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New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1940. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Author inscription [9x6in]; 305 pp. frontispiece image of the six surviving members - Greely, Brainard, Biederbick, Connell, Long and Fredericks, 11 illustrations and images; Dark blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on front and spine, color maps on front and back end papers, top and bottom edges trimmed; Illustrated dust jacket with red and black lettering on front, spine and back, color illustration of rescue ship and surviving explorers, images of contemporary newspaper articles on expedition and rescue; Minimal shelf wear to edges and top and bottom of spine, inscription to Admiral Joseph Strauss by Brainard dated November 21, 1940, handwritten correction by Brainard to plate caption after page 78; Minor shelf wear and soiling to dust jacket surfaces, edges and corners. David L. Brainard (1856-1946) was an US Army Brigadier General and Arctic explorer. He was involved in the Indian wars during the 1870's. In 1881 he… Read More

Signed and inscribed by David Brainard to his daughter Elinor.
Indianapolis & New York: by Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1940. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. 8vo – 22.2cm. 305 pages, frontispiece portrait, black-and-white photographic plates, cartographic endpapers, a complete copy. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles on cover and moderately faded spine and slight wear at extremities. In Near Fine condition; Pages are clean and gutters are strong and un-cracked. A Near Fine copy of a first-person account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition under the command of Lieutenant Adolphus Greely. This volume contains Brainard's entire diary, a portion of which (the last four chapters) was published in 1929 as "Outpost of the Lost". Arctic Bibliography 2071
This unique copy with significant provenance being signed and inscribed by David Brainard in the year of publication on the half-title page "To my sweet and lovely daughter Elinor, D. Brainard – Washington, D.C.; Aug. 31st, 1940".
Account by Sergeant David… Read More