[ENGLAND -- KINGS & QUEENS]. [QUEEN ELIZABETH, The Queen Mother]. GILLIAT, Martin. Queen's Private Secretary. Typed letter signed to [Russell] Barnett Aitken, Clarence House, 28 November 1969. 1 p., 4to, framed. The Queen thanks Aitken for his book Great Game Animals of the World. The second copy off the press was sent to the Queen Mother; Mr. Aitken spent a great a deal of time on sporting trips in Scotland and it was on one of these trips that he made the Queen Mother's acquaintance. In subsequent years they socialized on several occasions at shooting weekends in Scotland and Yorkshire. -- [WILLIAM AND MARY]. Document with seal, October 1682. 25½ x 28½ in., ON VELLUM, elaborately engraved upper margin with portraits of the King & Queen, birds, a crowned lion, and scroll work. SEAL: 4½ in. diameter, dark green wax, showing the enthroned King and Queen, fragmented into 4 large pieces, a portion pendant on a maroon & white cord. -- EDWARD VII. Autograph letter signed ("Albert Edward") to Madame Bonnsaly, n.p., 13 January n.y. 3 pp., 8vo, in French. -- ELIZABETH II. Christmas card signed as Queen, n.p., n.d. -- 3 typed letters from the Queen's Ladies in Waiting expressing thanks for Christmas wishes, 1966-1975. Together 7 items. (7)

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[ENGLAND -- KINGS & QUEENS]. [QUEEN ELIZABETH, The Queen Mother]. GILLIAT, Martin. Queen's Private Secretary. Typed letter signed to [Russell] Barnett Aitken, Clarence House, 28 November 1969. 1 p., 4to, framed. The Queen thanks Aitken for his book Great Game Animals of the World. The second copy off the press was sent to the Queen Mother; Mr. Aitken spent a great a deal of time on sporting trips in Scotland and it was on one of these trips that he made the Queen Mother's acquaintance. In subsequent years they socialized on several occasions at shooting weekends in Scotland and Yorkshire. -- [WILLIAM AND MARY]. Document with seal, October 1682. 25½ x 28½ in., ON VELLUM, elaborately engraved upper margin with portraits of the King & Queen, birds, a crowned lion, and scroll work. SEAL: 4½ in. diameter, dark green wax, showing the enthroned King and Queen, fragmented into 4 large pieces, a portion pendant on a maroon & white cord. -- EDWARD VII. Autograph letter signed ("Albert Edward") to Madame Bonnsaly, n.p., 13 January n.y. 3 pp., 8vo, in French. -- ELIZABETH II. Christmas card signed as Queen, n.p., n.d. -- 3 typed letters from the Queen's Ladies in Waiting expressing thanks for Christmas wishes, 1966-1975. Together 7 items. (7)

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