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By: Geiger, John & Alanna Mitchell
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Toronto, Harpercollins Publishers: 2015
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 19096
ISBN: 1443444170
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
As new ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Colour Illustrations; 9.5 X 8.3 X 0.9 inches; 206 pages; "The greatest mystery in all of exploration is the fate of the 1845—1848 British Arctic Expedition commanded by Sir John Franklin. All 129 crewmen died, and the two ships seemingly vanished without a trace. The expedition's destruction was a mass disaster spread over two years. With the vessels beset and abandoned, the crew confronted a horrific ordeal. They suffered from lead poisoning, were stricken with scurvy and, ultimately, resorted to cannibalism in their final d... View more info
By: Hearne, Samuel
Price: $69.95
Publisher: Edmonton, AB, M. G. Hurtig Ltd.: 1971
Edition: Facsimile
Seller ID: 18403
ISBN: 0888300476
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
DJ has very light shelf wear, with small 3/4 inch tear at bottom front.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Boards bound in red silk, black and gilt spine label. A number of large fold-out maps and fold-out reproductions of B&W illustrations. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 458 pages; This is a facsimile edition of the book originally published in 1795. "For all their daring and enterprise, few of the early English fur trade explorers possessed the skill or carried the necessary instruments to report fully their discoveries. It was left to Samuel Hearne, an observan... View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart: 1954
Edition: Second Edition
Seller ID: 17979
Condition: Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
Ex-library, with usual library stamps and markings. Card pocket removal remnants on half-title page and back free end paper. DJ has small some tears and tape removal damage & dewey decimal sticker on spine.; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector, hinges intact. ; Ex-Library; Maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 354 pages; One of he biggest mysteries in Arctic exploration is the disappearance of Sir John Franklin and his crew during his voyage of 1845. This book chronicles Franklin's three voyages - 1819, 1825 & 1845 View more info
By: Segal, Louis
Price: $45.00
Publisher: London, G. G. Harrap & Company, Ltd: 1939
Edition: 1st
Seller ID: 16906
Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket
The book has been rebound in red cloth covered boards with gilt titles on spine, tape stains on end papers, unobtrusive library markings, library pocket and cncellation stamp on back end paper ; A bright, solid book, B&W plates throughout. Appears not to have been read very much ; Ex-Library; 285 pages; Segal attempts to give a history of the attempts of various explorers to discover the Artic in its various aspects, its passages, its flora and fauna, its peoples. These explorers, many of whom gave their lives, traveled by sea, by air, and overland. Many places are named in honour of these m... View more info
By: Steele, Peter
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Vancouver BC, Raincoast Books: 2003
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 19161
ISBN: 1551926482
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
As new; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, map endpapers.; B&W Illustrations; 9.1 X 6.3 X 1.3 inches; 307 pages; In the mid-1800s, George Back went on three Arctic expeditions with Sir John Franklin across the barren lands of the Canadian north. But unlike Franklin, Back lived to tell his tales in journals, drawings, watercolors, and maps. Noted writer Peter Steele drew on these sources, along with contemporary accounts, to craft this gripping tale of resilience in the face of incredible odds. The book thrillingly recounts the near-impossible circumstances of these expeditions — the ... View more info
Price: $46.95
Publisher: Montreal, McGill-Queen's University Press: 1992
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Seller ID: 17647
ISBN: 0773509364
Condition: Very Good
Front card cover has crease on bottom foredge. Some underlining of text throughout book. ; A tight solid book. ; Mcgill-Queen's Native and Northern Series; Maps; 9.75 X 6.82 X 0.96 inches; 390 pages; "David Woodman's reconstruction of the mysterious events surrounding the tragic Franklin expedition boldly challenges standard interpretations and promises to replace them. Among the many who have tried to discover the truth behind the Franklin disaster, Woodman is the first to recognise the profound importance of the Inuit testimony and to analyse it in depth. He concludes from his investiga... View more info