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[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.

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[FRANKLIN EXPEDITION]. A group of 9 works about Sir John Franklin's lost expedition and subsequent relief expeditions, including:


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.

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