Item #140943531 Sir John Franklin. The True Secret of the Discovery of his Fate. A "Revelation." "A Little Child Shall Lead Them." J. Henry Skewes.
Sir John Franklin. The True Secret of the Discovery of his Fate. A "Revelation." "A Little Child Shall Lead Them."
Sir John Franklin. The True Secret of the Discovery of his Fate. A "Revelation." "A Little Child Shall Lead Them."
Sir John Franklin. The True Secret of the Discovery of his Fate. A "Revelation." "A Little Child Shall Lead Them."

Sir John Franklin. The True Secret of the Discovery of his Fate. A "Revelation." "A Little Child Shall Lead Them."

London & Derby: Bemrose & Sons, 1889.

First edition. xvi, 243, (1) pp. Bound in publisher's navy cloth lettered in gilt, yellow endpapers. Very Good with bright gilt, binding a bit shaken, worn at tips, edges foxed, front free endpaper corner-clipped, wear to paste down from removed bookplate, former owner's name and info stamped on title page with red ink marks. OCLC shows few physical copies in institutional collections; rare in the marketplace.

A rare history of Sir John Franklin's ill-fated Arctic expedition to locate the Northwest Passage, which inspired Dan Simmons' novel The Terror and the first season of the TV series by the same name. Item #140943531

Price: $2,000.00

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