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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
de M'Clintock, Captain (Francis) and Sir John Franklin
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London: John Murray, 1859. First Edition. Oictavo. Frontispiece, xxvii, 403pp., (1)pp. publisher's ad, large folding map bound in at rear, folding map at page x, folding facsimile of a record found of Franklin's expedition, along with several engravings. Many have searched and failed to locate John Franklin and the crew of the Fox until M'Clintock took up the challenge of a voyage to find the missing crew. He eventually discovered one of the ships' lifeboats on King William Island. It was clear that some of the explorers had survived through two winters. The bones found revealed disease was prevalent. Most died of starvation, but evidence also showed lead poisoning could have been a factor. And, cutting marks left on some bones show they may have turned to cannibalism to survive. No one survived. Rebound in a modern 1/4 brown leather over marbled paper covered boards, raised bands, compartments fully gilt decorated, red and black contrasting labels gilt, all edges marbled, endpapers renewed. A very clean bright copy.
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- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 022627
- Título
- The Voyage of the Fox in the Arctic Seas. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions
- Autor
- M'Clintock, Captain (Francis) and Sir John Franklin
- Estado del libro
- Usado
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- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- John Murray
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1859
- Palabras clave
- Arctic Seas the Fox Voyages
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Travel and Exploration;
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
