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57th California International Antiquarian Book Fair

57th California International Antiquarian Book Fair

27 Feb—1 Mar, 2026

Pseudodoxia epidemica,

BROWNE (Sir Thomas), translated by, & KNORR VON ROSENROTH (Christian).

Pseudodoxia epidemica, 1680.

THOMAS BROWNE AS A CATALYST FOR EUROPEAN INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

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

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 1913.

AN EARLY BINDING BY THE GREAT MASTER

Japanese Fashion & Textiles

Japanese Fashion & Textiles

Ten items spanning 200 years

Ranpu to onna [Lamps and Women]

KAWAKAMI (Sumio).

Ranpu to onna [Lamps and Women], 1965.

Natural and man-made beauty, admired together

Saitoro sashi no uta [A Song of Saitoro-sashi]

OKAMURA (Kichiemon).

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

The song of the tafu weaver

From Maggs to Maggs

From Maggs to Maggs

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

Ars moriendi

Ars moriendi

The art of dying well

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.

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

Book Arts and Publishing History, Cohen IV

Book Arts and Publishing History, Cohen IV

Celebrating 250 Years of Jane Austen

Celebrating 250 Years of Jane Austen

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

dbUK Bookbinding Competition 2025

dbUK Bookbinding Competition 2025

Sponsored by Designer Bookbinders and The Folio Society

Women Writers of the Twentieth Century

Women Writers of the Twentieth Century

The Death of the Heart.

BOWEN (Elizabeth).

The Death of the Heart, 1938.

INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR

Seven Winters.

BOWEN (Elizabeth).

Seven Winters, 1942.

INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR

Winston S. Churchill

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

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

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".

The History of Maggs Bros.

The History of Maggs Bros.

From our founding in 1853 to the present day

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Pan and Psyche

BURNE-JONES (Edward Coley)

Pan and Psyche, 1887.

The Works of William Shakespeare. Edited by Israel Gollancz. With Many Illustrations Antiquarian and Topographical.

SHAKESPEARE (William).

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

Ueber den Willen in der Natur. Eine Erörterung der Bestätigungen, welche die Philosophie des Verfassers, seit ihrem Auftreten, durch die empirischen Wissenschaften erhalten hat.

SCHOPENHAUER (Arthur).

Ueber den Willen in der Natur. Eine Erörterung… 1836.

Presentation copy of Schopenhauer's On the Will in Nature

Izu no odoriko [The Dancing Girl of Izu]

KAWABATA (Yasunari).

Izu no odoriko [The Dancing Girl of Izu], 1932.

SIGNED BY JAPAN'S FIRST NOBEL PRIZE WINNER FOR LITERATURE

Lady Harriet Ackland [sic] ...

[REVOLUTIONARY WAR] & POLLARD (Robert).

Lady Harriet Ackland [sic] , 1794.

A HEROINE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Ningen Shikkaku [No longer Human].

Ningen Shikkaku [No longer Human], 1947.

DAZAI'S SECOND (AND LAST) NOVEL

Carmen ad gravem: sanctumque senatum Lipsensem: de orgijs corporis Christi publici assertoris. deque supplicationibus et (ut aiunt) processionibus: que oppido Lipsico talium sacrorum luce peraguntur.

TUBERINUS (Johannes)

Carmen ad gravem: sanctumque senatum Lipsensem: de orgijs… 1512.

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From Maggs to Maggs

From Maggs to Maggs

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

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Japanese Fashion & Textiles

Ten items spanning 200 years

Japanese Fashion & Textiles

57th California International Antiquarian Book Fair

27 Feb—1 Mar, 2026

57th California International Antiquarian Book Fair

Ars moriendi

The art of dying well

Ars moriendi

Book Arts and Publishing History, Cohen IV

Book Arts and Publishing History, Cohen IV

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