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Comprising 6 Autograph Letters Signed, 2 Typed Letters Signed, and 3 Photographic Holiday Cards Signed ("Grace," "Kelly," "Rainier and Grace"), 19 pp recto and verso, various sizes (12mo to 4to), Monaco, October 17, 1966 to December 17, 1974, to Charles Fish, on various stationeries including Grimaldi monogrammed stationery and "Palais de Monaco" stationery, many with original transmittal envelopes, housed in a black 3-ring binder. Fish was a longtime friend of Grace Kelly harking back to her days growing up in Philadelphia. The two kept in touch and got together throughout the years and shared a comfortable rapport with each other, as she writes after a get-together in 1966: "It is wonderful to be able to relax with old pals ... we have to spend so much time meeting people & making small talk with strangers that it is a great relief not to have to make efforts." She also regales him with the thrill of visiting with the Apollo 8 astronauts and how, when watching the launch later, "our hearts were in our throats." She spends time reminiscing about their days in Philadelphia and enjoys it immensely when Fish sends her photos of what her classmates look like currently. The two often invited each other to various events, and to Fish's request that Grace set him up on a date, she responds, "Don't know how well we can do in the date dept. Rainier does not know any single girls!!" 10.5 x 11 x 2 in.