ROYAL SOUVENIRS Souvenir of the Return of the Prince and Princess of Wales [later King George V and Queen Mary] to England from their tour of India and Burma, including their engraved portraits and details of their arrival at Victoria Station on 8 May 1906, green and pink foliate border, one page, printed on crêpe tissue paper mounted on board, dust-staining, marks, spotting and creasing, a few small holes including small area of loss to Princess' portrait, 338 x 334mm., with mount 465 x 463mm., printed by Burgess William & Co., 12 Mansell Street, Aldgate, [1906]; The Royal Visit of the Emperor and Empress of Germany to Windsor, November 11 1907, including their portraits and details of the programme, green foliate border incorporating flags, anchors and the Imperial eagle, one page, printed on crêpe tissue paper, dust-staining, marks, spotting and creasing, 370 x 380mm., printed by Mrs S. Burgess, Artillery Lane, Bishopsgate, E.C., 1911; Souvenir in Commemoration of the Royal Wedding of Lady May Cambridge [The Queen's Niece] and Captain Henry Abel Smith, text including list of bridesmaids and attendants, details of the service, dress and wedding cake, border of purple flowers and red ribbons, one page, printed on crêpe tissue paper, dust-staining, marks, spotting and creasing, some black ink offsetting, collection label of T.C.M. O'Donovan on reverse, 352 x 355mm., printed by S. Burgess, 8 York Place, Strand, W.C., 1931 (3) Footnotes: The first souvenir in our collection was printed by the firm of Burgess William & Co (advertising themselves as 'Wholesale Export Printers of Souvenir Handkerchiefs'), and the remaining two by Mrs Sarah Burgess, known as 'Auntie' in the trade. The squares were imported from Japan pre-printed with the decorative border for Burgess to add the various commemorative designs in black ink in the central panel, and sold for a penny from street vendors. As well as advertising practical information on forthcoming events, they also acted as tangible souvenirs of Royal occasions although, due to their ephemeral nature, they are unsurprisingly scarce. Sarah Burgess also notably printed similar souvenirs for the demonstrations and processions organised by the suffrage movement of the early twentieth-century. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing