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AUSTEN (JANE) Autograph letter signed ("Yours affec.ey/ J. Austen") to "My Dear Anna [Lefroy]", [Chawton], Thursday [December? 1816]. Sold for £75,250 inc. premium

TIGHE (MARY) Manuscript notebook titled "Sonnets", on the first leaf, containing some 140 poems, written in ink in a fine closely written hand, including poems from "Verses Transcribed for H.T." and later works, [n.p.], c.1806. Sold for £47,750 inc. premium

SUFFRAGETTE TEA SERVICE c.1909 (23). Sold for £11,475 inc. premium

DAVISON (EMILY WILDING) Fine photograph of the moment when Emily Wilding Davison was struck by the King's horse on Derby Day, 1913, printed 1920s. Sold for £2,295 inc. premium

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151• — COOKERY & MEDICINE Manuscript culinary and medicinal recipe book written in several hands, containing some 250 receipts including 'The Weapon Salve', eighteenth century

152• — WOLLSTONECRAFT (MARY) A Vindication of the Rights of Woman with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, [J. Johnson, 1792 or 1796]

153• — TIGHE (MARY) Manuscript notebook titled "Sonnets", on the first leaf, containing some 140 poems, written in ink in a fine closely written hand, including poems from "Verses Transcribed for H.T." and later works, [n.p.], c.1806

154 — PIOZZI (HESTER LYNCH THRALE) Autograph letter signed ("H:L:Piozzi") to Doctor Thackeray, regarding a gift for Harriet Maria Pemberton, "Brunbella", 23 December 1813

155 — AUSTEN (JANE) Autograph letter signed ("Yours affec.ey/ J. Austen") to "My Dear Anna [Lefroy]", [Chawton], Thursday [December? 1816]

156• — BROWNING (ELIZABETH BARRETT) The Battle of Marathon, ONE OF 50 COPIES, 1891; and 13 others

157• — BROWNING (ELIZABETH BARRETT) An Essay on Mind, with Other Poems, FIRST EDITION, James Duncan, 1826

158• — BROWNING (ELIZABETH BARRETT) Prometheus Bound. Translated from the Greek of Aeschylus. And Miscellaneous Poems by the Translator, FIRST EDITION, A. J. Valpy, 1833

159• — BROWNING (ELIZABETH BARRETT) Poems... New Edition, 2 vol., Chapman & Hall, 1850

160 — COOK (ELIZA) Autograph poem signed "Eliza Cook", titled "Master Onny/ Affectionally inscribed to my dear nieces, Jenny and Annie", with other poems and autograph letters (8)

161• — [BRONTË (CHARLOTTE)] Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. Edited by Currer Bell, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, Smith Elder, 1847

162• — [BRONTË (CHARLOTTE)] Shirley. A Tale. By Currer Bell, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, Smith, Elder, 1849

163• — NIGHTINGALE (FLORENCE) Notes on Hospitals, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, Longman, 1863

164 — NIGHTINGALE (FLORENCE) Series of fifteen letters to her good friend Jessie Lennox, one of the original Nightingale Nurses, Claydon House and 10 South Street, Park Lane, W., 9 September 1883 to 7 June 1896 (15)

165 — CAMERON (JULIA MARGARET) William Holman Hunt, half length portrait, [1864]

166 — CAMERON (JULIA MARGARET) Ellen Terry, 1864 (but printed 1913)

167 — CAMERON (JULIA MARGARET) George Frederic Watts, October 1865

168 — CAMERON (JULIA MARGARET) Mary Hillier, 1873

169• — JEKYLL (GERTRUDE) Home and Garden, 1900; Lilies for English Gardens, 1901; Wall and Water Gardens, [1901]; Roses for English Gardens, 1902, FIRST EDITIONS, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPIES (4)

170• — TRANSGENDER - BINDING [LILI ELBE] Man into Woman. An Authentic Record of a Change of Sex. The True Story of the Miraculous Transformation of the Danish Painter Einar Wegener (Andreas Sparre). Edited by Niels Hoyer [Ernest Harthen], Jarrolds, 1933

