An Arctic Voyage to Baffin's Bay and Lancaster Sound in Search of Friends with Sir John Franklin by Goodsir, Robert Anstruther - 1850

Paperback / softback. New.

Limited edition facsimile reprint. Number 287 of 500 copies printed. Book has no significant wear. Glassine DJ has areas of loss to the top edges and some closed tears. The narrative of a voyage with Baffin Bay whalers in 1849, aboard the Advice in search of the author's brother, Harry, who was a member of Sir John Franklin's expedition. First published by J Van Voorst in London 1850.

john van voorst london 1850. first edition rebind viii+152pp [b/w frontis.w.folding map at rear] VERY GOOD (marbled paper boards w.half leather,gilt-on-burgundy title label to spine along w.gilt bands,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.surface scuffing to boards,5mm loss to head of spine,white paper label to front pastedown,sl.paper separation at fep gutter,prelims.sl.foxed,b/w frontis.very tidy but sl.separating from gutter,some v.sl.foxing to marbled content edges,folding map at rear is complete but creased and w.some chipping and wear to margins) generally a v.tidy tight copy of this scarce title - scans available on request

London, 1850. [iii]-viii,152pp. plus frontispiece and folding map. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, rebacked with original gilt spine laid down, leather label. Minor wear to extremities. Two bookplates on front endpapers, embossed institutional blind stamp on titlepage. Internally clean. Good plus. Narrative of the author's eight-month journey in search of his brother, who had sailed with Sir John Franklin on his final (and fateful) expedition. Goodsir, a medical doctor and lately the president of the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh, sailed twice to the Arctic in search of his brother, Harry, who was assistant surgeon and naturalist to the Franklin Expedition. This work recounts his first such journey. Extracted from the author's journal, the tale includes interactions with Eskimos, an excursion to hunt polar bears, and a whale hunt, as well as a thorough description of Arctic scenery, wildlife, and landscape, with which the author was quite smitten. ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY 5919.… Read More

London: John Van Voorst, Paternoster Row, 1850. Hardcover. very good. 1st edition. viii, 152 pp.pp. 12mo. Bound in full modern dark blue morocco. Edges and sides of boards stamped with rolled gilt design; gilt lettering and designs stamped to spine with five raised bands. Marbled endpapers. All edges marbled to match. One tinted plate and a folding map with the route outlined in red. Previous owner's notation to the title page. A very good, tight and clean copy. AB 5919. Narrative of a voyage, undertaken in 1849, in search of the author's brother Harry, surgeon on the missing Franklin expedition, based on extracts from a rough journal. With whaling Captain Penny onboard the 'Advice' they searched Lancaster Sound and give a good description of the region, ice conditions, the birds observed,and whaling processes, etc. Goodsir would also accompany Penny on his second search attempt aboard the 'Lady Franklin'. A very scarce title. 1850