Bonhams: Deeds Not Words. A Women's Suffrage Collection, 31671, London, New Bond Street

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025
Page Size: 61 items in 3 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

for 'The Suffragette' newspaper, [c.1913-1914]

[c.1913-1914] GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 46,080.00
2

Illuminated printed address signed by Emmeline Pankhurst, [1909]

[1909] GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 4,864.00
3

Collection of printed music, song sheets and records, [c.1911-1912]

[c.1911-1912] GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 640.00
4

Relating to demonstrations and events, 1908 onwards, including programme owned by Emily Wilding Davison

1908 onwards GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 896.00
14 HICKS (LILIAN & AMY)

Papers of Lilian Hicks and her daughter Amy, including letters written from Holloway & Aylesbury Prisons, 1912

1912 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 7,680.00
18 AINSLIE (KATHLEEN)

Votes for Catherine, Susan and me, FIRST EDITION,

c.1910 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,152.00
19 DOWSON (AUBREY)

The Women's Suffrage Cookery Book, FIRST EDITION,

, 1909 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 832.00
20

A Suffragette's Love-Letters, FIRST EDITION,

1907 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 704.00
21 PANKHURST (EMMELINE)

Portrait photograph signed,

c.1908 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 960.00
23 PANKHURST (CHRISTABEL)

Autograph letter signed to Rachel Barrett, with related items, [c.1908-1912]

[c.1908-1912] GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 4,864.00
24

Postcard album of 50 portrait postcards, 30 signed, of WSPU and WFL members, c.1910

c.1910 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,352.00
25

Printed Regulations Relating to the Treatment and Conduct of Convicted Prisoners; with lending library order form, [c.1913]

[c.1913] GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,024.00
26 PEARSON (ANNIE SEYMOUR)

Autograph letter written on prison-issue toilet paper, January 1913

1913 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,096.00
27 JOHN (NANCY A., editor)

Holloway Jingles. Written in Holloway Prison during March and April, 1912. FIRST EDITION, LILIAN KELSALL'S COPY, [1912]

1912 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,304.00
28

Charge sheet for Mary Phillips, and two others, 1908-1914

1908-1914 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,536.00
33 PHILLIPS (MARY)

Correspondence to militant suffragette Mary Phillips (1880-1969) from the leaders of the WSPU, 1907-1916

, 1907-1916 GBP 15,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 20,480.00
34 PHILLIPS (MARY)

Papers from the collection of Mary Phillips (1880-1969), including TLS from Emmeline Pankhurst

GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,584.00
35 PHILLIPS (MARY) -- HOLLOWAY COMMONPLACE BOOK

Notebook kept by Mary Phillips in Holloway, July to August 1908

1908 GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 21,760.00
36

Manuscript Creed titled "The New Creed", [n.d.]

n.d. GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 832.00
37

Group of 36 photographs from Mary Phillips' collection, [c.1908-1914]

c.1908-1914 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,096.00
38

Four photographs including suffragette prisoners and crowds at Cambridge University, 1897

1897 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 832.00
39 PANKHURST (EMMELINE) & CHRISTABEL PANKHURST

Two photographic portrait postcards signed, [c.1908]

[c.1908] GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 832.00
40 PANKHURST (CHRISTABEL)

Two photographic portrait postcards by Kate Simmons of Margate, one signed, 1910

1910 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 563.20
41

The Trial of the Suffragette Leaders,

[1909] GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,432.00
42 PANKHURST (CHRISTABEL)

The War: A Speech Delivered at the London Opera House, on September 8th, 1914, FIRST EDITION,

1914 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 281.60
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