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Autograph Auction
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Date: 14th December 2013 Time: 11:00AM
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SIGNED BOOKS: Miscellaneous selection of signed hardback books by a variety of famous men and women, theatrical personalities etc., including Still Dancing by Lew Grade, Dear Me by Peter Ustinov, Some of These Days by Sophie Tucker, The Actor & His World by Dulcie Gray & Michael Denison (apparently inscribed to J. B. Priestley, 'Jack, with our love and thanks for letting us quote you - Dulcie & Michael'), Old Vic Saga by Harcourt Williams, Seven Ages - An Autobiography 1888-1927 by Basil Dean (loosely inserted signed card), Civilisation - A Personal View, The Other-Half - A Self Portrait and Another Part of the Wood - A Self Portrait by Kenneth Clark, Crowned in a Far Country - Portraits of Eight Royal Brides by Princess Michael of Kent (2), Minus Millionaires - Or, How to Blow a Fortune by Jeffrey Robinson, Wild Swans - Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang, Nice Work by David Lodge, The Spy Wore Red by Aline, Countess of Romanones, In Trouble Again by Redmond O'Hanlon, On My Way to the Club by Ludovic Kennedy, Skating For Gold by Robin Cousins, Natural Break by Dennis Taylor, In the Office of Constable by Robert Mark, Monica's Story by Andrew Morton (bookplate signed in full by Monica Lewinsky neatly affixed to title page), Six Men by Alistair Cooke, I Seek the Miraculous by Barbara Cartland etc. Most are accompanied by the dust jackets. Generally VG, 33 £100 - 120
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FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: Selection of signed hardback and paperback (3) books by a wide variety of famous men and women including Autobiography by Margot Fonteyn, Japan & The East by Earl John Spencer, The First Eden - The Mediterranean World and Man by David Attenborough, A Full Life by Brian Horrocks, We Have Capture by Tom Stafford, The Battle of Britain - A Nation Alone by Arthur Ward (bearing a limited edition bookplate individually signed by thirteen Battle of Britain pilots including Tony Iveson, Tom Neil, Bob Foster, Tony Pickering, Peter Brown etc.), Quest for Adventure sby Chris Bonington, Open Secret by Stella Rimington, The Way The Wind Blows by Lord Home, A Prime Minister on Prime Ministers by Harold Wilson, Paul, Envoy Extraordinary by Malcolm Muggeridge and Alec Vidler, Hotfoot to Zabriskie Point by Jilly Cooper and Lord Lichfield, Contrasts by Koo Stark, The Music of Man by Yehudi Menuhin, The Course of My Life by Edward Heath, A Life in Pictures by Harold Macmillan, Public Appearances 1987-1991 by Lord Snowdon etc. The majority are accompanied by the dust jackets. Generally VG, 36 £100 - 120

SCIENCE

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BRUNEL ISAMBARD KINGDOM: (1806-1859) British Engineer. A very fine vintage signed 18 x 22.5 engraving, the image by Henry Cousins after a painting by John Callcott Horsley, depicting Brunel seated in a three quarter length pose at his desk, holding a pen in his hands. Several papers and letters fill the desk top before him. Signed ('I K Brunel') in dark fountain pen ink to the lower border which also bears a small circular blindstamp. Neatly mounted to a contemporary canvas backing and with wooden stretchers to the verso. Signed images of Brunel are of the utmost rarity and this large, attractive example is particularly desirable. Some very minor, light age toning to the edges and just a few very insignificant surface marks to the background of the image, VG £1000 - 1500
John Callcott Horsley (1817-1903) English Painter and Illustrator, designer of the first Christmas card. Brunel had married Horsley's sister, Mary Elizabeth, in 1836.
The oil painting from which the present engraving was made is housed in the National Portrait Gallery, London, and was painted by Horsley in 1857. It was presented to the Gallery by Brunel's son in 1895.
American Book Prices Current have no records relating to signed images of Brunel ever having appeared at auction.
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DARWIN CHARLES: (1809-1882) English Naturalist. A.L.S., C. Darwin, one page, oblong 8vo (the corners neatly roundly trimmed), Down, Bromley, Kent, 9th September n.y. (1860), to a gentleman. Darwin writes, in full, 'If you can get from Trubner the "Atlantic Monthly" for last August, please send me a copy & post here; but it is not worth sending to America for. Please order for me two copies of the Atlantic Monthly for next October & send here.' Professionally lightly mounted on black and matted in burgundy cloth alongside a vintage printed engraved portrait of Darwin removed from a book and framed and glazed in a decorative frame to an overall size of 21 x 13. Some light overall age wear and a minor tear to the upper right corner, professionally repaired, and only just touching one letter of Darwin's address. G £2000 - 3000
The Atlantic Monthly (now known as The Atlantic) was founded in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1857, as a literary and cultural commentary magazine.
A letter by Darwin dated the following day to the present letter, 10th September 1860, and written to the American Botanist Asa Gray (1810-1888) is published in the Darwin Correspondence Project. In the letter Darwin refers to Gray's articles in The Atlantic Monthly and states that he has ordered several copies, as illustrated in the present letter, with a view to getting them reprinted in an English Journal.
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JONES ERNEST: (1879-1958) British Neurologist & Psychoanalyst, Sigmund Freud's official biographer. Series of three A.Ls.S. and six T.Ls.S., each to one side of his personal correspondence cards, Elsted, near Midhurst, Sussex, November 1952 - February 1957, all to Dr. Alfred Winterstein in Vienna. Jones thanks his correspondent for various articles and information ('Of course I found your speech by far the most interesting') and also makes a number of enquiries, in part, 'You are better informed than I am. What is the Detroit scandal? I have not heard of it.' (29th January 1954), 'Is the Prof. F. Hof a block of flats or offices? You are sure it is not Sigmund F. Hof. Can you ascertain the date when it was named?' (14th July 1954), 'Many thanks for the full information about the Society meetings and Sigm. Freud Hof. I presume the latter is a new building? (14th August 1954?), 'Can you tell me if Pater Schmidt (F's anthropological opponent) is still alive?' (25th February 1957). Together with a series of seven pencil drafts and other notes in the hand of Winterstein, most signed with his initials A. W., each being draft replies to the letters from Jones, some referring to Sigmund Freud, various publications (including a work by Freud on cocaine) and also providing a brief explanation of the scandal in Detroit. A few of the correspondence cards bear postal frankings which slightly affect the text and signatures, generally VG, 18 £300 - 400
Sigmund Freud: Life and Work by Jones was published in three volumes between 1953 and 1957, during the same period of the present letters. His monumental account met with widespread acclaim.
