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
19 BEERBOHM | "A Suggestion" [George V and Queen Mary], pencil and watercolour, 1924
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
28 [ALLESTREE] | The Lively Oracles Given to Us, 1678, fine contemporary binding
29 [ANONYMOUS] | The History of Lord Aimworth and the Honourable Charles Hartford, 1773
30 [ANONYMOUS] | The History of Eliza Musgrove, 1769
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
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
47 EDMONDES | Observations Upon Caesar's Commentaries, [1609]
48 FERGUSON | An Essay on the History of Civil Society, 1767
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