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Original Artwork and Limited Editions

Above Peter Brookes. Nature Notes. A Tory Opposite David Smith. The Final Days.
Entomology (Plate II). 28 March 1998. Colour No date. Original pen and ink caricature
print. Signed and numbered 516/750 by of Mrs. Thatcher in a TV studio with
Brookes. Framed 11 x 14 inches. Mrs. Thatcher John Major. Signed by the artist. Framed
is shown as the Queen Bee, surrounded by 21 x 17 inches. David Smith’s political
William Hague as a Drone, John Major as a caricatures have appeared in all the
Cricket, Jeffrey Archer as a Common Earwig. major newspapers in the UK, New York,
Peter Brookes is a multi-award winning Paris and Frankfurt.
political cartoonist for The Times.

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Thatcher The Musical. Framed poster of
a production by Foursight Theatre in a
co-production with Warwick Arts Centre, 2007.
Framed. 30 x 25 inches.
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Ralph Steadman. Bloody Margaret. Three
political fantasies by Mark Lawson. Poster for
this book with the same title illustrated by
Ralph Steadman. Signed by Ralph Steadman.
Framed 28 x 17 inches. With a copy of the book
and corresponding dust wrapper. Picador, 1991.

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John Jensen. House of Cards. Original With the book House of Cards. A Selection
watercolour, reproduced as the dust of Modern Political Humour. Edited by Simon
wrapper for the book of the same title. Hoggart. London, Elm Tree Books, 1988.
Signed, Jensen. Framed. 26 x 21 inches.
The cards are caricatures of Mrs. Thatcher, John Jensen is a political cartoonist for the
Willy Whitelaw, Ted Heath, Nigel Lawson, Telegraph and is a regular contributor to
Douglas Hurd, Harold Wilson, Michael Punch and the Spectator.
Heseltine, Neil Kinnock and Ted Heath.

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Previous pages A.M. Parkin (1943 – 2102) : The Thatcher Above John Springs. Original pen and ink with colour
Postcards. An iconic collection of satirical postcards, caricature of Mrs. Thatcher with handbag. c. 1983.
featuring the internationally renowned Market Forces’ Signed by the artist. Framed 17 x 13 inches.
Sweetheart illustration, which was voted the top political
postcard of 1989. Parkin was galvanised by opposition to JS’s work has appeared in Time, Vogue, Rolling Stone,
Margaret Thatcher’s Poll Tax. The postcards sold widely The New Yorker and the Sunday Times. In 2004,
throughout the late 1980s and early 90s. Twelve postcards Springs was named Caricaturist of the Year at the
per frame, 28 x 20 inches each. 10th Annual Cartoon Trust Awards.

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David Montgomery. Colour photograph of Mrs. Thatcher taken
at 10 Downing Street for Esquire magazine. c.1980. Signed by
Montgomery and numbered 2/15. Framed 27 x 26 inches.

Montgomery is an award-winning international photographer. His
subjects include HM Queen Elizabeth and the Royal Family, as well
as the musicians and artists of the 70s and 80s. His works appear
regularly in the Sunday Times, the Telegraph, Vogue and Esquire.

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Charlotte Fawley. Two charcoal drawings.
One of Mrs. Thatcher and Denis, and the
second capturing Mrs. Thatcher and titled
Debate. Both signed and dated, 1983.
Framed 20 x 17 inches.
Fawley worked for the BBC 2 during the 1980s
and was their artist recording the personalities
on the television programme Newsnight.
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Peter Foster. The Twelve Days of Christmas. A rare set of the Thatcher Christmas satires intended
Pages from Mrs. Bluetit’s Diary by the as Christmas greetings and not for sale. They were
author of The Whitehall Venus. And six published under the general title of ‘The Malaprop
other Christmas booklets, written, wood Satires’. Foster left his job at English Heritage to
engraved and printed by Peter Foster of the become a full-time wood engraver and publisher of
Malaprop Press, London. political pamphlets, mostly with strong sentiments
against Mrs. Thatcher.

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A black and white photograph taken 29 December 1986 at the funeral of Harold
Macmillan, who was Prime Minister from 1957 – 1963. Shown are Mrs. Thatcher
(1979 – 1990); Sir Alec Douglas – Home, who was Prime Minster from October
1963 – October 1964; Edward Heath, Prime Minister from 1970 – 1974 and Lord
Hailsham of St. Marylebone, a leading British Conservative politician who served
in six governments. Signed by all on mount. Framed 14 x 16 inches.

