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The Voyage of the ‘Fox’ in the Arctic Seas. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions.

Name: The Voyage of the ‘Fox’ in the Arctic Seas. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions.
Author: M’Clintock, Sir F. Leopold.

Book Description

First edition. 8vo. pp. xxvii, 403, [3, ads.]; 16 plates, 3 maps including one in pocket at rear; foxing to title-page, previous owner’s bookplate to front pastedown, else very good in the original blue cloth, gilt, expertly restored at foot of spine.

Dealer Notes

AB 10555. Sponsored by Lady Franklin and by public subscription, M'Clintock’s expedition used informaton supplied by John Rae to search for Franklin’s ships in the King William Island area. In this it proved successful, finding sufficient proofs to ascertain the fate of Franklin and his men, and an appendix lists the various relics found.

Author M’Clintock, Sir F. Leopold.

Date 1859

Binding Original cloth, gilt

Publisher London: John Murray

Condition See description

Pages pp. xxvii, 403, [3, ads.]

Price: £350.00

Offered by Meridian Rare Books

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