SMITH, David Murray (1865-1952). Arctic Expeditions from British and Foreign Shores from the Earliest Times to the Expedition of 1875-76. Edinburgh: Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, 1877. FIRST EDITION.
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SMITH, David Murray (1865-1952). Arctic Expeditions from British and Foreign Shores from the Earliest Times to the Expedition of 1875-76. Edinburgh: Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, 1877.
4to (293 x 220 mm). Portrait frontispiece, 2 chromolithographic folding maps, 23 lithographed plates (including 2 chromolithographs). (Some light toning.) Contemporary black half morocco gilt, marbled edges (slight soiling and wear). Provenance: sold Sotheran's (compliment card and description laid in); collector's bookplate, a few pencil marks.
FIRST EDITION, describing the voyages of Franklin, Ross, Parry, and Nares as well as the search for Franklin. Arctic Bibliography 16282; Sabin 82419.
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