NEW LIGHT ON FRANKLI
1949 · Ipswich; Londo
by Wright, Noel
Ipswich; Londo: W.S. Cowell Lt, 1949. 125pp. with several in-text maps and illustrations. Original light blue cloth. Spine faded, light edge wear. Presentation and ownership inscriptions on front free endpaper. Light tanning. Very good. A presentation copy of a mid-20th century proposal that the lost ships of the Franklin Expedition might be located on the northeastern side of King William Island (one ship was finally discovered in 2014, on the northwestern side of the island). Privately printed and scarce, with an inscription from the author to "The Controller of the Navy." Not in ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY (Inventory #: WRCAM51983)