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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. vii, [1], 277 p. front. (6 port.) plates, 3 fold. maps. 8vo. Blue boards with gilt lettering. Light wear to edges. Binding in good condition. Pages clean and unmarked with slight yellowing due to age. Large map at rear has tear.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1885
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition. Minor loss to spine head, top page ridge lightly foxed, front hinge starting, ink name on front free endpaper. 1885 Hard Cover. vii, 277 pp. 8vo. Original blue cloth, gilt titles. Five fold-out maps follow text, 13 engraved plates in text. An account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition led by Adolphus Greely, the two reliefs efforts launched to resupply the party, and their final rescue after most of the crew had died from various causes. Arctic Bibliography 15483: "Contains a brief resume of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, 1881-84, and of the first relief expedition 1882; also a detailed account of the Yantic and Proteus relief expedition, 1883, and the Thetis, Bear and Alert relief expedition, 1884, which rescued the seven survivors near Cape Sabine, Smith Sound. Includes notes on ice conditions from Melville Bay to Smith Sound, and further details on the life of the survivors before their rescue.