[BRITISH PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS]. Arctic Expeditions. Report of the Committee Appointed by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to Inquire into and Report on the Recent Arctic Expeditions in Search of Sir John Franklin… London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1852. Lot 15

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[BRITISH PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS]. Arctic Expeditions. Report of the Committee Appointed by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty… on the Recent Arctic Expeditions in Search of Sir John Franklin. L, 1852. FIRST EDITION.

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[BRITISH PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS]. Arctic Expeditions. Report of the Committee Appointed by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to Inquire into and Report on the Recent Arctic Expeditions in Search of Sir John Franklin… London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1852.

Folio (325 x 192 mm). 2 folding maps. Modern quarter morocco, marbled boards. Provenance: Incorporated Law School of the United Kingdom (stamps on title-page and a few leaves); collector's bookplate, a few pencil marks.

FIRST EDITION, describing the discovery of Franklin relics on Beechey Island and the results of expeditions under H. T. Austin, William Penny, and John Ross. Arctic Bibliography 45227.