EDEN
(Sir Anthony, Earl of Avon, 1897-1977, Prime Minister)
Typed Letter Signed with autograph salutation and subscription to Frank Collins
thanking him for his letter and good wishes, "Our hope is that my health is now making steady progress though it is rather slow. I am sorry to hear that you are still confined the the house and send you my very good wishes for better health ...", 1 side 8vo., with original envelope, Donington Grove headed paper, 21st March
Item Date:
1958
Stock No:
39963
£350
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"THE POSITION FOR THE WEST IS NOW VERY DANGEROUS"
EDEN
(Sir Anthony, Earl of Avon, 1883-1977, Prime Minister) & his widow Clarissa (born 1920, Dowager Countess of Avon, née Spencer)
Fine collection of one good Typed and Autograph letter from Eden and 2 Typed Letters signed from Clarissa to John Sparks,
his letter thanks him for taking "such excellent care of our few pieces of porcelain. We are very fond of them and are happy to have them with us here again. You may have noticed that the lovely Yung Chang period piece you gave me was not among them. Happily it has not suffered on that account. I always kept this piece in my bedroom at Downing Street and it was packed separately ..." the autograph postscript says that "Like you I am sorry for the loss of these two years in the Middle East. The position for the West is now very dangerous ...", 1 side 8vo., Donhead House, Shaftesbury headed paper, 29th July 1958, Clarissa's letters also thank him for his care of their china and she also says that her "husband has asked me to thank you for your generosity and to tell you what pleasure your words give him ...", each 1 side 8vo., Donhead House and Rose Bower, Salisbury, 2nd July and 16th August 1958, together with carbon copies of Spark's letter to her in which he says that he does "not wish my Firm to charge anything at all for the storage of the pieces here, nor for the packing, as I am one of the many thousands who are grateful to your husband for all that he has done for us in this country .." and also copies of the valuations and other correspondence with the firm,
Item Date:
1958
Stock No:
39469
£675
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EDGCUMBE
(Richard, 1680-1758, from 1742 1st Baron)
Signature from a document as a Lord of the Treasury,
n.d. but 1716-1717 or 1720 -
Item Date:
1724
Stock No:
51669
£45
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EDGCUMBE
(Richard, 1680-1758, from 1742 1st Baron) and TORRINGTON (George Byng, 1st Viscount, 1663-1733, Admiral and Commander on the Fleet)
Signatures from a document as a Lord of the Treasury,
4" x 3½", [Treasury] Chambers,
Item Date:
1716
Stock No:
41325
£65
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EGERTON
(Sir Edwin Henry, 1841-1916, Ambassador to Greece)
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Walter Joseph Sendall,
(1832-1904, High Commissioner of Cyprus), introducing "Monsieur Fossey of the French Archaeological School at Athens - in whose favour and in behalf of whose Phoenician Exploration and Studies I have already had the pleasure of writing to you", 1 side 8vo, British Legation, Athens, 12th March n.y., c.
Item Date:
1895
Stock No:
17095
£15
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