Bookselling History
A collection of documents relating to Edwin W. Shepherd and Hatchards, London, comprising;
A Tribute to Edwin W. Shepherd, 'We your Friends and Colleagues of the Board of Hatchards Ltd. here record our deep appreciation of the great services you have rendered to the firm since first you joined it sixty years ago ...., 31st March 1951, illuminated and signed, in full morocco gilt binding by Zaehnsdorf;
Royal Christmas Card 1934, signed by Queen Mary, with aerial view of Buckingham Palace, preserved in cloth folder by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, address panel on pastedown;
Royal Warrants for Hatchards, comprising;
To the King, Feb 1911; To the Prince of Wales, Jan 1927; To Queen Mary, March 1938; To the King and to the Queen, both June 1938;
Letters from Marlborough House on behalf of Queen Mary, five, from 1950 to 52, some about her visits to the shop;
Various other letters and photographs including a portrait of Shepherd in Police Uniform (qty)