Quest for Franklin by Wright, Noel - 1959

Heinemann. First Edition; First Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good/Very Good-. 8.50 X 5.20 X 1.26 inches

London: Heinemann, 1959. 258 pp, 8vo (8 11/16" H). B&w plates, maps. "(G)ives a background account of Arctic exploration from the sixteenth century onwards and sets out such facts about Franklin's disappearance as have been discovered by the various relief and search parties. It is an exciting and moving story in which official incompetence and indifference contrasts strongly with Lady Franklin's gallant and persistent attempts to find her husband. But 'Quest for Franklin' is not only a history and an adventure story; it is also an inquiry and an appeal. For Admiral Wright believes that the known facts have never before been properly examined and correlated, and he is suspicious of the slurs that have been cast on the highly experienced officers who led the Franklin expedition. And so he draws his own conclusions, and makes a call for a further effort to find the cache in which he is convinced there lie valuable scientific information and conclusive evidence of what… Read More

London: Heinemann. Good. Hardcover. 1959. 258 pages. Dj worn. Spine faded. Bookplate. Text edge lightly fox ed<br> .

London, Heinemann, (1959).. First Edition; 8vo; pp. xii, 258; portrait frontispiece, 8 pages of plates, 4 line drawings, 4 maps; bibliography, list of principal Arctic expeditions mentioned, index; flecking along page edges; rear of dustjacket lightly rubbed; otherwise very good copy.