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A colour photograph of Margaret Thatcher
and Ronald Reagan, President of the United
States. This was taken outside No. 10
Downing Street and is signed by Margaret
Thatcher. c. 1984. Framed 15 x 12 inches.
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Above First Day Cover. Signed. This cover, January 1983. This is a rare item, and it seems with a decorative rubber stamp depicting the
signed Margaret H Thatcher, which is unlikely that there are more than a handful in Falkland Islands. Mounted and framed.
a scarce early version of her signature, existence as it looks to have been produced
commemorates her visit to the Falkland by an enthusiast rather than a cover dealer. Below First Day Cover. Signed. 62nd Inter-
Islands in 1983. It features a Falkland Although simple in design, this is a well- Parliamentary Union Conference, 3 September
Islands 1983 stamp and bears a Port Stanley, conceived cover, being a stamp connected 1975. Signed by Margaret Thatcher. Mounted
Falkland Islands circular date stamp dated 10 with the circular date stamp and finished and framed.

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First Day Cover. Signed. Produced by Benham Hong Kong’s future. There were only 100 of
to commemorate the control of Hong Kong these presentations signed by Mrs. Thatcher,
being passed back to China in 1997. This this being no. 37. This framed presentation is
cover has been signed by Margaret Thatcher, with a certificate of authenticity. This cover
who in 1984, and after twenty-two rounds of was carried in HMY Britannia on her last ever
formal talks with her Chinese counterpart, voyage which left Hong Kong for the
Zhao Ziyang, signed the joint declaration on return to the U.K.

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The Daily Telegraph. Friday, 23 November,
1990, Hurd and Major enter the battle.
Cabinet revolt ends Thatcher’s 11-year reign.
Centre photograph on page one of Margaret
Thatcher leaving 10 Downing Street the day
before on her way to Buckingham Palace to
inform the Queen of her intention to resign
as Prime Minister.
Signed ‘Margaret Thatcher’ across the photograph.
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Roland Flamini. Ten Years at Number 10.
Images of a Decade in Office. London, Aurum
Press, 1989. Quarto dust jacket. More than 100
colour photographs. Signed by Mrs. Thatcher on
the title page.
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James McMillan. from Finchley to the World.
London, Glendarn Limited, 1989. Quarto. Dust
jacket (slightly chipped on bottom edge). 96 pages.
Black and white and colour photographs. With
a tribute to Margaret Thatcher from President
Ronald Reagan. Inscribed ‘With All Good Wishes’,
Margaret Thatcher on the title page.

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Charles Moore. Margaret Thatcher. The Authorized
Biography. Volume One: Not for Turning. Allen
Lane, 2013. Dust jacket. 859 pages. Black and
white photographs. Index. Signed by the author.
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Margaret Thatcher. In Defence of Freedom.
Signed by Margaret Thatcher on an original
10 Downing Street bookplate.

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Margaret Thatcher. The Path to Power, The
Downing Street Years, Statecraft, Strategies
for a Changing World. London, Harper Collins,
1993 – 2002. All three volumes are first editions,
first impressions. Fine in dust wrappers. The
three volumes are set within a fine, hand-made
box with titles in gilt trim. Signed by Margaret
Thatcher on the title page of each volume.
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Margaret Thatcher. The Collected Speeches. Edited
by Robin Harris. Harper Collins, 1997.
Octavo. 667 pages. Index. Signed by Margaret
Thatcher on the title page.
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A Christmas card. The Prime Minister and Mr.
Thatcher are standing on the main staircase at
No.10 Downing Street. Printed “With Best Wishes
for Christmas and The New Year” and signature
Margaret Thatcher, not dated.

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A typed letter signed with autograph encouragement and states “I believe we
salutation to Mr. and Mrs. Rothner and are right in what we are trying to achieve,
an autograph “Yours sincerely Margaret both nationally and internationally. It is
Thatcher”. Dated 10 November 1989. Mrs. that thought which sustains me through
Thatcher thanks them for their words of difficult times”.

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Autograph letter signed on 10 Downing achievement for our Party and a confirmation
Street stationery dated 13 June 1987. The of the soundness of our policies’. Another
letter is addressed to Mr. Tyson. Mrs. Thatcher paragraph follows in which Mr. Tyson is
discusses the election result as an ‘historic thanked for his work on the local campaign.

