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English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations
1 July - 9 July 2019 • London
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1. King Edward VI, Letter signed, with stamp, also signed by Protector Somerset, 1547

2. King Edward VI, letter signed, 30 June 1551

3. Queen Mary I., letter signed, 28 January 1554

4. Queen Mary I., letter signed, 18 April 1554

5. Queen Mary I and Philip of Spain, letter signed by both, 20 April 1555

6. Queen Elizabeth I, letter signed, 21 January 1559

7. Queen Elizabeth I, Letters patent with Great Seal, 1594

8. King James I, document signed, 1610

9. Heraldic Manuscript, with c.3700 coloured coats of arms, 17th century

10. King Charles II, document signed, as Prince of Wales, 1645 with two other documents

11. Ireland, summary of Government expenditure, 1654

12. George IV, as Prince of Wales, and Prince Frederick, letters to the Earl of Holdernesse, and related papers

13. William Owen, Manuscript Memoir in India and elsewhere ,1750s-60s

14. King George III, four autograph notes, 1778-1781, with a letter signed by Lord North, late 18th century

15. Slavery--Estate ledger for Saxham Estate, Jamaica, including a list of slaves, 1783

16. Bligh, A Voyage to the South Sea..., 1792, first edition

17. Nelson, document signed, order of battle and sailing, 1798

18. Nelson, autograph letter signed, to Emma Hamilton, 1801

19. Cigarette box made from timber from HMS Victory, 1888

20. Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier and 1st Baron Ettrick c.200 letters to Miss Lockwood, 19th century

21. Autograph album of Beatrice, Lady Michelham, 1895-1950s
![First World War, four albums of 962 photographs, [early twentieth century]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3691fa8/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1423+0+0/resize/150x107!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F81%2F82%2F70b2ae544448a6e405591d440d0c%2Fl19404-b7gkz-1.jpg)
22. First World War, four albums of 962 photographs, [early twentieth century]

23. Proclamation of the Irish Republic, 1916, lower half only, together with two handbills

24. Ireland, The Proclamation of the Independence of the Irish Republic, 1916

25. Baden-Powell, autograph draft letter on the educational role of scouting, 1916-18

26. Baden-Powell, draft autograph letter, to Hamlin

27. Baden-Powell, three autograph draft letters

28. Baden-Powell, group of five items including autograph notes

29. M.K. Gandhi, series of seven letters, notes, and cards, to Jamnabehn, 1925-32

30. The Constitution of India, Dehradun, 1950

31. Winston Churchill, a cigarette case once owned by him, 1907

32. Churchill, signed photograph, cigar & other memorabilia

33. Dorgan, c.140 letters to her son, concerning the domestic life of Sir Winston Churchill, chiefly 1945-46

34. Churchill, Bronze of Churchill, 1976

35. Williams, Bust of Churchill, 1978

36. Beerbohm, Hugh Cecil Lowther, fifth Earl of Lonsdale, original caricature, 1921
![Mao, [Quotations of Chairman Mao], 1964](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5af4e58/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1365x2000+0+0/resize/150x220!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F8b%2F34%2F4533e7b64206b2d35ffd79a49619%2Fl19404-b7llv-1.jpg)
37. Mao, [Quotations of Chairman Mao], 1964

38. Norden, The Surveiors Dialogue, 1610

39. Newton, Mathematical Elements, 1660

40. Hume, 5 works in 5 volumes including Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding

41. Monboddo, Of the Origin and Progress of Language, 1774-92, 6 volumes
![Lovelace, autograph letter signed, to Mrs Tynte, [c. 1840]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6e768cb/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1687+0+0/resize/150x127!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F20%2F47%2Fdca16b49462fbe3307456190c568%2Fl19404-b627d-1.jpg)
42. Lovelace, autograph letter signed, to Mrs Tynte, [c. 1840]

43. Burnside, Theory of groups of finite order, 1911, Alan Turing's copy

44. Popper, autograph letter signed, to Professor Scott, 14 July 1946

45. Hawking, The Universe in a Nutshell, 2001, signed with authorial thumbprints
![[Abendano], An Almanack for the Year of Christ..., 1693-1699](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/305dab6/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1819+0+0/resize/150x136!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F75%2F9b%2F36c0a95a4147b980ffb43229ce80%2Fl19404-b47wl-1.jpg)
46. [Abendano], An Almanack for the Year of Christ..., 1693-1699

47. Bible, English, Grafton, 1553

48. Burnet, Telluris theoria sacra, London, 1681, red morocco cottage roof binding