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CYRIAX, Richard J. (1885-1967). Sir John Franklin’s Last Arctic Expedition: a Chapter in the History of the Royal Navy. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1939.
The first edition of one of the rarest works on the twentieth-century Franklin search. This important scholarly account of Franklin’s last voyage is based largely on the account of George McClintock. Only two other copies are recorded by ABPC and RBH. Arctic Bib. 21321.
Octavo (217 x 138mm). 4 maps, 3 of which are folding (upper edge of map strengthened). Publisher’s original blue cloth. Provenance: Aquila Books.
The first edition of one of the rarest works on the twentieth-century Franklin search. This important scholarly account of Franklin’s last voyage is based largely on the account of George McClintock. Only two other copies are recorded by ABPC and RBH. Arctic Bib. 21321.
Octavo (217 x 138mm). 4 maps, 3 of which are folding (upper edge of map strengthened). Publisher’s original blue cloth. Provenance: Aquila Books.