Description:
Peary, Commander Robert Edwin (1856-1920) and Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) Invitation Signed, 4 May 1910. Printed invitation to a dinner of the Geographical Club held in honor of Commander Peary at the Hyde Park Hotel, with Peary and Scott's signatures running diagonally across, framed, invitation with gilt ruled edge, toned, 5 x 7 in.
Estimate $500-700
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Robert Edwin, Robert FalconJohn Dorfman
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