WAVELL
(Eugénie, wife, 1915, of Field-Marshal Archibald, 1st Earl Wavell)
Autograph Letter Signed to Ava, 1896-1974, wife of Sir John Anderson, Viscount Waverley,
thanking her for "last Wednesday" and the party to hear the Mussorgsky, "that superb Boris ... Grace was exceptional ... & whatever the press cats may say - I thought that room in the Kremlin with its scarlets & greys ... very like one that was in the Kremlin when I saw it in 1917", adding "I do hope Sir John will be our next P.M.", with a long P.S. about the Cowdrays, 4 sides 8vo., 23, Kingston House South, S.W.7, 26th November
Item Date:
1949
Stock No:
52740
£25
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WAVELL
(Eugénie, wife, 1915, of Field-Marshal Archibald, 1st Earl Wavell)
Autograph Letter Signed to Ava, 1896-1974, wife of Sir John Anderson, Viscount Waverley,
thanking her for asking her to Die Valküre, "I cant think how that tenor sang so gloriously with a temperature", in Valhalla "no God could use a hankie", since then she has had a conference about Service men's families followed by "many happy hours at the Horse Show", 3 sides 8vo, International Sportsmen's Club, Upper Grosvenor Street, W.1., 13th October
Item Date:
1957
Stock No:
52741
£25
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GOING HOME FROM THE CRIMEA
WEARE
(Sir Henry Edwin, 1825-1898, Lieutenant General)
Autograph letter signed to 'My dear Angle',
saying he is "going by the Mail tomorrow" and asking him "like a good fellow" to "redirect any letters ... to Barham Rectory, Canterbury", where his wife Charlotte's father, Canon Oxenden, was Rector, "Any Papers & there will be some by each Mail you can take to yourself ... Can I do anything for you in England 1 line to me will meet with my best endeavour ... Some of my things may come down ... on Board the Mail directed to the Commandant here, could you give your letter Sergeant orders to ask on board" for redirecting, "I return you the book you kindly lent me with many thanks", 'O[ffice] of the C[ommandant]', Crimea, 3 sides 8" x 5", '19th' no date, circa
trifling defects and light folds in outer margins without loss
Item Date:
1854
Stock No:
54198
£150
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WELLINGTON TRIES TO DO A FAVOUR
WELLINGTON
(Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Field Marshal & Statesman)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Gordon
regretting to inform her “not only that I have not yet got two [?] but not even one, now do I know when I shall get one, as I have really no interest with the Court of [?]. I have however asked for one for your son... and you may depend upon my not losing sight of the object, notwithstanding that I cannot hold to you any hope of success in it....”, 1 side 4to., with integral autograph address leaf with various postmark, place illegible, 26th October
Item Date:
1817
Stock No:
42570
£375
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[WELLINGTON
(Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Field Marshal & Statesman]
An admission ticket to the state funeral of the Duke of Wellington,
blind-embossed with the seal of the Earl Marshal of England and printed lithographically with decorative border, ducal coronet, and the text: “Funeral of the Late Field Marshal The Duke of Wellington, K.G. Admit [left blank] to St. Paul's Cathedral. Norfolk, Earl Marshal...”, the seat number (828) is handwritten in ink; its location in the Cathedral, 'Nave. North Side', is printed, 7” x 4¾”, St Paul’s Cathedral, 18th November
Item Date:
1852
Stock No:
41951
£275
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