Edward VIII.- Official Souvenir Programme of the Coronation of His Majesty King Edward VIII, dummy copy of the programme under printed paper covers and with all titles and borders set but with neither text nor images, loosely inserted 2 T.L.s from Sir Jameson Boyd Adams to Royal biographer H.Hector Bolitho, these both on King George's Jubilee Trust headed notepaper, also typescript of Bolitho's essay intended for publication in the programme, this marked up in ink manuscript, the programme with a little browning and creasing to covers, the letters and the typescript with folds, together in custom-made cloth portfolio and slip-case, 4to et infra, [1936]. ⁂In the first letter, dated 29th April 1937, Adams writes "I enclose a dummy copy of the Programme for the Coronation of King Edward VIII. Like you, I am keeping one of these as a souvenir." Adams goes on to reassure Bolitho that his tickets for the forthcoming Coronation are to come; in the second letter, dated 26th May 1937, Adams returns Bolitho's essay with thanks. Captain Sir Jameson Boyd Adams (1880-1962) Royal Navy officer, Antarctic explorer (on Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition), recipient of the Distinguished Service Order and the Croix de Guerre; from 1935 Secretary of King George's Jubilee Trust.
Edward VIII.- Official Souvenir Programme of the Coronation of His Majesty King Edward VIII, dummy copy of the programme under printed paper covers and with all titles and borders set but with neither text nor images, loosely inserted 2 T.L.s from Sir Jameson Boyd Adams to Royal biographer H.Hector Bolitho, these both on King George's Jubilee Trust headed notepaper, also typescript of Bolitho's essay intended for publication in the programme, this marked up in ink manuscript, the programme with a little browning and creasing to covers, the letters and the typescript with folds, together in custom-made cloth portfolio and slip-case, 4to et infra, [1936]. ⁂In the first letter, dated 29th April 1937, Adams writes "I enclose a dummy copy of the Programme for the Coronation of King Edward VIII. Like you, I am keeping one of these as a souvenir." Adams goes on to reassure Bolitho that his tickets for the forthcoming Coronation are to come; in the second letter, dated 26th May 1937, Adams returns Bolitho's essay with thanks. Captain Sir Jameson Boyd Adams (1880-1962) Royal Navy officer, Antarctic explorer (on Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition), recipient of the Distinguished Service Order and the Croix de Guerre; from 1935 Secretary of King George's Jubilee Trust.
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