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Observer. 20 October 1985. Ralph Steadman’s New Statesman. 2 March 2009. ‘Thatcher. 30 FT Weekend magazine. 13 & 14 April 2013.
Paranoid Portraits from The Tory Conference. years on, the final verdict’. ‘She was Boudicca with a handbag,
helmet-haired Gloriana, Britannia
The Mail on Sunday. You magazine October The Daily Telegraph magazine. ‘Margaret with a cruise missile’, Simon Schama
9, 1988. ‘The Man who told Maggie to shut Thatcher. 1925-2013’. Complete issue on on Margaret Thatcher.
up... and lived’. Thatcher.
The Week. 13 April 2013. ‘The woman who
Radio Times. 16-22 October 1993. Exclusive The Times magazine. 13.04.13, ‘The Iron Lady changed Britain’.
interview ‘I had to go and I haven’t looked in Pictures’.
back’. The Lady. 12 April 2013. ‘Being powerful is
The Sunday Times Commemorative Edition. like being a lady. If you have to tell people
Time. 3 December, 1990. ‘The Lady Bows 14 April 2013. ‘Margaret Thatcher 1925 - 2013’. you are, you aren’t’.
Out. What Maggie Thatcher’s departure
means for the U.S. and Europe’. The Spectator. 13 April 2013. ‘Margaret The Economist. April 13-9, 2013.
Thatcher, 1925 – 2013’. Special Commemorative ‘Freedom fighter’.
The Sunday Times magazine. 21 March, Section: Thatcher in the Spectator. Ferdinand
2004. ‘Her Long Day’s Journey Out of Sight. Mourt; Auberon Waugh; Charles Moore; The American Spectator. June 2013. Special
Margaret Thatcher: the fading lady’. Alexander Chancellor. Memorial Issue. ‘Dearest Maggie’.

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Newspapers with headlines regarding Margaret i, Tuesday, 9 April 2013, ‘Thatcher, As Relating to her funeral
Thatcher and with striking cover images. All divisive in death as she was in life’.
British and in fine condition unless noted. The Times, Wednesday 17 April 2013, ‘The
The Independent, Tuesday 9 April 2013, funeral of The Right Honourable Baroness
Relating to the Falkland Islands War ‘The woman who changed Britain’. Thatcher LG,OM,FRS’.

Daily Mail, Wednesday 28 April 1982, Daily Mirror, historic edition, Tuesday 9 April The Daily Telegraph, Wednesday 17 April
‘Maggie: I’ll do it my way’, newspaper 2013 ‘The woman who divided a nation’. 2013, ‘Nestled in the wreath was a small
yellowed and slightly foxed around edges. white card. It read, simply, Beloved Mother –
Daily Mail, special tribute edition, Tuesday, always in our hearts’.
Relating to her death 9 April 2013, The woman who saved Britain.
Daily Mail, souvenir edition, Thursday 18
Evening Standard – London West End Final, Daily Express, special commemorative April 2013, ‘Goodbye Mummy’.
Monday 8 April 2013, ‘Thatcher Dies’. edition, Tuesday 9 April 2013, ‘Farewell Iron
Lady’. The Guardian, Thursday 18 April 2013, ‘Lying
International Herald Tribune, Tuesday 9 April here, she is one of us’.
2013, ‘Conservative of enduring imprint’. Daily Star, Tuesday 9 April 2013, ‘The Iron
Lady Bows Out’. The Sun, special edition, Thursday 18 April
The Guardian, Tuesday 9 April 2013, 2013, ‘R.I.P. Mrs T’.
‘She became harder than hard’. Daily Record, Tuesday 9 April 2013, ‘Scotland
will never forget’. The Independent, Thursday 18 April 2013.
The Times, special edition Tuesday 9
April 2013. Financial Times USA, Tuesday 9 April 2013, The Daily Telegraph, Thursday 18 April 2013,
‘Thatcher: the great transformer’. ‘Cheered to the End’.
The Sun, Tuesday 9 April 2013, ‘Margaret
Thatcher 1925 – 2013, Maggie Dead in Bed Die Welt, Tuesday 9 April 2013, ‘Die starke The Times, souvenir edition, Thursday 18
At Ritz’. Frau des 20. Jahrhunderts ist tot’. April 18, 2013.

