodore Matthew).

Japan Expedition Press. Additional Regulations, Agreed between Commodore… 1854.

IMPORTANT SHIPBOARD IMPRINTS FROM THE PERRY JAPAN EXPEDITION

£56,000

Japanese Fashion & Textiles

Ten items spanning 200 years

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KAWAKAMI (Sumio).

Ranpu to onna [Lamps and Women], 1965.

Natural and man-made beauty, admired together

£2,500

OKAMURA (Kichiemon).

Saitoro sashi no uta [A Song of Saitoro-sashi], 1961.

The song of the tafu weaver

£1,200

From Maggs to Maggs

A Book Lover's Walking Tour from Curzon Street to Bedford Square

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Ars moriendi

The art of dying well

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Processional leaf with historiated initial C containing skull & bone, illuminated manuscript on vellum.

[CIRCLE OF BENEDETTO BORDONE]

Processional leaf with historiated initial C containing skull… 1520.

£5,500

The Battle of Ibera at which the Romans defeated Hasdrubal, a miniature from the Romuléon, illuminated manuscript on vellum.
[Eastern France, c. 1480]

GARNIER (Pierre)

The Battle of Ibera at which the Romans… 1480.

FROM A LAVISH MANUSCRIPT HISTORY OF ROME

£13,500

Book Arts and Publishing History, Cohen IV

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Celebrating 250 Years of Jane Austen

The most perfect artist among women, the writer whose books are immortal

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dbUK Bookbinding Competition 2025

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Women Writers of the Twentieth Century

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BOWEN (Elizabeth).

The Death of the Heart, 1938.

INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR

£1,500

BOWEN (Elizabeth).

Seven Winters, 1942.

INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR

£500

Winston S. Churchill

A new list of fine books and manuscripts by and about Winston S. Churchill, including books from the library of Grace Hamblin OBE

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The Second World War and An Epilogue on the Years 1945 to 1957.

CHURCHILL (Winston S.)

The Second World War and An Epilogue on… 1959.

INSCRIBED BY DENIS KELLY TO GRACE HAMBLIN

£750

The Second World War: The Gathering Storm; The Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance; The Hinge of Fate; Closing the Ring; Triumph and Tragedy.

CHURCHILL (Winston S.)

The Second World War: The Gathering Storm; The… 1948.

Inscribed to Grace Hamblin, "the longest-serving member of Churchill’s secretarial staff".

£15,000

The History of Maggs Bros.

From our founding in 1853 to the present day

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Use of Angers, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum.
Bruges, c. 1440-1450

BOOK OF HOURS

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Reconnoissance of the Anchorage of Ura-Ga & Reception… 1853.

Japan Expedition Press. Additional Regulations, Agreed between Commodore… 1854.

Japanese Fashion & Textiles

Ranpu to onna [Lamps and Women], 1965.

Saitoro sashi no uta [A Song of Saitoro-sashi], 1961.

From Maggs to Maggs

Ars moriendi

Processional leaf with historiated initial C containing skull… 1520.

The Battle of Ibera at which the Romans… 1480.

Book Arts and Publishing History, Cohen IV

Celebrating 250 Years of Jane Austen

dbUK Bookbinding Competition 2025

Women Writers of the Twentieth Century

The Death of the Heart, 1938.

Seven Winters, 1942.

Winston S. Churchill

The Second World War and An Epilogue on… 1959.

The Second World War: The Gathering Storm; The… 1948.

The History of Maggs Bros.

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Use of Angers, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on… 1440.

Alberti Durer Noriberg. German. Icones sacrae. In historiam… 1604.

Pan and Psyche, 1887.

"Evidence for 2-Chain Helix in Crystalline Structure of… 1953.

La Guerre et la Paix. Roman historique traduit… 1879.

Hinoe tora goshi ginka kana tsuguru ban katazome… 1986.

Hato [Surging Waves], 1910.

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