COKE
(Lady Katharine, née Egerton, daughter in law of the 1st Earl of Leicester, lady-in-waiting to the Duchess of Teck and to Queen Mary) and her daughter SYBIL
2 affectionate Autograph Letter Signed to Gertrude Drury (b. 1860, née Wakelin)
the first thanking her for her present of 2 decanters for Sybil's wedding, and for "the pretty present you sent me", and saying she has "ordered a shred of wedding cake to be sent ... to the Post Office - Derby", the wedding was "most brilliant with all the guards' uniforms", and pointing her to "a little paragraph" in the Court Journal, in the second Sybil, as godmother, says she is sending "a little sugar basin and spoon", always useful to mother as well as baby Sybil "till she grows up!", and talks at length about the members of the Leicester family who are serving out in Egypt, while in England she scans the papers and hears "the street criers shouting all sorts of untrue things", together 8 sides 8vo., Sunninghill Park, Ascot, no date, and the Lodge, Brackley, 2nd April
the first letter a little browned in spots
Item Date:
1884
Stock No:
51396
£75
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COLLINGS
(Keturah, 1862-1948, Artist and Photographer)
Fine photograph signed in white ink of Princess BEATRICE
(Mary Victoria Feodore, 1857-1944, Princess, Daughter & Companion of Queen Victoria) showing her head and shoulders seated in half profile, looking pensive, 7" x 5½", 73 Park Street, SW, no date, circa
Item Date:
1900
Stock No:
39991
£85
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COLLINS
(Arthur, 1845-1911, Equerry and Comptroller for Princess Louise, Queen Victoria's 4th daughter and Gentleman Usher in the households of Queen Victoria and Edward VII)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed, marked 'Private' to Dr ALLCHIN
(William Henry, 1846–1912, Physician and lecturer on comparative anatomy, physiology, pathology and medicine at Westminster Hospital) saying that "H.R.H. the Princess Louise wishes me to send you enclosed letter; there has been some mistake if appears & I sent it to Lord Cadogan too soon, he has read it, and so I should think if you want to say more about the matter, it would be better it should take the form of a postscript or appendix, & I could copy it out & send it to Ld Cadogan with the letter I now enclose, which please return, otherwise if an entirely fresh letter is sent he may think it strange. I notice Sir W. Jenner writes to H.R.H. that your statement is unanswerable ...", 4 sides 8vo., with original envelope, Kensington Palace headed mourning paper, 17th May
Item Date:
1884
Stock No:
40597
£125
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THE FRANCO-RUSSIAN CELEBRATIONS, 1893
COMMITTEE OF THE PRESS FOR THE FRANCO-RUSSIAN CELEBRATIONS
Decorative Ticket for the Gala at the Opéra,
printed in the Russian colours of black and gold, against a semée of the Imperial arms, with facsimile signatures of Raoul Cassirer, President of the Committee, Henry Simond and Arthur Mayer, and made out to M. Thomas, with a note saying that "evening dress is de rigueur", 1 side 4½" x 6¾", (Paris), 21st October
lacking a small piece out of the top edge
Item Date:
1893
Stock No:
51459
£50
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THE SOBIESKI IMPOSTER
COMTE D'ALBANIE
(Charles Manning Allen, 1802-1880, Imposter claiming descent from Bonnie Prince Charlie)
Autograph letter Signed "Charles-Edward Stuart Comte d'Albanie" to "My dear Lady Arthur"
telling her he "arrived here safe last evening! having much enjoyed the time I spent with you, as I always do. It recalls so much of the past, and happiest days of my life ...", 1 sides 8vo., on mourning paper, 52 Stanley Street, Belgravia, 9th September
Item Date:
1878
Stock No:
41581
£225
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