[GEORGE V
(1865-1936, King of Great Britain)]
Telegram to Lady Colebrooke as received at Abington, Lanarkshire,
saying "Just arrived most excellent lunch [provided by Lady Colebrooke] in train, hope log [really leg] finished and Tweenie working hard. So sorry our charming visit is over best love to Tommie", 1 side 5½" x 8½", Advie (on Speyside), 24th August
Item Date:
1903
Stock No:
53919
£30
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[GEORGE V
(1865-1936, King of Great Britain)]
Telegram to Lady Colebrooke as received at Abington, Lanarkshire,
saying "Delighted to hear leg is at last finished what a long time it has taken to become a dream", 1 side 5½" x 8½", Ballater, 3rd September
Item Date:
1903
Stock No:
53920
£39
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[GEORGE V
(1865-1936, King of Great Britain)]
'The Fleet Reviewed by His Majesty King GEORGE V at SPITHEAD'
to Celebrate the Coronation, including a fine Admiralty Chart, in full colours, 12½" x 21¾", showing the route of the Royal Yacht 'Victoria & Albert' from Portsmouth Harbour up and down the lines of the Royal Navy (named in red) to the centre of the line among the visiting foreign vessels (named in brown), the map takes in Portsmouth Town, Southsea, Gosport and Haslar on the north, Osborne Bay, Quarr Hill and all the creeks and sands to the south, the text lists the Flag Officers, (including Vice-Admiral Jellicoe, Atlantic Fleet), and their staffs, then all the fighting ships, British and Foreign, with their Type, Name, Commanding Officer, Date Launched, Displacement, Horsepower and Armament, 22 sides 10" x 6¾" in blue boards, upper cover with gilt title, published by Griffin & Co., 2 The Hard, Portsmouth, for 24th June
binding faded in patches without loss
Item Date:
1911
Stock No:
55968
£375
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OSTEND IS A VERY FUNNY COUNTRY
GEORGE V
(1865-1936, King of Great Britain)
Exceptional Autograph Letter Signed "your affectionate pupil, George" to his tutor the Rev. J. N. DALTON
(John Neale, 1839-1931, Church of England clergyman, Chaplain to Queen Victoria and tutor to Princes George and Albert Victor) hoping that "you are quite well and that you are enjoying yourself very much. Yesterday we arrived at Ostend, it was not at all rough crossing, I was not a bit sick; it is a very funny country and there are some very funny people, yesterday I saw in the market place a great carriage with three horses and some people dressed in very funny costumes, playing a band on the top and a woman dressed like a Princess in older days and she drives about the market place like this every day and she makes a speech to the crowd and takes one of them and pulls out some of his teeth. Dear Eddy is better I am glad to say, but I am afraid to say it will be some time before he is well again. With very much love ...", 3 sides 8vo., Royal Yacht Osborne headed paper, 15th August 1877, together with an original photograph of Dalton by E. H. Harrell, Clevedon, showing him three quarters length, seated with his arm on the carved arm of the chair, 6" x 4¼", no place, no date, the letter
Item Date:
1877
Stock No:
39236
£1075
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GEORGE V
(1865-1936, King of Great Britain) & EDWARD VIII (1894-1972, King of England, later the Duke of Windsor)
Fine Document signed by the King at the head and by the Prince of Wales as Grand Master at the foot,
nominating Robert Morton DYER (1878-1936, Naval Architect in Glasgow and Hong Kong) "to be a Commander of the Civil Division of Our said Most Excellent Order of the British Empire ...", 1 side large folio with stamped seal at the head, Court at Saint James, 3rd June 1930, together with a typed letter with autograph amendments from F. Barron, Private Secretary at Govenment House in Hong Kong, marked "Highly Confidential" asking him if the honour which the Secretary of State for the Colonies intended to propose him for would be acceptable, 1 side folio., Government House headed paper, Hong Kong, 17th May
Item Date:
1930
Stock No:
39147
£375
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