171 — MITCHELL (MARGARET) Typed letter signed to English fan Harry Haggas, on the ending of Gone with the Wind and the casting of the film, Atlanta, Georgia, 16 February 1939

172• — NEURATH (MARIE) Railways Under London, 'Library Edition', Max Parrish, [1964]

173 — FONTEYN (MARGOT) A pair of pink satin ballet pointe shoes worn by Margot Fonteyn, c.1962

174 — KEELER (CHRISTINE) Archive of letters, photographs and other material relating to the childhood and career of Christine Keeler (1942-2017), the majority from her own collection

175AR — DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES Portrait photograph by Terence Donovan, signed and dated by the sitter ("Diana 1990") in ink on the mount, [1986]

176• — LEIBOVITZ (ANNIE) Annie Leibovitz, 'SUMO' Collector's Edition, LIMITED TO 10,000 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER, New York, Taschen, 2014

177• — GREENAWAY (KATE) Under the Window: Pictures and Rhymes for Children, George Routledge, [1878]

178• — GREENAWAY (KATE) The Quiver of Love, [1886], FIRST EDITIONS, 4to and 8vo; and approximately 44 others, almost all illustrated by Greenaway (quantity)

179 — GREENAWAY (KATE) Album containing 67 drawings, c.1880-1890

180 — GREENAWAY (KATE) A pair of original illustrations of a little girl bowing, and little boy in Van Dyck costume, each 100 x 70mm. (2)

181• — GREENAWAY (KATE) Almanack for 1883-[1895], 1897, 1924-1929, a complete set, together 20 vol., Routledge, Dent or Warne, [1882-1894], [1896] and [1923-1928]

182• — GREENAWAY (KATE) Almanack for 1883-[1895] and 1897, a complete set with some variants, together 18 vol.; and 2 others, preserved together in a purpose-made morocco-backed box (20)

183• — GREENAWAY (KATE) Almanack for 1883-[1895], 1897, 1924-1929, a complete set with some variants and duplicates, together 51 vol., Routledge, Dent or Warne, [1882-1894], [1896] and [1923-1928] (51)

184• — GREENAWAY (KATE) Almanack for 1884, 50 copies, Routledge, [1883]

185• — GREENAWAY (KATE) Kate Greenaway's Alphabet, 106 copies, George Routledge, [c.1885] (106)

186 — GREENAWAY (KATE) 'I walked in the lonesome evening', original illustration, "June 1884"

187• — GREENAWAY (KATE) Kate Greenaway's Album: 192 Pictures in Gold Frames, Engraved and Printed by Edmund Evans, ONE OF ONLY EIGHT COPIES PRINTED (3)

188 — GREENAWAY (KATE) 'The Naughty Little Girl who went to see her Grandmama', AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT ILLUSTRATED WITH ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS [1885]

189 — GREENAWAY (KATE) 'This was their favourite amusement', autograph manuscript illustrated with original watercolour, [c.1885]

190 — GREENAWAY (KATE) 'Who'l go a jump' [sic], pair of original illustrations related to p.55 of Marigold Garden, each 90 x 205mm. (2)

191 — GREENAWAY - PRINTING BLOCKS A key block and 5 colour blocks for 'Marigold Garden', [c.1885]

192 — GREENAWAY - PRINTING BLOCKS A collection of 5 woodblocks for 'Marigold Garden', and approximately 36 packets of further printing blocks, [c.1885-1905] (quantity)

193 — GREENAWAY (KATE) Original illustration of three ice-skating children, 130 x 100mm.

194 — GREENAWAY (KATE) Three original illustrations, two of bonneted girls with posies, and one of a lady in red and white dress, images approximately 130 x 70mm. and smaller (3)

195 — GREENAWAY (KATE) Original illustration of a procession of children gathering flowers, image 165 x 135mm.

