An extensive and interesting album of autographs, letters and other ephemera, to include a hand-written letter from Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), written on headed notepaper from 'Undershaw, Hindhead, Haslemere', tipped in signatures of Prince Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg (1844-1990), [the second son of Queen Victoria], Prince Louis Alexander Mountbatten (1854-1921), [grandfather to HRH Prince Philip], 2 x Charles Dickens (1812-1870), the Duke of Wellington (1807-1884), two hand-written letters from Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865) [twice British Prime Minister], a signature of David Livingstone (1813-1873) and other items, many of a naval theme, all worthy of further inspection.

Provenance: The collection was started by a family of booksellers in Portsea Island, named Griffin, to who many of the letters are addressed, with additions made over the years, and then retained by descendants.