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English Literature, History, Science, Childrens Books and Illustrations

09 July 2018 - 10 July 2018 | 2:00 PM BST | London

SALE TOTAL

4,147,514GBP
Browse Lots
  • 357
    Darwin, Charles
    Autograph manuscript leaf from the Origin of Species
    LOT SOLD.490,000GBP
  • 619
    Shepard, E.H.
    The Original Map of the Hundred Acre Wood
    LOT SOLD.430,000GBP
  • 358
    Darwin, Charles
    Autograph manuscript leaf from the Origin of Species,
    LOT SOLD.274,000GBP
  • 359
    Darwin, Charles
    On the Origin of Species by means of natural selection. John Murray, 1859
    LOT SOLD.212,500GBP
  • 362
    Darwin, Charles
    Autograph manuscript leaf from The Expression of the Emotions of Man and Animals,
    LOT SOLD.200,000GBP
  • 622
    Shepard, E.H.
    "...by-and-by they came to an enchanted place on the very top of the Forest…"
    LOT SOLD.200,000GBP
  • 621
    Shepard, E.H.
    "For a long time they looked at the river beneath them..."
    LOT SOLD.175,000GBP
  • 363
    Darwin, Charles
    Autograph manuscript leaf from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
    LOT SOLD.137,500GBP
  • 620
    Shepard, E.H.
    Pair of illustrations, comprising:
    LOT SOLD.112,500GBP
  • 423
    Spenser, Edmund
    The Faerie Queen: The Shepheards Calendar: Together with the other Works of England's arch-poet. H[umphrey] L[ownes] for Mathew Lownes, 1611 [i.e. 1612 or 1613]
    LOT SOLD.106,250GBP
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Sale Number: L18404 Lots : 305

SALE TOTAL

4,147,514GBP DOWNLOAD RESULTS

Sessions

  • Session 1: 09 Jul 2018 | 02:00 PM | Lots 301 - 505
  • Session 2: 10 Jul 2018 | 10:00 AM | Lots 506 - 624
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This summer’s English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations auction presents exceptional material across the collecting categories. Beginning in the 16th century, the auction will span over 500 years of Books and Manuscripts. The sale will comprise of remarkable copies of the greatest names in literature, fine examples of Private Press and property from a number of important private collections. Highlights of the auction will include a wide range of exceptional material relating to the Victorian scientific golden age.

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Peter Selley
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Books & Manuscripts
+44 20 7293 5295
peter.selley@sothebys.com
Dr Philip W Errington
Specialist
Books & Manuscripts
+44 20 7293 5302
philip.errington@sothebys.com
Dr Gabriel Heaton
Specialist
Books & Manuscripts
+44 20 7293 5670
gabriel.heaton@sothebys.com
Paige Thompson
Cataloguer
Books & Manuscripts
+44 20 7293 5296
paige.thompson@sothebys.com
Dina Andrzheychik
Administrator
Sculpture & Works of Art
+44 207 293 5297
dina.andrzheychik@sothebys.com
   
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