Weird and Tragic Shores: The Story of Charles Francis Hall, Explorer by Loomis, Chauncey C - 1971

Knopf, January 1971. Hardcover. Used - Acceptable. Former library copy with identifying labels.

Knopf, 1971. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Knopf, 1971. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Knopf Incorporated, Alfred A. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Knopf, 1971. hardcover. clean and tight, /wrapped in plastic. 8x6x1. x library

Knopf, 1971. Mass Market Paperback. Used: Good.

Knopf, 1971-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1.6000 in x 8.5000 in x 6.0000 in. Stated first edition. Ex-library with usual stickers and stamps. Jacket covered with plastic sleeve; sleeve has small rip on front panel. Mild shelf wear, scuffing on edges. Text clear and clean; rear end page missing. Binding intact but loosened with age.

New York: Knopf, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8x6x1.

Macmillan Ltd.,, New York, 1971. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Edition: xiv, 367pages, xii index, illustrated, 16 b/w photographs, 2 maps. Cream cloth covers with gilt titling to spine in pictorial unclipped dust jacket. Some brown spotting to top of covers otherwise contents clean. The story of Charles Francis Hall, a 19th century Cincinnati businessman who threw up his career as a printer and publisher, left behind his wife and family, and embarked on an extraordinary expedition to the Arctic without any experience or specialised knowledge. In all he made three sorties, beginning with an under-financed search for the lost seamen of the British Franklin expedition and ending in a disastrous attempt to reach the North Pole. This final expedition was backed by the Grant Administration and ended in tragedy. Hall himself died during the attempt, possibly poisoned. In 1968 his body was exhumed 97 years after its burial in the Arctic, and the author was present at the autopsy. This is… Read More

Knopf. hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!