[WINDSOR
(Duchess of, Wallis Simpson, 1896-1986, Wife of Edward VIII)]
Attractive photograph, unsigned, showing her three quarter length, full face,
on her first flight on an aircraft, coming down the gangway of Harold Vanderbilt's private plane from Miami to Nassau, 9¼" x 7", 21st April
Item Date:
1941
Stock No:
53585
£75
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WINDSOR
(Duchess of, Wallis Simpson, 1896-1986, Wife of Edward VIII)
Photograph of the United Services Canteen in the Bahamas, signed under the picture,
"Wallis Windsor", 4¼" x 3¾", no place, no date, circa
slightly creased
Item Date:
1943
Stock No:
28453
£275
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WINDSOR
(Duchess of, Wallis Simpson, 1896-1986, Wife of Edward VIII)
Album of photograph including one boldly signed underneath by the Duchess,
"Wallis Windsor" showing her full length, walking up steps, wearing a summer dress, 5" x 3¾", no place, (Bahamas), the other photos cover the RAF career of Airman Ryan, one of the dentists who treated the Duchess, covering his time in the Gold Coast and then Miami, followed by over a dozen photos of the Bahamas including the Governor's residence and two others of the Duke and Duchess, one with her dog, and a menu for a RAF Christmas dinner in Nassau, 1945, signed by many of the participants, and a VE Day ribbon from Nassau, about 100 images, various place, 1940-
Item Date:
1945
Stock No:
28391
£675
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WINDSOR
(Duchess of, Wallis Simpson, 1896-1986, Wife of Edward VIII)
Fine long Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs. Emerson.
saying that she had "an idea of sending you this note by Mai, but I have just heard that it is against regulations" so explaining the delay in thanking her for "the divine and useful cigarette boxes which add so considerably to the décor of this ugly house ...", she says that she "loved having Mai here, a breath from the world of human beings, she ... has had a sad time ... there are so few people here and really nothing to do with the hotels closed ... War has at last come to the Bahamas which makes this job slightly more interesting as we now have the unemployment problem and many others … we are lashed to the mast'…" hoping she will have a "slight respite from the heat ... if so our paths might cross - I still long to see your camp - Mai has told me what a perfect place it is and the wonderful bracing air, the very opposite from here ...", 5 sides 8vo., Government House, Bahamas, together with an unsigned photo annotated on the verso as showing the Duke seated next to Mrs Emerson, with the Duchess at the head of the table with her back to the camera, 7" x 7" no place, Nassau, the letter dated Wednesday, 4th March, no date, circa
ink slightly faded
Item Date:
1941
Stock No:
28609
£750
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WINDSOR
(Lady Harriet, 1797-1869, wife of the Hon. Robert Henry Clive, Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria 1837-1841, from 1855 in her own right Baroness)
Opening part of an Autograph Letter in the third person to Captain Archer,
acknowledging his letter, 24th August 1864, with (also laid down) signatures of W.S. Dawkins, John Hullah, and Vejearam Raj, Sultan of Vejeanagrum, Baroness Windsor's letter 1 side 8vo on mourning paper, Hewell, Bromsgrove, 24th August
laid down on album leaf,
Item Date:
1864
Stock No:
13525
£20
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