Printed Books, Maps & Autographs, Lord Nelson, Scottish Topography, The David Smith Print Collection (NOV20) Wed, 11th Nov 2020 Lot 134

Estimate: £200 - £300 + Fees British Royalty. A miscellaneous selection of signed pieces by various monarchs, etc., 20th century British Royalty. A miscellaneous selection of signed pieces, a few letters, Christmas cards, memorandums, documents, etc., by various monarchs and other members of the British royal family, 20th century, including King Edward VII (2), Queen Mary (8; including a small series of pencil notes relating to King , the health of Admiral Beatty etc.), George, Duke of Kent, Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, Henry, Duke of Gloucester, George, Duke of Cambridge (2), Arthur, Duke of Connaught (making reference to an earthquake in Messina, Italy, January 1909), Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (early signature [‘Elizabeth Lyon’] to the inside cover of an exercise book, 1908), Queen Elizabeth II & Prince Philip (autopen signatures on a Christmas card, 1966), Princess Anne, Edward, Duke of Kent etc., together with:A selection of Autograph Letters Signed & Typed Letters Signed etc., by various ladies-in-waiting and other members of the Royal household, covering the reigns of Queen Victoria to the present day, including Charles Beaumont Phipps, Arthur Bigge, 1st Baron Stamfordham, Francis Knollys, Henry Innes-Ker, 8th Duke of Roxburghe, Harry Verney, Charlotte Knollys, Lady Constance Gaskell, George Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon (referring to the funeral of King George VI), Alan Lascelles, Sybil Kenyon- Slaney, Arthur Penn, Lady Cynthia Colville (referring to ‘the high standard of work undertaken by professional women & its ever-increasing importance’, 1931), Jock Colville (also served as Assistant Private Secretary to during World War II), Martin Gilliat, Edward Ford (inspired Queen Elizabeth II’s phrase annus horribilis in her famous speech of 1992), etc., some of the letters accompanied by the original envelopes Qty: approx. 120