Dead Silence Tapa dura - 1993

Historian Geiger and anthropologist Beattie are acknowledged experts on Englishman James Knight, and in particular his mysterious disappearance in 1719 along with his two ships and forty men. Beattie discovered the truth in 1989 and spent four Arctic summers to uncover the evidence of a group of brave men who died in the Arctic three centuries ago.
An excellent copy. Pages are clean and bright and unmarked, almost as new. Boards are tight and clean. DJ is unclipped and in first rate condition. Now covered in a professional removable clear cover. 219 pp. with colour, B&W illustrations, index, bibliography, sources

London: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1993. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Minor shelf wear and tear to unclipped DJ with heavy crease to rear fly. ; First edition, first printing with no other printings listed, 1993. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside, book appears unread and near as new. DJ design by Bradbury and Williams with photos by Owen Beattie. ; Vol. 2; B&W Illustrations and Photographs; 240 pages; This book is an archaeological detective story. In 1719 the Englishman James Knight, then in his seventies and vastly experienced in Arctic travel, set out with two ships and forty men to find the north-west passage. His ships entered Hudson Bay and were not seen again. Following their success in resolving the mystery of the fate of the Franklin expedition of 1845 (the story told in their book "Frozen in Time") , Beattie and Geiger set out to find out what happened to Knight and his ships. What they… Leer más