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Auction: 21066 - Historical Documents, Postal History and Autographs
Lot: 20

(x) The Major David Underwood Collection of collection of Royal Visits and Tours to India, 1876-1912
The Royal visit to India 1905-06
Publications and Bound Items
1903 (May) - 1906 (Nov.) Mrs. Smith-Dorrien's Visitors' Book bound in red leather, used at the residence of Major-General Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien in Quetta, Baluchistan with some important entries, some in Mrs. Smith-Dorrien's hand including Major-General Douglas Haig, Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Hunter (signed), Major-General Sir Henry Chichton Sclater (signed), Major-General Sir Lawrence Worthington Parsons (signed), Thomas Woodhouse Legh, 2nd Baron Newton (signed), the Prince and Princess of Wales (both signed on their own page), Major General Harry Beauchamp Duff (signed), General Sir Horatio Herbert Kitchener (signed), Colonel William Riddel Birdwood (signed) among others. The binding with minor faults as to be expected, though a wonderful object

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Sold for
£700

Starting price
£400