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SCIENCE: Selection of autograph statements signed by various French scientists, physicists etc. (some associated with Louis Pasteur), each one page, folio, c.1930/31, comprising Pierre Paul Emile Roux (in full 'Peace is for nations, as health for individuals, the greatest good of all; but nations, like individuals, value that good for what it is worth only after losing it.'), Albert Calmette (in part, 'All living beings - men, animals, plants - are constantly at war with one another. The struggle for life is an ineluctable law....So peace can only be a truce or a dream! Let us work to make the truce long and allow ourselves to be cradled by the dream'), Jean-Baptiste Charcot, Edouard Branly (in full, 'Trials and wars will become rare if every dispute is first taken to arbitration'), Rene Vallery-Radot (in part, '...How can it be that we do not put forth the words of Pasteur: "I firmly believe that science and peace shall triumph over ignorance and war; that the nations shall come to an agreement, not to destroy, but to edify..."...'), Paul Langevin (in full, 'Rapid progress in the sciences and technology has profoundly changed the complexion of the problem of Peace. The creation of international justice, heretofore merely desirable, has become a necessity if humanity is not to disappear. It is no longer a question of sentiment, but rather of preservation of the species and its civilisation.') and Charles Emile Picard (in full, 'In the present state of the world, the preaching of peace and the search for means of preserving it must not be separated. The psychology of nations evolves very slowly; a few resonant phrases will not suffice to transform it and curb the selfishness and thirst for domination of certain nations.'). Some light age wear, G to VG, 7 £150 - 200
The statements were prepared for publication in the Pax Mundi book; an anthology of sentiments on peace published in Switzerland by the World League for Peace. Between 1925 and 1932 many notable persons from around the world were asked to comment on the prospects of world peace and the volume included contributions from Marie Curie, Guglielmo Marconi, Albert Einstein, Rabindranath Tagore and many others.

COLLECTIONS

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AUTOGRAPH ALBUM: An autograph album containing 17 signatures by various famous individuals (most of them men of action) including Donald Campbell, Raymond Mays, Patrick Toynbee, Ron 'Curly' Dryden, John Derry (British Test Pilot, the first Briton to exceed the speed of sound; killed in an air disaster), Geoffrey T. R. Hill, Robert H. Mayo, Frederick Handley Page, Alliott Verdon Roe, A. G. Russell, H. Morgan Grenville, N. E. Rowe, J. A. Gouge (all aircraft designers & manufacturers), Donald Bailey (inventor of the Bailey Bridge) etc. Most are on pieces neatly laid down to pages (some in multiples) alongside neat ink annotations in the hand of a collector. G to VG £100 - 150
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AUTOGRAPH ALBUM: An autograph album containing over 20 signed clipped pieces (some irregularly clipped), by a variety of famous individuals, each laid down to pages, including Edmund Hillary, George Band, Montgomery of Alamein, Eliahu Eilat (signed in Hebrew), Clement Attlee, Greer Garson, Isaac Stern, Bernard Lovell, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Paul Robeson etc. FR to G £100 - 150
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AUTOGRAPH ALBUM: An autograph album containing 28 signatures by various tennis players, entertainers and a few other famous individuals including William Tilden, Ellsworth Vines, Les Stoefen, Don Budge, Dan Maskell, Hughie Green, Harry Roy, Ambrose, Evelyn Dall, Arthur Tracy, Shirley Anne Field, Don McCorkindale, Chay Blyth etc. Some of the signatures are in pencil, some pages are multiple signed and there are also signatures, verses and drawings by family and friends of the collector. G £100 - 120
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AUTOGRAPH ALBUMS: Two autograph albums containing many signatures by various entertainers and sportsmen of the 1950s - 1970s including Roy Castle, Alma Cogan, Jack Douglas, Gary Sobers, Frank Worrell, Ray Wilson, Manchester United, Sunderland F.C., Charlton Athletic, Newcastle United, Hull Kingston Rovers R.L.F.C., Indian Cricket team 1952 etc., also including a selection of vintage signed postcard photographs and slightly larger by various entertainers including Gracie Fields, Ted Ray, Arthur English, Charlie Chester, Jack Train etc., and further including a selection of signed cards and pieces by various footballers including Bill Shankly, Norman Hunter, Nigel Worthington, Carlton Palmer, Warren Barton, Kevin Phillips, David Seaman, Nigel Winterburn, Sol Campbell, Martin Keown, Garry Birtles, Lou Macari, Bryan Robson, Gianfranco Zola, Dennis Wise, Viv Anderson, David Platt, Alan Shearer, Gordon Strachan, Paul Scholes, David James, Ray Clemence, Nigel Clough, Dion Dublin, John Barnes, Peter Shilton etc. The majority of pages in the autograph albums and the signed cards are neatly annotated to the edges in the hand of a collector. Some age wear, G to VG, 2 albums + 109 £100 - 120
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FIRST DAY COVERS: Selection of signed First Day Covers by various famous individuals, mainly actors, entertainers and television personalities, including Catherine Deneuve, Brigitte Bardot, John Nettles, Ricky Tomlinson, Wendy Craig, Albert Finney, Stephen Lewis, James Mason, Michael Crawford & Eric Sykes, David Attenborough, John Snagge, Flora Robson, Arthur Askey, Fiona Richmond, Barbara Woodhouse etc. A few are multiple signed. VG, 24 £80 - 100
