SPENCER
(Raine, Countess, b. 1929, step-mother of Princess Diana)
Cheerful Christmas card photo, signed and inscribed
"to darling Edie & Shaun ... from Raine & Gerald", showing Raine in a lovely wedding dress with her first husband Gerald Legge, 1924-1997, later Viscount Lewisham, from 1962 9th Earl of Dartmouth, leaving the church, 1 side 7" x 4", from 51 South Street, W.1., Christmas
Item Date:
1948
Stock No:
53635
£165
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[SPENCER
(John, 1924-1992, 8th Earl, Equerry to George VI and Elizabeth II, and the Hon. Frances, née Roche, Mrs Shand Kydd, parents of Diana, Princess of Wales)]
Invitation following the marriage of their daughter Sarah (b. 1955),
to Mr Neil McCorquodale, made out to Mr and Mrs Jimmy Scallan, 1 side 8" x 6" and conjugate blank, Althorp, 17th May
light horizontal crease from folding, some very faint marks
Item Date:
1980
Stock No:
53310
£35
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[SPENCER
(Émile, French Composer)]
'La Marche Franco-Russe', comic patriotic song in French,
voice part with words by A. Poupay, 'created by Bourgès at the Scala', saying that only the Russians are comrades in arms, they don't like beer, choucroute or macaroni, but they do like wine so long as it's French, everyone knows the French and Russians are alike, and can hold their own at any carousal, while a burning breath of hope goes through the land that the 'murder' of Lorraine will be punished, opposite is a full-page drawing of French and Russian soldiers fraternising, 2 sides 11" x 6¾", Paris, published by E. Bigot at the 'Chanson Populaire', no date, but
Item Date:
1893
Stock No:
51471
£125
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STRATHMORE
(Cecilia, 1862-1938, mother of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Wife of Claude George, 1855-1944, from 1904 14th Earl of)
Autograph Letter Signed to Alice Verne BREDT ,
(1868-1958, pianist and violinist), saying she would "like very much to come & see your Marionettes. Would the 6th of June be convenient for you? I think I am pretty certain, D.V. to be down in the South by then", 2 sides 8vo., Glamis Castle, 3rd May
Item Date:
1933
Stock No:
14620
£95
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STRATHMORE
(Cecilia, 1862-1938, mother of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Wife of Claude George, 1855-1944, from 1904 14th Earl)
Last page of an Autograph Letter Signed to Mathilde VERNE ,
(1865-1936, the famous pianist who taught the Queen Mother), inviting her to "come & see us often when we get settled in, & I hope Mrs. Laurence Smith will also come ... Yr. affec.ate old friend ... P.S. I have the two little York grandchildren here - such darlings", the present Queen and Princess Margaret(who was born at Glamis), 1 side 8vo., Woolmer Park, Hertford, no date, c.
Item Date:
1932
Stock No:
14619
£125
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