The Rescue of Greely
Author(s):
Schley, W. S.
Copyright: 1885, Scribner's, NY
Specifications: 1st, 8vo, pp.vii, 277, frontis w/ tissue guard, 13 bw illus, 5 fldg maps, gilt lettered spine & cover, blue cloth
Condition: cloth rubbed, pencil notations on fep, missing lg fldg map in back (#5 of 5), vg
Schley was leader of a 1884 rescue expedition which found survivors of Greely's Lady Franklin Bay Expedition. This first edition is harder to come by than the later brown cloth edition.