NAVAL. LITTLETON, Richard Charles Arthur, Commander (1888-19...

NAVAL. LITTLETON, Richard Charles Arthur, Commander (1888-1945). An album of circa 79 mounted photographs (on circa 26 pp.), each titled in ink to album leaves, with photography of ships including H.M. Yacht Victoria and Albert, H.M.S. Aboukir, 'Danish Submarine', H.M.S. Cochrane, 'Home Fleet at anchor, Torbay', H.M.S. Hindustan, a set of several of H.M.S. Dreadnought ('on the battle practice run'; 'firing broadside'; 'firing a salvo'), and two of early aviation ('[Claude] Graham[e]-White flying over ''Dreadnought''. H.M.'s Standard flying.' and 'Graham[e]-White directly over the Yacht'), together with shipboard and shore-based views, groups, including royalty, and other photographs, with two menu cards for H.M.Y. Victoria and Albert (Copenhagen, 2 Oct. 1910), spotting to mounting leaves, contemp. padded maroon roan, scuffed with losses, upper board and first leaf detached, a.e.g., oblong folio; together with an unframed portrait photograph of Commander Littleton, a small group of family letters and papers (incl. a certified copy of his birth certificate), an unframed portrait photograph of his daughter, Marilyn Eve Littleton, and a copy of the typescript memoirs of Rear-Admiral Algernon Charles Littleton (1843-1912) (this appears to be the example from which the copy at Greenwich was taken; RMG, LTO/1). Provenance: By descent to Marilyn Eve Littleton; thence gifted to Margaret Bell. Accompanied by her autograph letter of provenance.

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