BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY | a collection of ten items, 1864-1956

BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY

A COLLECTION OF TEN ITEMS:

i) King Edward VII, as Prince of Wales, autograph letter signed ("Bertie"), to his sister Princess Alice, on his travel arrangements ("...we propose to come by the 2.30 Train - so that we shall be at Windsor at 3.30 . Tomorrow afternoon..."), 2 pages, 8vo, headed mourning stationery of Marlborough House, integral blank, 9 July 1864

ii) Alexandra, Princess, autograph letter signed, to Harriet, Duchess of Sutherland, taking up her offer to bring her eldest son, Prince Albert Victor, on a visit to Trentham Hall, 4 pages, 8vo, headed stationery, Marlborough House, 21 June 1866; mounted on a leaf with carte-de-visite portrait, transcription, and facsimile reproductions of details 

iii) King Edward VII, printed invitation to his coronation addressed to Major L.A.M. Stoppard, with embossed blind stamp, 26 June 1902

iv) King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, Christmas Card signed, with a photographic portrait of the couple standing before bomb damage at Buckingham Palace, 1940

v) King George VI, autograph letter signed ("Bertie"), to the Marquess of Cambridge, sending congratulations on his daughter's engagement, 2 pages, 8vo, headed stationery of Balmoral Castle, 7 September 1950, mounted with postcard photographic portrait, transcription, and facsmile reproductions of details

vi) Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, autograph letter signed, to Lady Exeter, on her daughter's assumption of the role of Queen ("...She has a wonderfully strong and serene character...") and her own loss of her husband ("...He was such a wonderful person, so true & brace & kind, and one cannot imagine life without him..."), 4 pages, 8vo, headed mourning stationery, Windsor Castle, 24 April 1952, with autograph envelope, mounted with transcription

vii) Princess Alice of Greece, autograph letter signed, to Lady Cosfield, thanking her for her letter of congratulation on the engagement of her son, Prince Philip, to Elizabeth, Princess of Wales, 2 pages, 8vo, headed stationery, n.p., 12 July 1947

viii) Queen Elizabeth II, as princess, autograph letter signed, to Rev. Tuke, thanking him for a gift of books, headed stationery with a vignette of a bulldog, 3 pages, 8vo, n.p., 17 November 1934, facsimile copy of signature laid down below signature, mounted with autograph envelope, transcription, and facsmile reproductions of details

ix) Queen Elizabeth II, autograph letter signed, to her midwife Helen Rowe, with household news including the "terrible shock" of the death of Sir William, 4 pages, 8vo, headed stationery of Buckingham Palace, 20 December 1956, mounted with autograph envelope, transcription, and facsimile reproduction of details

x) Printed programme for the marriage of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1960; with photographic portrait loosely inserted

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