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AUTOGRAPHS: Miscellaneous selection of signed pieces, programmes, First Day Covers, signed 8 x 10 photographs and smaller etc., by a wide variety of famous individuals (entertainers, Nobel Prize winners, writers etc.) including Bob Geldof, Sarah Brightman, Tommy Steele, Petula Clark, Kiri te Kanawa, Naomi Mitchison, Fitzroy Maclean, Catherine Cookson, Sena Jurinac, Hans Hotter, Chay Blyth, Harry Wheatcroft, Edward Fennessy, R. L. M. Synge, A. J. P. Martin, Derek Barton, Billy Graham, Ben Johnson etc. Generally VG, 24 £100 - 120
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AUTOGRAPHS: Miscellaneous selection of signed clipped pieces, Free Front envelope panels, A.Ls.S. etc., by a variety of historical figures and other famous individuals including W. E. Gladstone, Viscount Melbourne, Jerome K. Jerome, Edward Bulwer-Lytton (A.N.S. with his initials), Carlo Marochetti, George, Duke of Cambridge, Lord Napier of Magdala, Princess Mary, Bernard Partridge (briefly referring to Punch), Lord Russell of Liverpool (T.L.S. regarding lectures in America, 1957), Herbert Samuel, Matthew Arnold, Samuel Wilberforce, Martin Tupper etc. Some laid down. FR to generally G, 22 £100 - 150
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AUTOGRAPHS: Miscellaneous selection of signed clipped pieces, album pages, a few signed letters, autograph albums (2) by a variety of famous individuals including Johnny Weissmuller (vintage signed postcard photograph in costume as Tarzan; neatly trimmed and with some age wear), Brian Poole and The Tremeloes, Ludovic Kennedy, Moira Shearer, Beverley Nichols, Robert Bolt, John Emmwood, Jo Grimond, Violet Bonham Carter, Goldie Hawn (signed cheque), Mike Gatting, Tony Jacklin, Geoff Boycott, Sholto Johnstone Douglas etc. A few facsimiles. FR to G, 12 + 2 albums £100 - 150
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AUTOGRAPHS: Selection of signed pieces, cards, A.Ls.S., T.Ls.S. etc., by various famous individuals, most associated with the arts, including Margot Fonteyn, Frederick Ashton, Frederic Leighton, Frank Auerbach, Evelyn Glennie, Solomon, Leon Goosseons, Adila Fachiri, Greta Berlin, Henry Hall, Vivian Ellis, Benny Green, Ski Harrison, Randolph Caldecott, Elizabeth Poston (5) etc. A few FR, generally G to about VG, 47 £80 - 100
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AUTOGRAPHS: Miscellaneous selection of signed pieces, cards, programmes, some letters and signed photographs etc., by a variety of famous individuals including David Gower, Bruce French, Derek Randall, Willie Thorne, Ray Reardon, Stirling Moss, Marcel Vertes, Georg Ehrlich, Moses Soyer, Hugh Casson, John Ryan, Anton Karas, Harrison Birtwistle, C. Day Lewis, H. R. F. Keating, Richard Adams, Peter Tosh, Eleanor Roosevelt, Richard E. Byrd, Frank Borman etc. G to generally VG, 33 £100 - 120
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AUTOGRAPHS: Miscellaneous selection of signed clipped pieces, signed programmes and hardback books, Ds.S. etc., by a variety of famous individuals, including Rosa Parks, Bruno Rzonca (survivor of the sinking of the Bismarck, 1941), George R. Caron (five identical signed printed extracts from a magazine article entitled The Atomic Bomb, Hiroshima), Marcel Marceau. Clive Brook (D.S. briefly mentioning his films Sherlock Holmes and Shanghai Express), Alfred Noyes, Helmut Schmidt etc. A few P to FR, generally G to VG, 15 £100 - 150
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AUTOGRAPHS: Selection of oblong 4to pages, each removed from the Distinguished Visitors Book of Wembley Stadium, individually signed by various famous individuals including Clement Attlee (2), Violet Attlee, Lord Tedder, Freda Dudley Ward, Samuel Hoare, Piers Legh, Stanley Rous, Arthur Henderson, Jack Kramer, Don Budge, Dinny Pails, Bertram Mills, Charles Farrell, Jimmy Durante, June Clyde, Tom Webster, Jack Hulbert, June Duprez etc. Most are multiple signed and most have typed annotations indicating the occasion and date when the pages were signed, 1939-52. Each with three files holes to the left edges, not affecting the signatures, and some light wrinkling, about VG, 13 £80 - 100
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EPHEMERA: Miscellaneous selection of unsigned printed ephemera etc., including colour printed Coronation Motto of King George V issued by the Mothers' Union 1911, Carreras cigarette cards (3), series of ten identical 12mo prayer cards issued following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, each of the black bordered cards featuring a portrait of Kennedy to one side and printed text to the verso, a printed 12mo courtesy ticket issued by the Royal Navy of Great Britain to the New York World's Fair 1939, printed editions of The Gentleman's Magazine for July 1759 and January 1800, The Universal Magazine for March 1780 and The European Magazine and London Review for December 1782, printed broadside from The Athenian Mercury, Volume 9, 24th January 1693, attractive woven silk portrait of King George V and Queen Mary etc. FR to generally G, 25 £100 - 150
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AUTOGRAPHS: Selection of signed pieces, cards, signed postcard photographs and slightly larger, 8 x 10s, a few letters etc., by various famous individuals (mainly entertainers and popular singers etc.) including Kim Wilde, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Powell, Jeff Bridges, Angela Thorne, Elliott Gould, Tim Roth, Rhys Ifans, Brian Blessed, Prunella Scales, Lucy Davis, Abbe Lane, Lesley Garrett, Inspiral Carpets, Lacy J. Dalton, Lord Longford, Robin Cousins, Sue Lawley, John Harvey-Jones, Robert Ricci, Pierre Balmain, Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, Janet Baker etc., unsigned 8 x 10 photographs (20). Generally G to VG, 125 £100 - 120