196 — GREENAWAY (KATE) Four original illustrations, images 150 x 100mm. and smaller (4)

197 — GREENAWAY - EPHEMERA A large quantity of ephemera (quantity)

198 — GREENAWAY - CERAMICS An extensive collection of British and Continental Ceramics of Kate Greenaway interest, late 19th and early 20th century (a quantity)

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151^• —
COOKERY & MEDICINE
Manuscript culinary and medicinal recipe book written in several hands, containing some 250 receipts including 'The Weapon Salve', eighteenth century

152^• —
WOLLSTONECRAFT (MARY)
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, [J. Johnson, 1792 or 1796]

153^• —
TIGHE (MARY)
Manuscript notebook titled "Sonnets", on the first leaf, containing some 140 poems, written in ink in a fine closely written hand, including poems from "Verses Transcribed for H.T." and later works, [n.p.], c.1806

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PIOZZI (HESTER LYNCH THRALE)
Autograph letter signed ("H:L:Piozzi") to Doctor Thackeray, regarding a gift for Harriet Maria Pemberton, "Brunbella", 23 December 1813

155 —
AUSTEN (JANE)
Autograph letter signed ("Yours affec.ey/ J. Austen") to "My Dear Anna [Lefroy]", [Chawton], Thursday [December? 1816]

156^• —
BROWNING (ELIZABETH BARRETT)
The Battle of Marathon, ONE OF 50 COPIES, 1891; and 13 others

157^• —
BROWNING (ELIZABETH BARRETT)
An Essay on Mind, with Other Poems, FIRST EDITION, James Duncan, 1826

158^• —
BROWNING (ELIZABETH BARRETT)
Prometheus Bound. Translated from the Greek of Aeschylus. And Miscellaneous Poems by the Translator, FIRST EDITION, A. J. Valpy, 1833

159^• —
BROWNING (ELIZABETH BARRETT)
Poems... New Edition, 2 vol., Chapman & Hall, 1850

160 —
COOK (ELIZA)
Autograph poem signed "Eliza Cook", titled "Master Onny/ Affectionally inscribed to my dear nieces, Jenny and Annie", with other poems and autograph letters (8)

161^• —
[BRONTË (CHARLOTTE)]
Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. Edited by Currer Bell, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, Smith Elder, 1847

162^• —
[BRONTË (CHARLOTTE)]
Shirley. A Tale. By Currer Bell, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, Smith, Elder, 1849

163^• —
NIGHTINGALE (FLORENCE)
Notes on Hospitals, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, Longman, 1863

164 —
NIGHTINGALE (FLORENCE)
Series of fifteen letters to her good friend Jessie Lennox, one of the original Nightingale Nurses, Claydon House and 10 South Street, Park Lane, W., 9 September 1883 to 7 June 1896 (15)

165 —
CAMERON (JULIA MARGARET)
William Holman Hunt, half length portrait, [1864]

166 —
CAMERON (JULIA MARGARET)
Ellen Terry, 1864 (but printed 1913)

167 —
CAMERON (JULIA MARGARET)
George Frederic Watts, October 1865

168 —
CAMERON (JULIA MARGARET)
Mary Hillier, 1873

169^• —
JEKYLL (GERTRUDE)
Home and Garden, 1900; Lilies for English Gardens, 1901; Wall and Water Gardens, [1901]; Roses for English Gardens, 1902, FIRST EDITIONS, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPIES (4)

170^• —
TRANSGENDER - BINDING
[LILI ELBE] Man into Woman. An Authentic Record of a Change of Sex. The True Story of the Miraculous Transformation of the Danish Painter Einar Wegener (Andreas Sparre). Edited by Niels Hoyer [Ernest Harthen], Jarrolds, 1933

171 —
MITCHELL (MARGARET)
Typed letter signed to English fan Harry Haggas, on the ending of Gone with the Wind and the casting of the film, Atlanta, Georgia, 16 February 1939

172^• —
NEURATH (MARIE)
Railways Under London, 'Library Edition', Max Parrish, [1964]