The Daily Telegraph, Tuesday 9 April 2013, Le Figaro, Tuesday 9 April 2013, ‘Margaret i, Thursday 18 April 2013, ‘Thatcher: the final
‘Margaret Thatcher 1925 – 2013’. Thatcher. Le courage au pouvoir’. farewell’.

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John Campbell. Margaret Thatcher. Volume Nicholson, 1998. Dust jacket. 493 pages. Black Russell Lewis. Margaret Thatcher.
One: The Grocer’s Daughter. Jonathan Cape, and white photographs. Bibliography. Index. A Personal and Political Biography.
2000. Dust jacket. 512 pages. Black and Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1975. Octavo.
white photographs. Feminist Review. No. 27 Autumn 1987. Cover Dust jacket. 162 pages. Black and white
article: ‘Thatcher’s Third Term’. Dust jacket. photographs. Index.
John Campbell. Margaret Thatcher. Volume 122 pages.
Two: The Iron Lady. Jonathan Cape, 2003. Dust Lady Olga Maitland. Margaret Thatcher.
jacket. 913 pages. Black and white photographs. Penny Junor. Margaret Thatcher. Wife. Mother. The First Ten Years. Photographs by Srdja
Politician. London, Sidgewick and Jackson, Djukanovic. London, Sidgewick & Jackson,
Alan Clark. The Tories. Conservatives and The 1983. Dust jacket. 214 pages. Black and white 1989. Quarto. Dust jacket. 144 pages. Black
Nation State 1922 – 1997. Weidenfeld & photographs. Index. and white and colour photographs.

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Ernle Money. Margaret Thatcher – The with an exclusive post-election interview with London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005.
First Lady of the House. London, Leslie Margaret Thatcher. Edited by Elizabeth Roberts. Quarto. Dust jacket. 288 pages.
Frewin, 1975. Quarto. Dust jacket. 159 pages.
Black and white photographs. Index. Margaret Thatcher. A Life in Pictures. Thomas J. Plunkett. The Ceremonial Funeral
Interviews with Ann Widdecombe and Lord of Baroness Thatcher. Sketchbook by
Rodney Tyler. Campaign! The Selling of the Healey. Press Association Images, 2009. Thomas J. Plunkett, President of the Royal
Prime Minister. From behind the doors of Quarto. Dust jacket. 300 pages. Picture index. Watercolour Society. With a Transcript of
Downing Street and Conservative Central the Address by The RT Revd.E & RT. Hon.
Office – a unique inside account of the battle Ian Dale. Editor. Margaret Thatcher. Richard Chartres, KCVO DD FAS, Bishop
for Power. London. Grafton Books, 1987. Octavo. A Tribute in Words and Pictures. The Daily of London. London, Unicorn Press, 2013.
Dust jacket. 251 pages. The book concludes Telegraph. Foreword by Charles Moore. Quarto. Dust jacket.

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Forty-three Private Eye magazines with issue with Mrs. Thatcher posing in the
Mrs. Thatcher on the cover. nude. Private Eye, first published in 1961,
is Britain’s best-selling satirical and
From 27 January 1984 – 23 October 1993 current affairs magazine.
including the infamous April Fool 1989

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Squeaky head of Margaret Thatcher Hunt Emerson, Pat Mills. You Are Maggie
made by Fluck and Law, creators of Thatcher: A Dole-Playing Game. Published
Spitting Image. 1980s. by Titan Books, 1987.

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Cardboard, mounted figure of Margaret
Thatcher with handbag. Size: 62 inches

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Richard Ingrams & John Wells. Dear Bill. The Des MacHale. The World’s Best Maggie
collected letters of Denis Thatcher. Private Thatcher Jokes. Illustrated by Hugh Lineham.
Eye/Andre Deutsch, 1980. Octavo. Dust 8vo. London, Angus & Robertson Publishers,
jacket. 1989. Dust jacket. 95 pages.

The Maggie Thatcher Lots to Do Book. John Wells. Fifty Glorious Years. Margaret
Puzzles, dot-to-dot, colouring pages and Hilda Thatcher – A Festive Tribute. Penguin
LOTS more. A Coarse and Crass Production! Books, 1984. Black and white illustrations.
Frederick Muller Ltd. 1981. Dust jacket.

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