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AUTOGRAPH ALBUMS: Selection of autograph albums containing many signatures, loose signed album pages and pieces etc., by a variety of famous individuals, largely entertainers and sportsmen, including Maurice Tate, Henry Hall (A.M.Q.S.), Ernest Borgnine, James Garner, Leo Sayer, Jo Durie, Rick Wakeman, Tom Conti, Valerie Hobson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Sophie Tucker, Lana Morris, Phil Mead, Billy Costello, Herbert Morrison, Peter Cook, Alan Whicker, Warren Mitchell, Jimmy Greaves, Denis Law, Phil Neal, Norman Rossington, Bernard Bresslaw, Bryan Robson, Terry Yorath, George Best, Ray Illingworth, Billy J. Kramer, Bryan Forbes, Howard Keel, Colin Cowdrey, Cat Stevens, Victor Borge, Derek Ibbotson, Donald Sutherland, Steve Perryman, Tony Jacklin, Linford Christie, Paul Robeson etc. Many pages are multiple signed, some signatures are in pencil and a few are on clipped pieces laid down to pages. Some overall age wear, G, 9 albums + 69 £100 - 120
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AUTOGRAPHS: Miscellaneous selection of signed pieces, cards, album pages, letters, some signed postcard photographs, signed hardback books (9) etc., by a variety of famous individuals including Chris Bonington, Robin Day, Eric Sykes, Spike Milligan, Francis Durbridge, Horace Lindrum, Emlyn Hughes, Joan Hammond, Isobel Baillie, Melvyn Bragg, Germaine Greer, Fred Trueman, William Forbes-Sempill, Lewis Williams Douglas, Tony Jacklin, George Eyston, Bob Fabian, Frederick Forsyth, E. R. Whitcombe, A. H. Padgham, Alan Cobham, Adrian Boult, Anthony Eden, Henry Cooper, Bill Speakman VC, Patrick Moore, Virginia Wade, Tim Rice, Gene Tunney, Twiggy etc. FR to generally G, 98 £100 - 150
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SIGNED BOOKS: Selection of signed hardback and paperback (13) books by a wide variety of famous individuals, most with signed pieces, album pages etc., affixed to inside pages, including Eddie Waring on Rugby League by Eddie Waring, What a Bobby Dazzler by David Dickinson, Memories by Claudia Schiffer, I Should Have Been At Work - My Autobiography by Des Lynam, The Spencer Family by Charles Spencer, Unless I'm Very Much Mistaken - My Autobiography by Murray Walker, 1966 And All That - My Autobiography by Geoff Hurst, Classic Snooker by Ray Reardon, Ronnie by Ronnie O'Sullivan, A Village Affair by Joanna Trollope, An Act of Treachery by Ann Widdecombe, Jordan - Pushed to The Limit by Katie Price, Spy Hook by Len Deighton, Mr. MacGregor by Alan Titchmarsh, Muscle by Carlton Leach etc. Most of the hardback editions are accompanied by the dust jackets. FR to G, 36 £80 - 100

HISTORY

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JAMES V: (1512-1542) King of Scotland 1513-42. L.S., James R, as King, at the foot, one page, small 4to (8 x 7.5), Stirling, 25th February 1529[30]. The manuscript letter, in a secretary's hand, is addressed to the Justice Treasurer and his deputy and clerks, being an order to cease proceedings against William Livingstone of Kilsyth, to 'dicist & ceise of all calli[n]g p[ro]cedi[n]g or adjurnei[n]g' against him, his tenants and household, 'his tena[n]tis or s[er]vandis or ony of yai[m] in o'approcha[n]d justiceair of Du[n]bartane for q[uhat]su[m]ever actionis or crymes yai be delaitit of bot yt ye cloise y[ou]r dittays unto o[u]r nyxt justiceaire of striveli[n]g.' Minor traces of a red wax seal alongside the King's signature. Some dust staining, only lightly affecting the text and signature (which all remain perfectly legible) and some minor wear and tiny splits in the folds at the edges, G £600 - 800
Provenance: The Spiro Family Collection, Part I, Christie's, London, 3rd December 2003 (Lot 48)
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LOUISE OF STOLBERG-GEDERN: (1752-1824) Countess of Albany, wife of the Jacobite Claimant to the English and Scottish thrones, Charles Edward Stuart, Bonnie Prince Charlie, The Young Pretender. A.L.S., La Comtesse Dalbanie, two pages, 4to, Florence, 27th July 1779, to a Count, in French. The Countess announces 'I have had a pressing request for a letter of recommendation for you, and so am happily taking this opportunity to get in touch again. I would like to think you have not altogether forgotten your friends in Italy.' and continues 'Having spoken about myself, let me now thoroughly recommend to your attention Mr. Giacomo Trombara, architect, very skilled in his profession, and whom the Empress has summoned from Rome. I entrust him to your protection, and hope that you will not refuse him, and that he will show himself worthy of your goodness, and that of your respected sovereign, and will make the arts flourish in her realm. The arts will be reborn in your country, even as they perish in Italy. Not only her subjects will owe her recognition for this, but also all lovers and admirers of the great and the beautiful.' With blank integral leaf. Together with [Henry Benedict Stuart] (1725-1807) Cardinal, Duke of York. Roman Catholic Cardinal, the fourth and final Jacobite heir to claim the thrones of England, Scotland, France and Ireland publicly. Two A.Ls.S on behalf of Stuart, three pages (total), 4to, Rome, 10th December 1801 and July 1806, in Italian. The first letter, to Messrs. Busoni & Goupy concerns a payment of £10,000 and the second, to the Basilica of S. Clemente of Velletri, regards damage to the cathedral in Abrezza Reale, in particular to the roofs, and submitting a survey by the master builder Andrea Scipioni, further granting the sum of 150 scudi towards the restoration of the roofs. Some light age wear, generally VG, 3 £200 - 300
Giacomo Trombara (1742-1808) Italian Architect who, with Giacomo Quarenghi, arrived in Russia at around the time of the present letter and was hired by Empress Catherine II of Russia to design neoclassical building as part of the Russian Enlightenment.
