[13 menus and other associated material, mostly relating to the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909].
British Antarctic Expedition(1907-1909)
mixed material
13 menus, 1 place card and 1 photograph, mostly from dinners celebrating Shackleton's return from the expedition of 1909, including a menu printed on 4 card leaves with original brown calf binding, titled in gilt on upper cover, yapp edges, for a dinner at the Wellington Club, New Zealand, 15 April 1909 and for dinners in London, Brussels, Glasgow, Berlin and elsewhere. Several of the menus are also place cards and are hand-written with the name of the guest on the front and individual verses on the rear; other items are signed by guests and attendees at the dinners.
13 menus, 1 place card and 1 photograph, mostly from dinners celebrating Shackleton's return from the expedition of 1909, including a menu printed on 4 card leaves with original brown calf binding, titled in gilt on upper cover, yapp edges, for a dinner at the Wellington Club, New Zealand, 15 April 1909 and for dinners in London, Brussels, Glasgow, Berlin and elsewhere. Several of the menus are also place cards and are hand-written with the name of the guest on the front and individual verses on the rear; other items are signed by guests and attendees at the dinners.
British Antarctic Expedition (1907-1909)
Menus