A quantity of original pamphlets and newspapers regarding the Duke of Wellington’s death and funeral, comprising a pamphlet, The Complete Guide to the Lying-in-State of the Duke of Wellington at Chelsea Hospital, with Account of Death, Sketch of Life and Portrait, by Charles Maybury Archer (Published by E. Appleyard, 86, Farringdon Street, London; printed by J. Gannon, 279, Strand); a printed notice, The Funeral of Wellington, Thursday, November 18th, 1852 - Official Programme of the Order of Proceeding in the Public Funeral of the late Field-Marshal Arthur Duke of Wellington, K.G., to be Solemnised in St. Paul’s Cathedral on Thursday, November 18’ ((E. Appleyard, 86, Farringdon Street; and by order of any bookseller. Price Two Pence); another pamphlet, ‘Service and Anthems to be Used upon Thursday the 18th Day of November 1852, Being the Appointed Day for The Public Funeral of His Grace Field Marshal The Duke of Wellington, K.G. in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London (By Authority of the Dean of St. Paul’s; printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, for Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, London, 1852); a notice of Police Orders and Regulations to be Observed within the City of London on the Occasion of the Ceremony of the Funeral of Field Marshal Arthur Duke of Wellington, K.G., thus regulations, time of arrival, setting down and taking up (issued by D. W. Harvey, Commissioner of Police of the City of London, Chief Office, Old Jewry, November 11, 1852); and original editions, complete or largely complete, of The Observer, Sunday, November 21, 1852; Observer Supplement, Sunday and Monday, November 21 & 22, 1852 and The Morning Post, Friday, November 19, 1852, with extensive coverage of events, generally in good condition (Lot) £120-140