EISELE
(Donn Fulton, 1930-1987, Colonel USAF, Test Pilot and NASA Astronaut)
Commemorative Envelope Signed
next to the picture of the Splashdown in the Atlantic, together with the insert giving the Timing Sequence for the parachute subsystem, 6½” x 3½”, postmarked Patrick Air Force Base, 22nd October
Item Date:
1968
Stock No:
41971
£225
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EVEREST EXPEDITION, 1924
Part set of 14 out of 20 Cigarette Cards,
with wonderful views from the route taken through the plains of Tibet, up the Rongbuk Glacier, the North Col with its ice wall and the North-East Ridge, beginning with nine members of the expedition, including Irvine and Mallory, who lost their lives (card 1), Everest from the glacier, the monastery at 16,000 feet, and that at Shekar-Dzong on a rock pinnacle, astonishing pictures of the ice formations, Nepalese porters climbing the ice wall at 22,000 feet, and a view taken from 'The Top of the World' at 28,000 feet by Dr Somervell looking down on the peaks and clouds (card 18), the other photographs are by Captain Noel, the descriptions are most evocative and informative about the weather, the rarefied air, the temperatures, and the local living conditions, together 14 cards 3" x 2½", John Player & Sons, no date, circa
lacking cards 3,6,13,16,19 and 20
Item Date:
1924
Stock No:
53426
£125
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FARRER
(Reginald John, 1880-1920, Traveller and Plant Collector)
Autograph Letter Signed to Rachel,
saying that he would "so much have liked to come to your Ball but unfortunately I shall not be in London until the end of the month - shall you still be there then I wonder, that I may come & see you. I have been spending a winter of busy idleness all at one in these deserts, and am just beginning to look forward to the end of my Retreat ...", 2 sides 8vo., Ingleborough, Lancaster, 14th March no year225
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
41418
£275
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FORBES
(Rosita, 1890-1967, Traveller & Writer)
Fine signature and date
on a card, 4” x 2½”, no place, 14th May
Item Date:
1926
Stock No:
42811
£40
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“FORTUNATELY, SO FAR I STILL HAVE THE CLOTHES I AM DRESSED IN!”
FUCHS
(Sir Vivian, 1908-1999, Director of the British Antarctic Survey, Leader Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition)
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Valentine
apologising for the late reply and saying that “regrettably, owing to repeated demands for personal belongings to aid many good causes, I have now run out of suitable items - and therefore I am unable to help you. I am so sorry. Fortunately, so far I still have the clothes I am dressed in!...”, 1 side 8vo., 78 Barton road, Cambridge, on headed note paper, 11th March
Item Date:
1986
Stock No:
42791
£175
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