
Please note that the results listed on this page are inclusive of any Sotheby's Premiums and exclusive of any applicable taxes and costs, unless otherwise noted.
Please note that the results listed on this page are inclusive of any Sotheby's Premiums and exclusive of any applicable taxes and costs, unless otherwise noted.
English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations
3 December - 10 December 2019 • London

1. STATUTES OF THE ORDER OF THE GARTER | Illuminated manuscript, c.1587-8

2. ST HELENA | Portfolio of letters and documents relating to the East India Company, 1670s-80s

3. TALBOT | "Of the Jewell House", with "Blud''s attempt upon the Crowne in the Tower", manuscript, late 17th century

6. DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH | signed treaty, 1702, later signed by Sir Winston Churchill

7. 4th EARL OF TANKERVILLE | Correspondence on corruption in the Post Office, 1786, and other family papers

8. An Abstract of Evidence for the Abolition of Slave Trade

9. BURKE | Reflections on the Revolution in France, Philip Francis's annotated copy

10. TANKERVILLE | Correspondence, 19th century

11. BRITISH PRIME MINISTER | Despatch Box, Victorian

12. T. GWATKIN | Autograph album, early 19th century

13. AUTOGRAPH ALBUM | compiled by Richard Temple, c.1890s

14. AUTOGRAPH ALBUMS | c.1500 items, in 3 volumes, with index volume

15. DARWIN | On the Origin of Species, 1859

16. KING | Manuscript memoir of his military service in African wars, 1895-97

17. RMS TITANIC | Amy Stanley, eyewitness account of the sinking of the Titanic

18. BADGER | Papers as Military Attache to Spain, 1918-19
![BEERBOHM | "A Suggestion" [George V and Queen Mary], pencil and watercolour, 1924](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/34b2bae/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1797+0+0/resize/150x135!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F7d%2F44%2Fb5def4d247cc9c77a94445ff5dd8%2Fl19408-bd524-1.jpg)
19. BEERBOHM | "A Suggestion" [George V and Queen Mary], pencil and watercolour, 1924
![BEERBOHM | "A Constitutional Monarch" [Edward VII], ink and watercolour, [c.1910]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/51208da/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1543+0+0/resize/150x116!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F0b%2Fd7%2Fd6ede8cf4ba180ccde75789ff628%2Fl19408-9lgqp-1.jpg)
20. BEERBOHM | "A Constitutional Monarch" [Edward VII], ink and watercolour, [c.1910]

21. DR EVAN BEDFORD | Medical papers, diaries, and related material

22. GANDHI | 9 letters and cards, to Jamnabehn, 1924-33

23. CHURCHILL | The Second World War Cassell, 1948- 1954, signed

24. CHURCHILL | signed photograph, with related correspondence

25. CHURCHILL | Autograph letter signed, to Neville Duke, 7 September 1952

27. ENIGMA MACHINE | Operational Service Enigma (Enigma I), 1944
![[ALLESTREE] | The Lively Oracles Given to Us, 1678, fine contemporary binding](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4833363/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1592+0+0/resize/150x119!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fb7%2F80%2Fadfeed09494cb627051edc596aa1%2Fl19408-759cp-2.jpg)
28. [ALLESTREE] | The Lively Oracles Given to Us, 1678, fine contemporary binding
![[ANONYMOUS] | The History of Lord Aimworth and the Honourable Charles Hartford, 1773](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8a4577b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1236x2000+0+0/resize/150x243!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fc8%2F57%2F354e7aac479d86b5292c6e32dc4e%2Fl19408-b95rr-1.jpg)
29. [ANONYMOUS] | The History of Lord Aimworth and the Honourable Charles Hartford, 1773
![[ANONYMOUS] | The History of Eliza Musgrove, 1769](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/74ab786/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1195x2000+0+0/resize/150x251!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fc3%2Fa9%2Ff6fb321640d4a48bfbdb1af1b8d0%2Fl19408-b95rv-1.jpg)
30. [ANONYMOUS] | The History of Eliza Musgrove, 1769
![[ANONYMOUS] | The Happy Discovery: or, the history Miss Emilia Creswell, 1769](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/fc8c856/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1222x2000+0+0/resize/150x245!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fce%2Fc3%2Ff0476d2e41d79791b9d17466739d%2Fl19408-b95rt-1.jpg)
31. [ANONYMOUS] | The Happy Discovery: or, the history Miss Emilia Creswell, 1769

32. BACON | The Two Books of Francis Bacon of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning, Divine and Humane, 1605

33. BIBLE, English, 1620 | in needlework binding attributed to the Nuns of Little Gidding

34. BLOWER | Maria, 1785

35. BOCCACCIO | The Decameron, 1625-1620

36. BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER | John Reeves, 1812, binding with Arms of George III

37. BOSWELL | The Life of Samuel Johnson, 1791

38. BOSWELL | The Life of Samuel Johnson, 1791

39. BROOKE | The History of Emily Montague, 1769

40. CARDANO--BEDINGFELD | Cardanus Comforte Translated into Englishe, 1573

41. CERVANTES | The History of the Renown'd Don Quixote de la Mancha, 1700

42. CERVANTES | The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote De La Mancha, 1742
![[CLELAND] | The Woman of Honor, 1768](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0905bf6/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1240x2000+0+0/resize/150x242!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F47%2F61%2F203bfa8e4cd4b4c180e21ad34150%2Fl19408-b95ry-1.jpg)
43. [CLELAND] | The Woman of Honor, 1768

44. DONNE | Five Sermons in one volume, 1622-1626

45. DOUGLAS | The xiii bukes of Eneados, 1553

46. DRUMMOND | Poems, 1616
![EDMONDES | Observations Upon Caesar's Commentaries, [1609]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0d9b4be/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1359x2000+0+0/resize/150x221!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fac%2F34%2F7857358348a881c83691da32dcce%2Fl19408-758zv-1.jpg)
47. EDMONDES | Observations Upon Caesar's Commentaries, [1609]

48. FERGUSON | An Essay on the History of Civil Society, 1767
![[FIELDING] | The Adventures of David Simple, 1744](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/801ca83/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1284x2000+0+0/resize/150x234!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F8e%2F33%2Fd5ce748840f693e82e948993d6d6%2Fl19408-b95s4-1.jpg)
49. [FIELDING] | The Adventures of David Simple, 1744

50. GIBBON | The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 1776

51. GODWIN | An Inquiry Concerning Political Justice and Its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness, 1793