THREE YEARS OF ARCTIC SERVICE AN ACCOUNT OF THE LADY FRANKLIN BAY EXPEDITION OF 1881-84 AND THE ATTAINMENT OF THE FARTHEST NORTH
1886 · London
by Greely, Adolphus W
London, 1886. Two volumes. xxv,[1],428pp.; xii,[2],444pp., plus forty-seven plates and two folding maps. A few Greely-related ephemeral items stored in a pocket mounted on rear pastedown of first volume. Publisher's pictorial cloth, rebacked in matching cloth, spine gilt. Minor shelf wear, light soiling, corners bumped. Tape repairs to one folding map, contemporary bookplate on each front pastedown, modern bookplate on each rear pastedown. Very good. Mostly unopened. First edition, signed "Sincerely yours, A W Greely" on the front flyleaf. The tremendous story of Greely's grueling Arctic expedition, ending with the party's long privation and the rescue of the survivors. "Includes accounts of the battle with ice on the sea, the sledge journeys, the life of the men in camp and on the march, and the geography of territory explored; with a chapter on polar ice" - ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY. Greely had explored far northern Greenland; the expedition was fraught with dissension, and lost a number of men. ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY 6118 (ref). (Inventory #: WRCAM54150)