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Facsimile of the Illustrated Arctic News, Published on Board H. M. S. Resolute, Capt. Horatio T. Austin, C. B., In Search of the Expedition Under Sir John Franklin
by Osborn, Sherard & Geo. F. McDougall, eds
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London: Ackermann and Co., 1852. (4),57 pp. Folio. (31 X 48 cm.) Original deep blue cloth, lettered in gilt on front cover and with gilt illustration of ships among icebergs. Spine and corners have had some professional restoration. Boards have a bit of light soiling. Original coated yellow endpapers. Front endpaper with a bit of dark staining from some old glue residue. Corners a bit bumped. Title vignette in color, numerous lithographic illustrations in text, some colored. Two full page coloured illustrations. A very minor amount of browning on the text block edges otherwise a very nice, clean copy. Arctic Biblio. 22800: "Printed and published after the expedition returned home, from the five numbers originally published in manuscript, October, 1950 - March 1951, on shipboard during the wintering of the "Resolute" in Barrow Strait". Very scarce in any condition, but rare in this condition. With the signature of Robert Anstruther Goodsir, dated April 1852, on the front pastedown. This is just weeks after the book was published 15, March 1852. Goodsir was the brother of Harry Goodsir who was lost on the Franklin Expedition. Robert was on two searching expeditions, the first on the "Advance" 1849 and then on the "Lady Franklin" 1850-51. See this catalogue under Goodsir for his account. A polar explorers copy of a scarce title. 1852
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 143162
- Title
- Facsimile of the Illustrated Arctic News, Published on Board H. M. S. Resolute, Capt. Horatio T. Austin, C. B., In Search of the Expedition Under Sir John Franklin
- Author
- Osborn, Sherard & Geo. F. McDougall, eds
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ackermann and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1852
- Keywords
- Northwest Passage|Search for Franklin
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