Collection of a Connoisseur: History in Manuscript, Part 2

Collection of a Connoisseur: History in Manuscript, Part 2

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World War I | A collection of letters and photographs

Lot Closed

April 27, 03:12 PM GMT

Estimate

200 - 300 GBP

Lot Details

Description

World War I


A collection, comprising:


i) Douglas Haig, early photograph signed ("Douglas Haig | 7th Hussars"), 143 x 98mm, mounted on card with a note of provenance on the reverse recording its gift to C.H. Macintyre in 1893


ii) Admiral Earl Jellicoe, autograph letter signed, to Sir Charles, thanking him for a donation of the British Sailors' Society, Harrogate, 2 pages, 8vo, 28 October 1928


ii) Admiral Earl Jellicoe, autograph letter signed, as Governor-General of New Zealand, to Sidney Howes, sending a signed photograph, 2 pages, 8vo, Government House, Auckland, 27 February 1924


iv) Admiral Earl Jellicoe, signed photograph by Schmidt Studios, on card with wide margins, 297 x 190mm, signed on the margin


v) Admiral Lord Fisher, autograph letter in the third person, to Mme. Ghita Corri, thanking her for a copy of her song 'Fight, Fight, Fight!', 1 page, 8vo, 9 May 1915, with envelope


vi-vii) Two German aerial reconnaissance photographs of trench lines, 9 July 1915