Life With the Esquimaux A Narrative of Arctic Experience in Search of Survivors of Sir John Franklin's Expedition
London: Sampson Low, Son and Marston, 1865. Early Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. x, [2], 547. Frontis. colored illustration of a sled dog team with tissue guard. Illustrated with color plates, black & white illustrations and maps, including a map housed within rear pastedown pocket. Appendix. Bound in decorated green cloth, front board with elaborate gilt design. Lacking front free endpaper, three leaves with a quarter-size dampstain, rubbed edges and corners; age-toning and soiling to early endpapers and first pages. Binder's tag on the rear pastedown ("W. Bone and Son, Fleet Street"). Very Good. Item #12226
First one-volume edition, published a year following the first edition. A fine example of Victorian book design, and a classic in Franklin Expedition bibliography.
Price: $250.00