Our Lost Explorers: The Narrative of the Jeannette Arctic Expedition as Related by the Survivors, and in the Records and Last Journals of Lieutenant de Long
Hartford, Conn. American Publishing Company, 1882. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [3], iv-xv, [3], 18-479, [3] pp. Brown publisher's cloth with decorations in black, silver, and gold on the front board and spine. Illustrated with a frontispiece and with several full-page and in-text engravings, maps, and plans.Completing the title page: "With graphic descriptions of arctic Siberia, the Lena and its delta, the native and exiled inhabitants of the country, etc.; and Mr. Newcomb's narrative of a winter overland journey from the Arctic Ocean to St. Petersburg. Also an account of hte Jeannette search expeditions, their discoveries, the burning of the Rodgers, &c. With an introduction by Rev. W.L. Gage." Written and edited by one of the thirteen survivors of the harrowing Jeannette expedition. Newcomb was the crew's naturalist. Very Good. Item #000011135
With a bookplate on the front pastedown and toning to the front preliminaries, front hinge has been neatly repaired.
Price: $350.00