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GEORGE IV: (1762-1830) King of the United Kingdom 1820-30. D.S., George P R, as Prince Regent, on behalf of King George III, at the head, (minor blots at the beginning and end of the signature) two pages, folio, Court at Carlton House, 25th June 1812. The manuscript document is a warrant addressed to the Commissioners for Auditing the Public Accounts and states that the 'Commissioners of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea have stated....that the sum of £8614.5.0 had been appropriated to the Current Expenses of the year from the deduction of one shilling in the Pound stopped on Payments to Our Pensioners from the 25th December 1810 to 24th December 1811', further authorising the payments under the Royal Sign Manual. Countersigned at the conclusion by Nicholas Vansittart (1766-1851) 1st Baron Bexley. English Politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1812-23. With blank integral leaf. Some neat splitting at the folds (professionally repaired) and with some light age wear and dust staining, G £100 - 150

A summons and invitation to the Coronation

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VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. Historic D.S., Victoria R I, as Queen, at the head, one page, folio, Court at St. James's, 9th May 1838 (in the first year of the Queen's reign). The printed document is addressed to Samuel [Kyle], Lord Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross and announces that the 28th of June 'is appointed for the Solemnity of Our Royal Coronation' and further instructs the Bishop '(all excuses set apart) to make your personal attendance on Us at the time abovementioned furnished and appointed as to your Rank and Quality appertained, there to do and perform all such Services as shall be required and belong unto you. Whereof you are not to fail…' Countersigned at the foot by the 12th Duke of Norfolk (1765-1842) in his capacity as Earl Marshal. With blank integral leaf. Together with an original printed oblong 8vo ticket of admittance issued to the Lord Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross for the Coronation of Queen Victoria at Westminster Abbey. The deep red and black printed ticket issued by the Duke of Norfolk for admittance by the West Door, numbered 233 and bearing the blind embossed seal of the Earl Marshal. Documents bearing the Queen's signature and relating to her Coronation are extremely rare and desirable. The document with some extremely light, minor age wear and the ticket with two heavy vertical folds and a few light creases, G to VG, 2 £1000 - 1500
Samuel Kyle (1770-1848) Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross 1831-48. Present at the Coronation of Queen Victoria, the Bishop was not, however, one of the representative spiritual peers of Ireland, not having a seat in the House of Lords.
The Coronation of Queen Victoria took place at Westminster Abbey on 28th June 1838, just over a year after she had succeeded to the throne at the age of 18.
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VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. D.S., Victoria R I, as Queen, at the head, one page, oblong folio, Court at Windsor, 21st August 1855. The partially printed document is a military commission appointing James Charles Cavendish to be a Lieutenant in the Royal Regiment of Artillery. Countersigned at the foot by Jonathan Peel (1799-1879) British Politician and Soldier, brother of Robert Peel. Secretary of State of War 1858-59 & 1866-67. With blind embossed blue paper seal affixed. Some minor age wear and two folds neatly strengthened to the verso, otherwise VG £150 - 200
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VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. D.S., Victoria R I, as Queen, at the head, two pages, folio, Court at Saint James's, 28th January 1873. The manuscript document is addressed to Farrer Herschell and is a Licence to Plead on behalf of Richard Wilson, a Railway labourer of Falkin, Cumberland, due to be tried for felony at Carlisle, stating, in part, '…the Petitioner having in all the proceedings relating to the said Indictment consulted with Farrer Herschell…One of Our Counsel who may be very useful to the Petitioner in defending the Petitioner in the Trial of the said Indictment', granting Herschell the Royal Licence and permission to be Counsel for Wilson. Countersigned at the foot by Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare (1815-1895) British Politician, Home Secretary 1868-73. With blind embossed pale blue paper seal affixed. Some light age wear and a few small, minor stains to the edges, G £200 - 300
Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron Herschell (1837-1899) Lord Chancellor of Great Britain 1886, 1892-95.
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VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. A.L.S., The Queen, in the third person, two pages, 8vo, Osborne, 21st July 1882, to Sir J[ohn] Cowell, on her personal monogrammed mourning stationery, expressing 'her sincere regret & sympathy with Lady Cowell on the loss of her Aunt'. With blank integral leaf. Some very light, minor age wear, about VG £100 - 150
Major-General Sir John Clayton Cowell (1832-1894) British Army officer, Master of the Queen's Household 1866-94 and Governor of Windsor Castle (responsible for the installation of electric lights at the castle).
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VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. Dark fountain pen ink signature, The Queen, on a 12mo piece, with several additional words in her hand, 'Her Majesty from Adelaide'. Matted in blue beneath an engraving of Her Majesty The Queen Dowager Adelaide and framed and glazed in a modern brown wooden frame to an overall size of 12.5 x 18.5. VG £80 - 100
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BEATRICE PRINCESS: (1857-1944) Fifth daughter & youngest child of Queen Victoria. A.L.S., Beatrice, three pages, 8vo, Balmoral, 19th October 1878, to [Theodore] Martin, on the attractive monogrammed stationery of the Princess. Beatrice writes on behalf of her mother, explaining that 'we are all very desirous to have an engraving made after Angeli's picture of our lamented Sir Thomas Biddulph' and continuing to add that the Queen 'thinks that Mr. Hall could perhaps do a vignetted head larger, but not so highly finished as those of the Royal Family. If it could be more in the style of an etching, it would not be so expensive, as the Queen would prefer not going beyond £35 to £40.' The Princess further states 'The heads of Grant & Brown, intended for the Queen's book, were only 25 guineas, therefore if something could be done more slightly & rather larger, surely 10 or 15 guineas more would suffice. Would you kindly let the Queen have an answer about this as soon as possible.' VG £80 - 100
Theodore Martin (1816-1909) Scottish Poet & Biographer, best known for his Life of the Prince Consort (1874-80), a work with which he gained the lifelong friendship of Queen Victoria.
