Books and Manuscripts: 19th and 20th Century
12 July - 20 July 2021 • London
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1 Hans Andersen | Paper cut of a figure in woodland
2 Baudelaire | Oeuvres posthumes, Paris, 1908, half morocco
3 Harmsen Van Der Beek | Noddy set off to find Four-Chimney House, watercolour drawing, 1950
5 [Enid Blyton] | Noddy and Friends Greetings Cards, ink and watercolour drawings
6 Book of Kells | limited edition facsimile, Luzern, 1990, 3 volumes
7 Branwell Bronte | Pencil sketch of T. Purser, 1840
8 Campan | Memoirs of Marie Antoinette, London, 1823, 4 volumes, armorial morocco gilt, with an original document
9 Čapek | Krakatit, Prague, 1924, original decorative wrappers
10 [Carroll] Mankiewicz | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, extra-illustrated and autographed screenplay, [1933]
11 Winston Churchill | The River War, 1899, blue pictorial cloth, first edition
12 Winston Churchill | The People's Rights, 1910, original wrappers, first edition, second issue
13 Winston Churchill | letter signed, to Tom Clarke, angrily outlining his editorial shortcomings, 21 July 1933
14 [Churchill and Roosevelt] | United for Victory, poster, 1942
15 Churchill and Roosevelt | The Atlantic Charter, [1943], poster
16 Churchill and Roosevelt | The Atlantic Charter, [c. 1944], one of 100 copies, original wrappers
17 Winston Churchill | typed letter signed, addressed to the people of Malta, November 1962
18 Richmal Crompton | Still - William, 1925, first edition, presentation copy inscribed
19 Richmal Crompton | William the Outlaw, 1927, first edition, presentation copy inscribed
20 Richmal Crompton | William - the Bad, 1930, first edition, presentation copy
21 Richmal Crompton | William - the Rebel, 1933, first edition, presentation copy inscribed
22 Richmal Crompton | William Does his Bit, 1941, first edition, presentation copy inscribed
23 Richmal Crompton | William and the Moon Rocket, 1954, first edition, presentation copy
24 Richmal Crompton | William and the Space Animal, 1956, first edition, presentation copy
25 Richmal Crompton | William's Television Show, 1958, first edition, presentation copy inscribed
26 Richmal Crompton | William's Treasure Trove, 1962, first edition, presentation copy inscribed
27 Richmal Crompton | William and the Witch, 1964, first edition, presentation copy inscribed
28 Richmal Crompton | William and the Pop Singers, 1965, first edition, presentation copy inscribed
29 Richmal Crompton | William and the Masked Ranger, 1966, first edition, presentation copy inscribed
30 Richmal Crompton | William the Superman, 1968, first edition, presentation copy inscribed
31 Richmal Crompton | William the Lawless, 1970, first edition, signed
32 Richmal Crompton | Jimmy, 1949, first edition, presentation copy inscribed
33 Richmal Crompton | A collection of 12 novels, first editions, presentation copies inscribed
34 Alfred Crowquill | 32 ink drawings for Aunt Mavor's Nursery Tales, 1856
35 Denon | Point de Lendemain, Paris, 1889, green morocco gilt by Lortic, hors commerce copy
36 Charles Dickens | Nicholas Nickleby, 1839, first edition, presentation copy with letter to Lady Holland
37 Charles Dickens | The Old Curiosity Shop, 1842, second American edition, presentation copy inscribed to Morris
38 Charles Dickens | Barnaby Rudge, 1842, first American edition, presentation copy inscribed by Dickens to Morris
39 Charles Dickens | Autograph letter signed, to Dr Southwood Smith, 2 September 1845
40 Diderot | Le Neveu de Rameau, Paris, 1929, 2 volumes, red morocco, original illustrations by Jeanniot
41 Arthur Conan Doyle | Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, New York, 1894, inscribed by the author
42 Dumas | The Three Musketeers, London, 1846, half calf, first English edition
43 Edward VIII, as Prince of Wales | autograph speech, 1919
44 J. von Eichendorff | Two autograph poem drafts, "Der Friede. 1814", and part of "Die ernsthafte Fastnacht 1814"
45 J. von Eichendorff | Autograph letter signed to Karl Goedeke, 12 October 1843
46 Eichmann | Interrogation transcripts, [Israel, 1961], 6 volumes, printed wrappers
47 George Barker, attrib. | Portrait believed to be of George Eliot, [1845]
48 T.S. Eliot | Series of 18 letters to Leonie Cohn, 1944-63
49 Flaubert | Un coeur simple, Paris, 1894, illustrated by Adan, blue morocco by Champs