Princess Hélène d'Orléans, Duchess of Aosta (1871-1951), a collection of signed books, Autograph Letters Signed, signed portrait photographs etc, comprising 'Voyages en Afrique', Milan, Fratelli Treves; Paris, Librairie Nilsson, [1913], 1st edition, signed & inscribed by Princess Hélène to leaf preceding half title page "To William Eagle-Bott Esq. France - Savoia - Aosta. Pennang 8-VI-1923", portrait frontispiece of the author, folding colour map showing her travel route around Africa + 487 illustrations from photographs on 253 full page plates as called for, 368,[1]pp, 4to, contemporary three quarter morocco gilt by Hatchards, top edge gilt, others uncut, original pictorial printed wraps bound in; 'Vers le soleil qui se lève.', Ivrea, Francesco Viassone, 1918, 2nd edition, signed & inscribed to William Eagle-Bott and dated Penang, 8th June 1923, to leaf preceding frontis, numbered 48 of an unspecified limitation, mounted photographic portrait frontispiece of the author, folding colour map at end showing the route of her journey around the world + 16 tipped in colour plates & 522 illustrations from photographs throughout (many full page) as called for, 456,[1]pp, large 4to, contemporary three quarter morocco gilt by Hatchards, top edge gilt, others uncut, original pictorial printed wraps bound in; together with 14 Autograph Letters Signed from Princess Hélène of Orléans, all to one William Eagle-Bott Esquire, c.1920's-1930's, many of the letters several pages each, mainly in their original postally used envelopes and addressed by Princess Hélène of Orléans, various addresses including Selangor, Malaysia, and Lower Kingston, Ringwood, England, majority of the letters on "Reggia di Capodimonte, Napoli", headed paper; together with a portrait photograph of Princess Hélène d'Orléans, Duchess of Aosta, by Eva Barrett (1879-1950), the leading society photographer in Rome in the 1920s and early 1930s, signed in pencil by the photographer and dated Roma/27 to lower margin, signed below by Princess Hélène "France - Savoia - Aosta. 1927", framed and glazed, approx size 33 x 24cm, together with a group photograph depicting the King and Queen of Spain with Princess Hélène, her son and others, captioned below by Princess Hélène and dated at top Capo di Monte, 26-XI-1923, framed and glazed, approx 24 x 18cm; together with a silver teaspoon engraved "Hellena", and a travelling teapot and sugar bowl, with later m/s note stating they were given as a wedding present by the Duchess of Aosta to Pete & Sue Eagle-Bott, October 1931. Princess Hélène of Orléans (French: Princesse Hélène Louise Henriette d'Orléans; 13 June 1871 – 21 January 1951) was a member of the deposed Orléans royal family of France and, by marriage to the head of a cadet branch of the Italian royal family, the Duchess of Aosta. Although her hand in marriage was sought at various times for the heirs to the thrones of the United Kingdom, Austria and the Russian Empire, no such marriage or alliance materialized. In 1892 Hélène travelled with her brother Philippe to Egypt and Palestine, the first of many trips outside of Europe. After the breakdown of both her health and her marriage, Hélène began frequent trips to Africa which lasted up to ten months at a time. She travelled down the Nile, into the Congo, and through much of East Africa, as well as crossing the Sahara. During these trips she became known as a big-game hunter, a reputation bolstered by articles she wrote for Harper's Weekly and later full-length travel books which were illustrated with photographs she had taken, including 'Voyages en Afrique'. In 1913-1914 Hélène undertook a round-the-world trip which she recorded in her travel book 'Vers le soleil qui se lève.'
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