Sir Thomas Biddulph (1809-1878) British Army officer and Courtier, Master of the Household to Queen Victoria from 1851-66 and later Keeper of the Privy Purse.
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EDWARD VII: (1841-1910) King of the United Kingdom 1901-10. A.L.S., Albert Edward, as Prince of Wales, two pages, 8vo, Castle Rising, Kings Lynn, 16th November 1897, to Arthur Davidson. The Prince thanks his correspondent for their kind letter and adds that he is glad Davidson enjoyed his stay at Sandringham, commenting 'It was a curious coincidence that we should have spent our mutual birthdays there together. I am so glad you liked the cigarette case & will I hope often use it.' With blank integral leaf. Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by the Prince (and subsequently re-directed in another hand) and signed with his initials 'A E' in the lower left corner. VG £100 - 150
Sir Arthur Davidson (1856-1922) British Soldier & Courtier, Equerry to Queen Victoria, King Edward VII and King George V.
The Prince and his correspondent had celebrated their birthdays on 9th & 12th November respectively.
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EDWARD VII: (1841-1910) King of the United Kingdom 1901-10. D.S., Edward R & I, as King, at the head, two pages, folio, Court at Saint James's, 26th June 1902. The partially printed document grants the Dignity of a Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George to Captain Francis Powell of the Royal Navy. Countersigned by George, Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904) Grandson of King George III and Grand Master of the Order of St Michael and St George 1850-1904. With blind embossed paper seal affixed alongside an attractive colour miniature representation of the Badge of the Order. With blank integral leaf. Some light overall age wear and toning, about VG £150 - 200
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ALEXANDRA OF DENMARK: (1844-1925) Queen of the United Kingdom 1901-10, consort of King Edward VII & PROBYN DIGHTON (1833-1924) English General, Victoria Cross winner for his numerous actions during the Indian Mutiny 1857-58. Keeper of the Privy Purse, Secretary to Edward, Prince of Wales and Comptroller of the Household. A fine, unusual vintage signed 9 x 12 photograph by both Queen Alexandra and Dighton Probyn individually, the image depicting the Queen standing outdoors in a full length pose with the General seated in a full length pose before her. Photograph by J. Russell & Sons of London and bearing their blindstamp to the lower mount. Signed by both Queen Alexandra and Probyn in bold, dark fountain pen inks to the lower photographer's mount and dated 1920 in the Queen's hand. One very light, extremely minor water stain to the lower right corner of the photographer's mount, VG £200 - 300
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GEORGE V: (1865-1936) King of the United Kingdom 1910-36. A.N.S., with his initials G. R. I., in pencil, at the foot of a memorandum to the King, one page, oblong 4to, n.p., 3rd June 1910. The autograph memorandum is signed by Frederick Ponsonby, Assistant Private Secretary to the King, and informs George V that a large number of applications have been made from the Press and photographers 'to witness the parades on Monday and Tuesday', further suggesting 'Would your Majesty approve of my saying that both Parades are quite private, and that no one will be admitted. An exception might be made for the Central News & Press Association men to be present as they could communicate a short account to the newspapers and avoid garbled accounts being supplied by the men who received medals' The King gives his response, in full, 'Yes, quite private only allow a man from Press Association & a man from Central News.' Some extremely light, minor age wear, VG £100 - 120
The Parades referred to in the present memorandum on Monday and Tuesday, 6th and 7th June 1910, followed the funeral of King Edward VII. The Times Court Circular for these days stated 'The King this morning, in the Garden at Marlborough House, inspected the Officers, Petty Officers and Bluejackets of the Royal Navy who manned the Gun Carriage in the State Funeral Procession of His late Majesty at Windsor' and further mentioned inspecting officers of the Grenadier Guards 'who performed special duties at the Lying in State and at the State Funeral of His late Majesty.'
