Lot 38: WILSON (EDWARD ADRIAN)

Family transcriptions of nine poems relating to the British Antarctic Expedition including his son Ted’s ‘The Barrier Silence’, as well as: ‘To Blossom’ (on the Ice Barrier - Blossom depot Jan I. 1912); ‘The House that Cherry Built’ (the igloo at Cape Crozier); ‘Our Ration’ (Sledging on the Barrier Jan 12. 1912); ‘The Tent (Antarctic Regions 1912)’; ‘Our Bill’ (on the return to Cape Evans from Cape Crozier, Midwinter 1911); ‘The Sleeping Bag’ (Ponting and Meares, Cape Evans 1911); Life in the Antarctic or The Protoplasine Cycle, 12 pages, all but the last 4to; Family transcriptions of key letters (some extracts) regarding their son Ted: Capt. Scott to Sir Clements Markham; Capt. Scott to Mrs. Wilson, 24 Nov. 1901 (2 copies); Capt. Scott to Ory, 1 Oct. 1911; Capt. Scott’s last letter to Mrs. Wilson; Wilson’s last letter to Ory; Kathleen Scott to Mrs. Wilson, 10 May [1912]; and several other related transcriptions and typed copies, in all 23 pages, one on Westal headed paper, mostly 8vo; 2 telegrams announcing Wilson success in his MB examinations at Cambridge in 1900, and another sent by Ory Wilson from Christchurch to Wilson’s parents at Westal, Cheltenham (small quantity)
Estimate: £800 - 1,000



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Wilson family keepsakes, together with three telegrams. The last of these, dated 3 April 1912 was sent to Wilson’s parents by his wife Ory who was waiting for him at Christchurch New Zealand. Based on reports from those who had returned to Cape Evans (whose news was three months old), it reported “Last news from the South Pole Plateau Ted absolutely fit exceedingly happy Ory”. Scott, Wilson and Bowers had, in fact, died two weeks earlier.

Wilson family keepsakes, together with three telegrams. The last of these, dated 3 April 1912 was sent to Wilson’s parents by his wife Ory who was waiting for him at Christchurch New Zealand. Based on reports from those who had returned to Cape Evans (whose news was three months old), it reported “Last news from the South Pole Plateau Ted absolutely fit exceedingly happy Ory”. Scott, Wilson and Bowers had, in fact, died two weeks earlier.