English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations, including The Garrett Herman Collection: The Age of Darwin (Sotheby’s)

CHURCHILL, THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 1948-1954, C.C. WOOD’S ANNOTATED COPIES (6 VOL.) £7,000-10,000

GANDHI, THREE LETTERS TO SARAT CHANDRA BOSE, ON PARTITION, 1947 £12,000-18,000

MAO ZEDONG, AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT NOTES, 9 PAGES, 1975, WITH RELATED NOTES BY PROF. DI LU  £60,000-80,000

SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS EDITION OF SHAKESPEARE’S WORKS, 1904-1907, ONE OF 12 COPIES ON VELLUM (10 VOL.) £25,000-35,000

AUSTEN, AUTOGRAPH LETTER, WRITTEN IN THE THIRD PERSON TO HER NIECE ANNA AUSTEN, 1812 £80,000-100,000

BRONTE, THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL, 1848 (3 VOL.) £14,000-18,000

DICKENS, AUTOGRAPH DRAFT MANUSCRIPT OF “MRS GAMP WITH THE STROLLING PLAYERS”, 1847 £40,000-60,000

BECKETT, SERIES OF 29 LETTERS TO DANIEL LABEILLE, 1978-89, AND RELATED MATERIAL £10,000-15,000

GOLDING, LORD OF THE FLIES, 1954, E.M. FORSTER’S COPY (1 VOL.) £7,000-9,000

CARROLL, THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK, 1876, THE AUTHOR’S OWN COPY WITH HIS MONOGRAM (1 VOL.) £20,000-30,000

ROWLING, HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE, 1997 (1 VOL.) £15,000-20,000

SHEPARD, TWO PEN AND INK DRAWINGS FROM WINNIE-THE-POOH, 1926, FRAMED AND GLAZED. £40,000-60,000

DARWIN, ZOOLOGY OF THE BEAGLE. £50,000-70,000

DARWIN, THE STRUCTURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF CORAL REEFS, 1842, PRESENTATION COPY (1 VOL.) £20,000-30,000

DARWIN AND WALLACE, ‘ON THE TENDENCY OF SPECIES FOR FORM VARIETIES…’, 1858 (1 VOL.) £8,000-10,000

DARWIN, ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES, 1859. £50,000-70,000

DARWIN, THE DESCENT OF MAN, 1871 (2 VOL.) £1,500-2,500

LYELL, PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY, 1830-1833 (3 VOL.) £5,000-8,000

MILL, ON LIBERTY, 1859, FIRST EDITION, PUBLISHER’S PRESENTATION COPY (1 VOL.) £1,000-1,500

SMITH, AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS, 1776, FIRST EDITION £50,000-70,000