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GEORGE V: (1865-1936) King of the United Kingdom 1910-36. A good, large D.S., George R I, as King, at the head, one page, large oblong folio, Court at Saint James, 21st July 1930. The partially printed document appoints Hugh William Border to be a Consul for the Republic of Nicaragua and to reside at Managua. Countersigned at the foot by Arthur Henderson (1863-1945) British Politician, the first Labour Cabinet minister. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1929-31 and Nobel Peace Prize winner 1934. With blind embossed seal. Some light age wear at the folds, otherwise VG £150 - 200
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EDWARD VIII: (1894-1972) King of the United Kingdom January - December 1936. Later Duke of Windsor. Bold, dark fountain pen ink signature ('Edward P', as Prince of Wales) on a piece of blind embossed stationery, also signed by his younger brother, George, Duke of Kent (1902-1942) and Major C. Braithwaite Wallis. Dated 7th February 1931 at the head. Some light overall age toning and minor tears (repaired to the verso), only slightly affecting the signatures. FR £60 - 80

'…This is a bum place…'

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EDWARD VIII: (1894-1972) King of the United Kingdom January - December 1936. Later Duke of Windsor. A fine A.L.S., David, six pages, small 4to, San Diego, California, 8th April 1920, to his mistress Freda Dudley Ward ('Fredie darling darling, beloved a moi'), on the printed stationery of HMS Renown. Writing in pencil, the Prince of Wales announces 'I've never never felt so utterly & hopelessly down & out & miserable as I've done ever since we anchored here at 10.00 am yesterday as there was a fat mail & nearly everybody in the ship got the letters they wanted except me!!' and continues 'Fredie darling I'm not blaming you or grousing in any way tho you can understand how miserably sad & disappointed I am!! I was a fool to count on a mail here….& have quite given up hope of getting any news of you for at least another month if not 5 or 6 weeks!! Oh! Its intolerable hell & I feel so so desparate (sic) to-night as I do love you love you so madly madly sweetheart & no news of you after 3 whole weeks is heart breaking!!' The Prince further writes of his own recent activities, 'We've only just got back from the most bloody awful dinner & dance at the Coronado Hotel; I've never hated a party as much as I did this evening's tho of course I couldn't have been in worse form as I've been all day as a result of a blank mail' and, continuing his letter later the same afternoon, writes 'There's a mail train due at 6.30pm at San Diego so we are delaying our sailing a whole hour….I need hardly tell you that I was the first to suggest waiting….I'm praying for God to be kind & have a Fredie letter in that boat for me. How how happy & comforted such a blessed sacred letter will make your adoring little David…' The Prince also encloses some photographs (still present) taken the day before, explaining 'We played golf…this morning & have been busy with 300 or 400 people on bd. for a reception this afternoon which we forced into giving & we were very reluctant. This is a bum place…' and also comments on having met a mutual acquaintance of his mistress and her husband, 'This can't interest you much beloved but it interests me as it thrills me so much anywhere to find someone who has seen you & to talk to about you. You'll think me crazy darling. Well so I am & getting more so everyday where you are concerned….But you'll never know how madly & feverishly excited I am waiting for this last boat….its almost more than my nerves will stand!!' He also refers to Louis Mountbatten, 'Dickie sends you his love. He's not been so good here & I left him at the party last night when I beat it at midnight & he didn't return to the ship till 4.00 AM. Still he's such a baby & it's good for him to see life & he's far too cute to get into trouble.' and concludes 'We've got 4 days at sea to Honolulu & we'll be in the tropics & dripping again….Well au revoir & bless you bless you Fredie darling darling precious beloved; till Honolulu when I pray I'll be able to thank you properly for a letter the only only thing in the whole world that I want except YOU sweetheart. All all my great great love….may God keep YOU for your vewy vewy own devoted adoring petit amoureux, tou David'. Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed in ink by the Prince and bearing the remnants of a black wax seal to the verso. Together with the photographs referred to by the Prince, the three 6 x 4 images each depicting Edward delivering a speech in San Diego and walking amongst the onlookers while accompanied by various dignitaries. Each of the photographs are annotated in pencil to the verso by the Prince, in part, 'Note the 2 "Magnavox" instruments suspended in front of me!!' and also identifying some of the other individuals, 'From left to right:- Bill Nye (State Dept. detective), Govr. Of California, Self, The Admiral, The Mayor (a down & out criminal).' A highly affectionate love letter from the Prince to his mistress, with interesting content regarding California, enhanced by the three original photographs. VG £600 - 900
Freda Dudley Ward (1894-1983) Marquesa de Casa Maury. English Socialite, the mistress of Edward, Prince of Wales from 1918-23. Ward remained a close confidante of Edward's until 1934 when his relationship with Wallis Simpson began.
The Prince wrote the present letter during his 1920 tour to Australia and New Zealand (making many stops en route) on board the refitted HMS Renown. He was accompanied by his 20 year old cousin, Louis Mountbatten, whom he refers to in the letter as 'Admiral Dickie'.
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EDWARD VIII: (1894-1972) King of the United Kingdom January - December 1936. Later Duke of Windsor. T.L.S., Edward, Duke of Windsor, one page, 8vo, Bois de Boulogne, Paris, 4th December 1968, to Marion Humphrey. The Duke apologises for the delay in replying to his correspondent's letter and the charming sentiments that she expressed towards himself and the Duchess of Windsor and continues 'We appreciate your interest in our lives with your collection of "Windsoriama" and are certainly flattered to know that we are still remembered in Britain, especially by your generation, the youth of to-day.' The Duke further states 'Since you tell me that you are unable to obtain a copy of "A King's Story" it is my pleasure to send you one....with the Duchess' and my best wishes for Christmas and a happy married life.' Accompanied by the original envelope signed by the Duke with his initial 'E' in the lower left corner. A couple of very minor, insignificant smudges to the signature. VG £150 - 200
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EDWARD, DUKE OF WINDSOR (1894-1972) King of the United Kingdom January - December 1936 & WALLIS, DUCHESS OF WINDSOR (1895-1986) Wife of Edward, Duke of Windsor. Book signed and inscribed, a hardback edition of A King's Story - The Memoirs of the Duke of Windsor, published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1951. Signed in bold black fountain pen ink by the Duke to the half title page, 'To Marion Humphrey with best wishes from Edward, Duke of Windsor' and signed immediately beneath by the Duchess ('Wallis, Duchess of Windsor') also in black fountain pen ink. Dated December 1968 in the Duke's hand. With the dust jacket (a few very small tears and light age wear). Accompanied by the original mailing envelope (FR). About VG £200 - 300
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WALLIS WINDSOR: (1895-1986) American Socialite, wife of Edward, Duke of Windsor. A.L.S., Wallis, two pages, 8vo, Vienna, n.d. ('Friday', most likely 25th June 1937), to Kitty de Rothschild, on the attractive printed stationery of the Hotel Bristol. The Duchess announces 'Au revoir' to her friend and adds that she hopes they will meet again soon 'under happier conditions', further adding 'I pray things are better here than you thought at first. I am sorry we got your beautiful blue bottle by mistake. I hope it didn't cause any inconvenience.' In concluding the Duchess sends her love and gratitude 'for all your kindness to the Duke.' Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by the Duchess. VG £100 - 150
Kitty de Rothschild (d.1946) was, like Wallis, an American divorcee, and had married Baron Eugene de Rothschild in 1925. The Baron had made his Austrian home available to King Edward VIII upon his abdication in 1936 where he remained until being reunited with Wallis Simpson on 4th May 1937 at the Chateau de Cande in France, where they were to marry on 3rd June 1937.
