London: Hutchinson. VG/VG+ (see notes). Date: 1978. 1st. hardcover. 8vo . 471pp . Some foxing to foreedge and rear of frontis. Unaccountably scarce. . 1978. Hutchinson ISBN 009131190X 9780091311902 [US]

ISBN10: 009131190X, ISBN13: 9780091311902, [publisher: Hutchinson of Australia. Melbourne. .] Hardcover 1st Australian edition. 471 PP with 15 text illustrations (4 facsimiles of manuscropts and drawings) and 10 maps (3 double page & 7 full page), plus 16 pages with 57 b/w illustrations. Fp: facsimile of the Illustrated Arctic News, a journal published on board HMS Resolute. Eps: Map of the Arctic. Cloth covers, dj. Bookplate of previous owner pasted down on half title page. Light foxing spots on outside edges and first few passages, o/wise near fine. Scarce. 24 x 15.5. The life and mysterious death of the most heroic Arctic explorer.
[CYGNET, TAS, Australia] [Publication Year: 1978]
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