The Rescue of Greely, Illustrated from the Photographs and Maps of the Relief Expedition
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1885. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #2332389
First edition. Minor loss to spine head, top page ridge lightly foxed, front hinge starting, ink name on front free endpaper.
vii, 277 pp. 8vo. Original blue cloth, gilt titles. Five fold-out maps follow text, 13 engraved plates in text. An account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition led by Adolphus Greely, the two reliefs efforts launched to resupply the party, and their final rescue after most of the crew had died from various causes. Arctic Bibliography 15483: "Contains a brief resume of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, 1881-84, and of the first relief expedition 1882; also a detailed account of the Yantic and Proteus relief expedition, 1883, and the Thetis, Bear and Alert relief expedition, 1884, which rescued the seven survivors near Cape Sabine, Smith Sound. Includes notes on ice conditions from Melville Bay to Smith Sound, and further details on the life of the survivors before their rescue."
Price: $75.00