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor had arrived at the Hotel Bristol on Sunday, 20th June 1937.
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GEORGE VI (1895-1952) King of the United Kingdom 1936-52 & ELIZABETH (1900-2002) Queen Consort, the Queen Mother. Vintage signed Christmas greetings card by both King George VI and Queen Elizabeth individually, the oblong 8vo stiff cream folding card featuring an image to the inside of the Royal couple standing together in half length poses alongside their daughters Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, the latter seated at a piano. Signed ('George R. I.') by the King and signed ('Elizabeth R') by the Queen, both in bold, dark fountain pen inks beneath a printed greeting, and dated 1947 in the King's hand. With a gold embossed crown to the front cover. VG £200 - 300
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ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER: (1900-2002) Queen Consort of King George VI. A.L.S., Elizabeth R, two pages, 8vo, Buckingham Palace, 14th December 1948, to Lady Sarah Legh and her husband ('Dear Sarah & Joey') on her personal monogrammed stationery. The Queen Mother states how much she enjoyed a dinner party the previous evening, commenting 'The guests were so charming, the dinner so excellent, the house so perfect, and my kind hosts so dear & welcoming that I felt it was a long time since I had passed such a very agreeable evening.' Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by the Queen Mother and signed by her with her initials ('ER') to the lower left corner. VG £150 - 200
Lady Sarah Legh (1891-1955) Wife of Sir Piers 'Joey' Legh (1890-1955) British Soldier, Master of the Household 1941-53.
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ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER: (1900-2002) Queen Consort of King George VI. Vintage signed Christmas greetings card, the oblong 4to stiff cream folding card featuring a photograph to the inside of the Queen Mother seated outdoors in a full length pose accompanied by her young grandchildren Prince Charles and Princess Anne and with the infant Prince Andrew seated on her lap. A corgi is loyally seated at their feet. Signed ('from Elizabeth R') in bold black fountain pen ink beneath a printed greeting, 1960. With a gold embossed crown to the front cover. Some light age wear and minor foxing, G £80 - 100
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ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER: (1900-2002) Queen Consort of King George VI. Signed Christmas greetings card, the stiff white oblong 8vo folding card featuring a photograph to the inside of the Queen Mother standing outdoors in a three quarter length pose alongside several of her grandchildren including Prince Andrew, Viscount Linley and Lady Sarah Chatto. Signed ('from Elizabeth R') in black ink beneath a printed greeting, 1976. With a gold embossed crown to the front. Together with a second unsigned Christmas greetings card. About EX, 2 £80 - 100
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ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER: (1900-2002) Queen Consort of King George VI. A.N.S., Elizabeth, on one side of a printed correspondence card, Windsor Castle, n.d., to John [Wills, husband of Jean Wills, the Queen Mother's niece]. The Queen Mother sends her good wishes for Christmas. The card evidently originally accompanied a gift and there is a small sellotape stain at the head of the card, just affecting the red crest, but not the text or signature. One very slight crease, G £100 - 150
Major John Lycett Wills (1910-1999) High Sheriff of Berkshire (1958) and husband of Jean Wills (1915-1999) nee Elphinstone. 1st cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret.
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BRITISH ROYALTY: Prince Charles (1948- ) Prince of Wales. Signed First Day Cover commemorating the 100th year of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, and featuring colour images of the Queen Mother and members of her immediate family. Post marked at Clarence House, 4th August 2000. Signed ('Charles') in bold black fountain pen ink with his name alone to a clear area at the base; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (1900-2002) Queen Consort of King George VI. Signed Christmas greetings card, the oblong 4to stiff cream folding card signed ('from Elizabeth R') in bold black fountain pen ink beneath a printed greeting and date, 1962. The FDC and Christmas card (folded to show the greeting and signature only) are neatly mounted together and matted in white beneath a colour image of the Queen Mother and a printed quotation by Prince Charles relating to his grandmother. Framed and glazed in a modern silver coloured frame to an overall size of 19.5 x 42. VG £200 - 300
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ELIZABETH II: (1926- ) Queen of the United Kingdom 1952- . Vintage signed Christmas greetings card, the cream slim 4to stiff folding card featuring an image to the inside of the Queen standing in a full length pose alongside her husband, Prince Philip, and their two young children, Prince Charles and Princess Anne, on the deck of HMY Britannia. Signed ('Elizabeth R') by the Queen in fountain pen ink to the lower border beneath the image and dated 1956 in her hand. With a printed greeting opposite the image and a gold embossed crown to the front cover. Extensive uniform soiling and foxing to the left inside of the card and some slight foxing to the front cover, not affecting the image or signature. About G £250 - 350
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ELIZABETH II: (1926- ) Queen of the United Kingdom 1952- . A good, large D.S., Elizabeth R, as Queen, at the head, one page, large oblong folio, Court of Saint James's, 22nd August 1965. The partially printed document appoints Sir Alexander Francis Morley to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Budpaest, 'Giving and Granting to him in that character all Power and Authority to do and perform all proper acts, matters and things which may be desirable or necessary for the promotion of relations of friendship, good understanding and harmonious intercourse between Our Realm and the Hungarian People's Republic, and for the protection and furtherance of the interests confided to his care; by the diligent and discreet accomplishment of which acts, matters and things aforementioned he shall gain Our approval and show himself worthy of Our high confidence.' Countersigned at the foot by Michael Stewart (1906-1990) Baron Stewart of Fulham. British Politician, Foreign Secretary 1965-66 & 1968-70. With blind embossed seal. Together with a T.L.S. by D. F. Muirhead of the Diplomatic Service Administration Office, one page, 4to, London, 20th October 1965, to Sir Alexander Morley, forwarding the commission granted 'under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet'. Accompanied by the original envelope. VG £250 - 350
Sir Alexander Morley (1908-1971) British Diplomat.

'He was a splendid person and will be much missed.'

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