Autographs and ephemera, Nancy, Lady ASTOR, KING GEORGE VI a...

Hammer

£250

Autographs and ephemera, Nancy, Lady ASTOR, KING GEORGE VI and QUEEN ELIZABETH autographed Christmas card 1951 in glazed frame, photographs and postcards, brochures, compliments slip from David Astor; leather bound writing case by Asprey with Clivedon Taplow paper, the cover bearing Lady Astor's monogram; memorial service for Viscount Astor 1952; black and white photograph by Dorothy WILDING, signed by her in margin and by Nancy Astor; (Dorothy Wilding (1893-1976), noted society photographer, particularly renowned for her portraits of Royalty); Cecil BEATON, black and white photograph in leather case by Finnegans of Bond St, London, of Lady Astor signed in margin Cecil BEATON; Informal Biography by Maurice Collins, 1960, dedicated to Mrs Ford by Nancy Astor 1960; Rosina Harrison, Rose my life in Service 2nd printing 1975 dedicated to Miss E Ford; another early sepia photograph of Lady Astor framed by Pratt and Sons, Derby, (Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton (January 14, 1904 - January 18, 1980) English fashion and portrait photographer)