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.
Books and Manuscripts: 19th and 20th Century
3 December - 14 December 2021 • London
1 Autograph album | Including letters by Lafayette, C.L. Dodgson, Ruskin, Blanc, 18th and 19th centuries
2 Autograph Album | Including signed photo of Tagore, signature of Sigmund Freud, and others
3 Hans Christian Andersen | Paper cut of a figure in woodland
4 H.M. Bateman | "Poor George is so shy", pen and ink, framed and glazed
5 H.M. Bateman | "Not one of my best days", pen and ink drawing, framed and glazed
6 H.M. Bateman | "Bourchier", 1911, pencil and watercolour, framed and glazed
7 H.M. Bateman | "The Civilian and the War Office", 1917, pen and ink, framed and glazed
8 H.M. Bateman | "The Contest", 1919, pen ink and watercolour, framed and glazed
9 H.M. Bateman | Medal Day, 1922, original drawings
10 H.M. Bateman | "Champions all", 1922, pen and ink, framed and glazed
11 H.M. Bateman | "Binks serenading a lady", 1923, print, framed and glazed
12 H.M. Bateman | "The Faster Train or The Railway that Got a Move On", original drawing, [c.1930s]
13 The Beano, No. 1, July 30 1938
14 Max Beerbohm | "The Patron", pencil and watercolour drawing, 1920, framed and glazed
15 Max Beerbohm | "James Welch", ink and watercolour drawing, 1920, framed and glazed
16 Treaty of Berlin | set of 20 signatures, written just prior to the signing of the treaty, 13 July 1878
17 Bestall--Harrold, etc. | Rupert the Bear Collection, incl. complete set of The Rupert Adventure Series (236 volumes)
18 John Betjeman | Series of 22 letters and cards to C.J. Pennethorne Hughes, 1939-67
19 John Betjeman | Extensive series of c.90 letters and cards to John Arlott, 1942-78
20 John Betjeman | Seven autograph letters signed, to Dawn Arlott, 1951-64
21 John Betjeman | Five autograph manuscript and typescript poems
22 Black; Priestly; Smith; Watt | Four works in 6 volumes, 1738-1803
23 William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience, c.1832
24 William Blake | The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, [1868], facsimile reprint
25 William Blake | There is No Natural Religion, 1886, facsimile reprint
26 Marc Boxer | "Music of time", (each 280 x 195mm.), framed and mounted
27 Anthony Burgess | A Clockwork Orange, 1962, first edition
28 Čapek | Krakatit, Prague, 1924, original decorative wrappers
29 Thomas Carlyle | Past and Present, 1843, with an autograph letter signed loosely inserted, 1862
30 Enrico Caruso | Caricatures by Enrico Caruso, signed and inscribed by Caruso on the title page. New York, 1908
31 Agatha Christie | Murder on the Orient Express, FIRST EDITION, original orange cloth
32 Winston Churchill | The Malakand Field Force, 1898, first edition, first issue, with clipped signature
33 Winston Churchill | The River War, first edition, signed by the Aga Khan
34 Winston Churchill | Three volumes of speeches, 1915-1947
35 Winston Churchill--Walter Noble | With a Bristol Fighter Squadron, 1920
36 Winston Churchill | Three works about Churchill by J.M. Keynes and others, 1924-41
37 Winston Churchill | A Speech... in the House of Commons. August 20th, 1940 (2 copies in variant bindings)
38 Winston Churchill | An Address ... December 26th 1941, one of 1000 copies, 1942
39 Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt | Banknote ("Short Snorter") signed by both, 1942-43
40 Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt | The Atlantic Charter, poster, 1943
41 Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt | Atlantic Charter, [c.1944], one of 100 copies, original wrappers
42 Winston Churchill | My Early Life, 1949 Odhams Press reprint, red morocco, signed in 1957, slipcase
43 Samuel Taylor Coleridge | Christabel: Kubla Khan, etc. London, 1816, first edition
44 Harry Craddock | The Savoy Cocktail Book, London, 1930, inscribed by the author
45 Charles Darwin | The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication. London, 1868, first edition, first issue
46 Charles Dickens | A Christmas Carol. London: Chapman & Hall, 1844, first edition, trial printing
47 Charles Dickens | A Christmas Carol. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843, first edition with autograph cheque
48 Charles Dickens | The Christmas Books, 1843-1848, 5 volumes