[FRANKLIN EXPEDITION]. A group of 9 works about Sir John Franklin's lost expedition and subsequent relief expeditions in 10 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, most illustrated, most in publisher's cloth.
M’CLINTOCK, Francis Leopold, Sir. The Voyage of the ‘Fox’ in the Arctic Seas. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions. L, 1859. FIRST EDITION. -- Another copy, published Boston,1860. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. -- GREELY, Adolphus Washington. Three Years of Arctic Service an Account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-84, and the Attainment of the Farthest North. NY, 1886. 2 volumes. FIRST EDITION. -- [HALL, Charles Francis]. Narrative of the Second Arctic Expedition... During the Years 1864-’69. J.E. Nourse, editor. Washington, 1879. FIRST EDITION. -- HUISH, Robert. The Last Voyage of Capt. Sir John Ross... Performed in the Years 1829-30-31-32 and 33. L: John Saunders, 1836. Later morocco-backed boards. Early edition. -- OSBORN, Sherard. Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal; or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin’s Expedition, in the Years 1850-51. L, 1852. FIRST EDITION. -- And 3 others. Together, 9 works in 10 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, most illustrated, most in publisher's cloth, condition generally very good. Provenance for the lot: Collector's bookplates, a few pencil marks. Complete list available on request.