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THE POLAR REGIONS (Lots 78-93)
ROBERT FALCON SCOTT (1868-1912)
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ROBERT FALCON SCOTT (1868-1912)
Two autograph letters signed ('Rob. F. Scott') to Miss Eleanor Warrender, Lyttelton and 56 Oakley Street, London, 15 December [1901] and 24 October n.y., together 6 pages, 8vo, envelope; the second enclosing a cabinet photograph signed (at lower left corner, 'Rob. F. Scott'), a formal pose showing Scott in naval uniform, by Maull & Fox, London, 165 x 107mm including mount; and a postcard of the Discovery expedition, address only in autograph, date stamped 'S.S. Discovery. Antarctic Expdn., 1901'.
'RATHER LONGING TO BE UP AND AT IT'. Scott writes from Lyttelton in the characteristic rush of last-minute preparations with 'a line of farewell ... it will be good, when we are cut off from civilization, to know that our friends are thinking kindly of us ... At present I'm a little tired of being made much of before anything has been done, tired of making speeches & being polite and rather longing to be up and at it'; he sends news of the pianola which is 'behaving itself very well & affords us great amusement'; he concludes with thanks for 'kindness in the past which I have never forgotten & can never forget'. The letter of 24 October sends a cabinet photograph, 'I enclose this with a photograph in order that you may think more kindly of the manner in which I keep my pledges. The plainclothes one cannot be found ... I cannot tell you how nice it was to see you again and how much I enjoyed my evening with you'. (4)
Two autograph letters signed ('Rob. F. Scott') to Miss Eleanor Warrender, Lyttelton and 56 Oakley Street, London, 15 December [1901] and 24 October n.y., together 6 pages, 8vo, envelope; the second enclosing a cabinet photograph signed (at lower left corner, 'Rob. F. Scott'), a formal pose showing Scott in naval uniform, by Maull & Fox, London, 165 x 107mm including mount; and a postcard of the Discovery expedition, address only in autograph, date stamped 'S.S. Discovery. Antarctic Expdn., 1901'.
'RATHER LONGING TO BE UP AND AT IT'. Scott writes from Lyttelton in the characteristic rush of last-minute preparations with 'a line of farewell ... it will be good, when we are cut off from civilization, to know that our friends are thinking kindly of us ... At present I'm a little tired of being made much of before anything has been done, tired of making speeches & being polite and rather longing to be up and at it'; he sends news of the pianola which is 'behaving itself very well & affords us great amusement'; he concludes with thanks for 'kindness in the past which I have never forgotten & can never forget'. The letter of 24 October sends a cabinet photograph, 'I enclose this with a photograph in order that you may think more kindly of the manner in which I keep my pledges. The plainclothes one cannot be found ... I cannot tell you how nice it was to see you again and how much I enjoyed my evening with you'. (4)