BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1910-1913 -- FRY'S CHOCOLATES
BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1910-1913 -- FRY'S CHOCOLATES A series of letters from members of the expedition to Conrad Fry and Messrs J.S.Y. Fry & Sons, about their supply of cocoa and chocolate to the expedition, comprising: Robert Falcon SCOTT (2 typed letters signed, Victoria Street, London, and Winter Quarters, Cape Evans, [Antarctica], 3 November 1909 & 23 January 1911, on B.A.E. headed paper, the latter with autograph emendations and additions, [Fry's cocoa and chocolate] 'highly satisfactory and especially appreciated in this climate') and typed postscript signed by Harry PENNELL 2½ pages, 4to ; Edward R.G.R. EVANS (3 autograph letters signed, 4 typed letters signed and 1 typed letter, Victoria Street, London, 17 September 1909 - 3 March 1914, on B.A.E. headed paper, 4 pages in autograph and four pages, typescript, 4to ), with a telegram from Evans, Lyttelton, New Zealand, 14 February 1913; Raymond PRIESTLEY (autograph letter signed, 'Camp at Cape Royds', 20 January 1911, B.A.E. headed paper, 1 page, 4to ; Griffith TAYLOR (autograph letter signed, 'Geographical Survey, Fed. Capital, Australia', 17 January 1913, on paper with heading of Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Home Affairs, 2 pages, folio . Provenance : Messrs J.S. Fry & Sons; Christie's, 18 April 2000, lot 176.
BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1910-1913 -- FRY'S CHOCOLATES
BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1910-1913 -- FRY'S CHOCOLATES A series of letters from members of the expedition to Conrad Fry and Messrs J.S.Y. Fry & Sons, about their supply of cocoa and chocolate to the expedition, comprising: Robert Falcon SCOTT (2 typed letters signed, Victoria Street, London, and Winter Quarters, Cape Evans, [Antarctica], 3 November 1909 & 23 January 1911, on B.A.E. headed paper, the latter with autograph emendations and additions, [Fry's cocoa and chocolate] 'highly satisfactory and especially appreciated in this climate') and typed postscript signed by Harry PENNELL 2½ pages, 4to ; Edward R.G.R. EVANS (3 autograph letters signed, 4 typed letters signed and 1 typed letter, Victoria Street, London, 17 September 1909 - 3 March 1914, on B.A.E. headed paper, 4 pages in autograph and four pages, typescript, 4to ), with a telegram from Evans, Lyttelton, New Zealand, 14 February 1913; Raymond PRIESTLEY (autograph letter signed, 'Camp at Cape Royds', 20 January 1911, B.A.E. headed paper, 1 page, 4to ; Griffith TAYLOR (autograph letter signed, 'Geographical Survey, Fed. Capital, Australia', 17 January 1913, on paper with heading of Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Home Affairs, 2 pages, folio . Provenance : Messrs J.S. Fry & Sons; Christie's, 18 April 2000, lot 176.
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