Small Cache of Original Corresponsence from Angel Mathias to Seaver; with Execotor Letter from Lois Wyse Jackson, printed letters from Dictionary of National Biography Supplement and the Scott Polar Research Institute and Lenthy Personal Manuscript letter from Diana Oldridge to Seaver following a recent visit by her to Ireland
1964, 1st Edition. No Publisher. Assortment of letters, handwritten and typed. From George Seaver’s own library through the Zozimus (Wyse Jackson) sale 2021. Geroge Seaver was an English biographer and polar enthusiast. In 1946, Seaver was appointed bishop's vicar of Kilkenny Cathedral in Ireland, but even after his retirement his interest in polar affairs and writing biographies remained until his death in 1976. Item #357514
Physical description: 4 page manuscript letter to Seaver from Angela Mathias (widow of Apsley Cherry Garrard, whose account of his experiences on Scott's final expedition in The Worst Journey in the World became a classic of Polar literature) with a further 8 manuscript pages where she quotes directly from Henry King's The Exequy, plus 2 other lengthy letters from her. Dictionary of National Biography Supplement printed letters to Seaver requesting a contribution to the supplement a notice of life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Scott Polar Research Institute printed letter to Seaver. Lengthy personal letter to Seaver from Diana Oldridge following a recent visit to Ireland by her. Additional information available on request. Subjects: Seaver, George. Polar exploration. Personal correspondence.
Price: €695.00