The Bloomsday Library Auction

Queen Charlotte (1744-1818). Sir Herbert Taylor (1775-1839). A contemporary copy of Queen Charlotte’s last will & testament, written by Herbert Ta...

Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979). A three-page autograph letter signed, 29 August 1957, addressed to HRH Prince Philip...

Queen Charlotte (1744-1818). Autograph Letter Signed. A collection of correspondence to private secretary Sir Herbert Taylor, comprising: autograp...

HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921-2021). A photograph of the 'Instructional Staff at the Royal Naval Petty Officers School, Kingsmoor, Co...

Queen Charlotte (1744-1818). Autograph Letter Signed. A collection of correspondence to private secretary Sir Herbert Taylor, comprising: ALS, Bri...

HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921-2021). The family tree, conveyed in manuscript for a young Charles or Anne, c. 1958, describing himself...

Queen Charlotte (1744-1818). Autograph Letter Signed. A collection of correspondence to private secretary Sir Herbert Taylor, comprising: ALS, 31 ...

Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1900-2002). Autograph letter signed to Prince Philip, 19 March 1958, on Clarence House letterhead. Warm correspo...

Queen Charlotte (1744-1818). George IV (1762-1830). Important collection of correspondence between Queen Charlotte and her son the Prince Regent [...

HM Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022). An important autograph letter signed to her mother, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, 17 February 1961, 14pp., ...

George IV (1762-1830). Autograph Letters Signed. Two letters from George IV to his private secretary Sir Herbert Taylor. 1. ALS, Royal Lodge, 24 D...

HM Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022). An important autograph letter signed to her husband, Prince Philip, 23 January 1954, 'Darling', on two sides of...

William IV (1765-1837). Autograph Letters Signed. A collection of five ALS, Bushy House, 1829-30, written when Duke of Clarence, some making refer...

HRH The Princess Anne, Princess Royal. Autograph Letter & Cards. Three handmade cards by a very young Princess Anne for her father, Prince Philip,...

Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763-1827). Autograph Letters Signed. An important collection of letters from the Duke of York to priva...

Yehudi Menuhin (1916-1999). Autograph. A typed draft signed with manuscript revisions, plus related correspondence, housed in one folder

A collection of four Buckingham Palace Household Christmas cards, each bearing a pasted colour print, 1956, 1957 (x2), 1959, gatefold cards with p...

An important collection of correspondence to Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763-1827) from various notable figures, including two ALS...

Prince Chula Chakrabongse of Thailand (1908-1963). An autograph letter signed to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 11 August 1959, 4pp., on blue n...

Royal Family. Autograph Letters Signed. An important collection of correspondence, comprising two ALS from Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796-1817)...

Buckingham Palace. Two original manuscript menus for dinners at Buckingham Palace, 2 August to 18 December 1959, the courses handwritten in French...

Sir Herbert Taylor (1775-1839), the first Private Secretary to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. A collection of personal correspondence to inc...

Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). Letter signed in the rare form 'Bronte Nelson of the Nile', Palermo, 19 May 1800. The main body of the letter is writt...

HM King Charles III. An original illustration of animals produced by a very young Charles, c. 1953-55 [approximately five years of age] for his fa...

HM King Charles III. An original illustration of birds [carmine bee-eaters] produced by a very young Charles, c. 1953-55 [approximately six years ...

HM King Charles III. An original cartoon illustration produced by a very young Charles, c. 1954-56 [approximately seven years of age] for his fath...

HM King Charles III. An original illustration of a rabbit produced by a very young Charles, c. 1953-45 [approximately five years of age] for his f...

HM King Charles III. An original illustration of a racing boat at Cowes produced by a very young Charles, c. 1953-55 [approximately six years of a...

HM King Charles III. An original illustration of a delivery van in a Harrod's-style livery, 'Happybright, Mr Charles's Shop', produced by a very y...

HM King Charles III. An original illustration of a sailing boat produced by a very young Charles, c. 1953-54 [approximately five years of age] for...

HM King Charles III. An original stencil-painted rabbit produced by a very young Charles, c. 1953-54 [approximately five years of age], probably f...

HM King Charles III. A pair of original portraits of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, and father, Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, inscribed '...

King George VI (1895-1952). A pair of Royal Household cut-glass sherry or port glasses etched with the George VI royal cypher, c. 1936-1952, 5" (2...

An interesting letter to HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, 16 June 1957, signed 'Elizabeth' [we are unable to identify the hand of the aut...

Stumpwork. [Our Lady of Refuge and Divine Pilgrim]. Spanish copper-engraving, 18th century, embellished with elaborate raised embroidery, housed i...

Stevengraph. The Last Lap, depicting a cycling race, woven in silk by Thomas Stevens, original captioned mount, framed & glazed ...[more]

Monty Python. "Dead Parrot". The original prop used in the stage adaptation of this iconic sketch on 1 April 1976, signed on the yellow tail feath...

Winston Churchill (1874-1965). A wartime cigar partially smoked by Churchill and preserved in a 1940s olive jar bearing provenance label on Britis...

A wooden propeller boss bearing a pencil inscription, 'Piece of the 1st German plane shot down by G Capt Ernest Norton, Newtown, Montg'. The boss ...

A collection of banknotes, share certificates, indentures and coins, to include a rare error note (1990 £5 banknote) with red line cancellation, n...

Milne, A. A. Winnie-the-Pooh, first edition, London: Methuen, 1926. Octavo, publisher's gilt green cloth, top edge gilt, illustrated endpapers, gi...

King George VI (1895-1952) & Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1900-2002). An original manuscript menu diary for Buckingham Palace, March to Decem...

Drake, Francis. An Accurate Description and History of the Metropolitan and Cathedral Churches of Canterbury & York, London & York: Printed for J....

HM Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022). Autograph. A photographic portrait by Terry O'Neill (1938-2019), signed to the mount, 'Elizabeth R 1998', the i...