Life of Admiral Sir Leopold McClintock ... By an old Messmate, Sir Clements Markham. With an introd. by W. Alexander.

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London: John Murray, 1909. 8vo. Orig. decorated cloth. Gilt. Top edge gilt. (xx, 370, 2pp.). With portr., 20 full-page plates and 7 maps, of which 1 is fold. 1st edition. Contemporary owner's signature on front fly-leaf. NOTE: Francis Leopold McClintock (1819-1907), was a British naval officer who went on several expeditions to the Arctic in the 1850's, including one in search of Sir John Franklin.