AUTOGRAPH LETTER TO MAJOR J. B. POND SIGNED BY W. S. SANDS, KING'S INSPECTOR OF HOLYROOD PALACE, THANKING POND FOR SENDING HIM A COPY OF HIS BOOK "ECCENTRICITIES OF GENIUS". by Sands, W. S. The King's Inspector of Holyrood Palace - 1901.

[Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.], 29 June, 1901., 1901.. Fine. - Letter penned on 2 sides of a sheet of cream letterhead folded once to form 4 sides, each 7-1/4 inches high by 4-5/8 inches wide. The first side is bordered in black and is headed "Holyrood Palace" in black with a small embossed image of the royal crown above it. Signed "W. S. Sands." Folded once for mailing. Together with the black-bordered Holyrood Palace mailing envelope. Near fine. <p>Sands profusely thanks Major James B. Pond for sending him and his wife a copy of Pond's book "Eccentricities of Genius", "such a valuable & delightful souvenir of your visit to Holyrood". He adds that they are both looking forward to hearing a lecture by Pond that evening. At his wife's request, he is enclosing for Mrs. Pond two photographs [not here present] of "the throne of our late beloved Mistress Queen Victoria". Queen Victoria died in January 1901 and was succeeded by her eldest son Edward Vii. Hence the black-bordered stationery.<p>Holyrood Palace is the official residence of the British monarch in Scotland. Located at the bottom of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, at the opposite end to Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood Palace has served as the principal residence of the Kings and Queens of Scots since the 16th century.