173 —
FONTEYN (MARGOT)
A pair of pink satin ballet pointe shoes worn by Margot Fonteyn, c.1962

174 —
KEELER (CHRISTINE)
Archive of letters, photographs and other material relating to the childhood and career of Christine Keeler (1942-2017), the majority from her own collection

175^AR —
DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES
Portrait photograph by Terence Donovan, signed and dated by the sitter ("Diana 1990") in ink on the mount, [1986]

176^• —
LEIBOVITZ (ANNIE)
Annie Leibovitz, 'SUMO' Collector's Edition, LIMITED TO 10,000 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER, New York, Taschen, 2014

177^• —
GREENAWAY (KATE)
Under the Window: Pictures and Rhymes for Children, George Routledge, [1878]

178^• —
GREENAWAY (KATE)
The Quiver of Love, [1886], FIRST EDITIONS, 4to and 8vo; and approximately 44 others, almost all illustrated by Greenaway (quantity)

179 —
GREENAWAY (KATE)
Album containing 67 drawings, c.1880-1890

180 —
GREENAWAY (KATE)
A pair of original illustrations of a little girl bowing, and little boy in Van Dyck costume, each 100 x 70mm. (2)

181^• —
GREENAWAY (KATE)
Almanack for 1883-[1895], 1897, 1924-1929, a complete set, together 20 vol., Routledge, Dent or Warne, [1882-1894], [1896] and [1923-1928]

182^• —
GREENAWAY (KATE)
Almanack for 1883-[1895] and 1897, a complete set with some variants, together 18 vol.; and 2 others, preserved together in a purpose-made morocco-backed box (20)

183^• —
GREENAWAY (KATE)
Almanack for 1883-[1895], 1897, 1924-1929, a complete set with some variants and duplicates, together 51 vol., Routledge, Dent or Warne, [1882-1894], [1896] and [1923-1928] (51)

184^• —
GREENAWAY (KATE)
Almanack for 1884, 50 copies, Routledge, [1883]

185^• —
GREENAWAY (KATE)
Kate Greenaway's Alphabet, 106 copies, George Routledge, [c.1885] (106)

186 —
GREENAWAY (KATE)
'I walked in the lonesome evening', original illustration, "June 1884"

187^• —
GREENAWAY (KATE)
Kate Greenaway's Album: 192 Pictures in Gold Frames, Engraved and Printed by Edmund Evans, ONE OF ONLY EIGHT COPIES PRINTED (3)

188 —
GREENAWAY (KATE)
'The Naughty Little Girl who went to see her Grandmama', AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT ILLUSTRATED WITH ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS [1885]

189 —
GREENAWAY (KATE)
'This was their favourite amusement', autograph manuscript illustrated with original watercolour, [c.1885]

190 —
GREENAWAY (KATE)
'Who'l go a jump' [sic], pair of original illustrations related to p.55 of Marigold Garden, each 90 x 205mm. (2)

191 —
GREENAWAY - PRINTING BLOCKS
A key block and 5 colour blocks for 'Marigold Garden', [c.1885]

192 —
GREENAWAY - PRINTING BLOCKS
A collection of 5 woodblocks for 'Marigold Garden', and approximately 36 packets of further printing blocks, [c.1885-1905] (quantity)

193 —
GREENAWAY (KATE)
Original illustration of three ice-skating children, 130 x 100mm.

194 —
GREENAWAY (KATE)
Three original illustrations, two of bonneted girls with posies, and one of a lady in red and white dress, images approximately 130 x 70mm. and smaller (3)

195 —
GREENAWAY (KATE)
Original illustration of a procession of children gathering flowers, image 165 x 135mm.

196 —
GREENAWAY (KATE)
Four original illustrations, images 150 x 100mm. and smaller (4)

197 —
GREENAWAY - EPHEMERA
A large quantity of ephemera (quantity)

198 —
GREENAWAY - CERAMICS
An extensive collection of British and Continental Ceramics of Kate Greenaway interest, late 19th and early 20th century (a quantity)