of the fate of Sir John Franklin and his companions.
London, John Murray, 1859
'On 22 October 1854... The Arctic explorer John Rae arrived back in England with the first certain intelligence of the fate of Sir John Franklin's expedition. The Admiralty was satisfied of the truth of the news and took no action to confirm it, but Lady Franklin determined on a search expedition. For this purpose she bought the yacht Fox and had her fitted out, principally at her own cost, giving the command to McClintock, who, like the other officers of the expedition, offered his services gratuitously. In 1859 McClintock published an account of this service in The voyage of the Fox in the Arctic seas... The expedition returned to England in 1859, bringing with it the written memorandum of Franklin's death, the abandonment of the ships, and the fate of the whole party' (ODNB).
First edition, 8vo, xxvii, 403 pp., 3 pages ads at end dated January 1860, 2 folding maps (1 in the rear pocket, 1 showing 2 charts), 16 plates, original pictorial gilt blind-stamped blue cloth, brown endpapers, old gift inscription (1880) to front free endpaper, very lightly rubbed, a fine copy.
First edition, 8vo, xxvii, 403 pp., 3 pages ads at end dated January 1860, 2 folding maps (1 in the rear pocket, 1 showing 2 charts), 16 plates, original pictorial gilt blind-stamped blue cloth, brown endpapers, old gift inscription (1880) to front free endpaper, very lightly rubbed, a fine copy.
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