Sale 11-19 September 1997 AD. Sotheby's, The Duke and Duchess of Windsor - The Public Collections, lots 1-1782; with The Private Collections, lots 1790-3311 and Information, all paperback, in the original pictorial slipcase, profely illtrated. 4.8 kg total, 31 x 23.5cm each (12 x 9 1/4"). Cambridgeshire collection, UK. The story of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, which resulted in the abdication of the Duke as King Edward VIII in 1936, is a famo one; following the deaths of the couple, in 1972 and 1986, the Sotheby's sale of their property was held in New York in 1997 to enormo publicity and these catalogues are an important reference to a unique sale event. [3, No Reserve]