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[NORTHWEST PASSAGE]. MACLURE, Robert. The Discovery of the North-West Passage. London: Longmans, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1856. 8o. 4 lithographed plates, and one folding map, hand-colored in outline (backed in linen). Contemporary half morocco. FIRST EDITION. Arctic Bibliography 3477. -- ELLIS, Henry. Voyage de la Baye de Hudson. Paris: Ballard fils, 1749. 2 volumes in one, 12/so. 10 engraved folding plates and one folding map (map separated along fold). Contemporary mottled calf. FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH. Sabin 22313. -- ARMSTRONG, Alexander. A Personal Narrative of the Discovery of the North-West Passage. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1857. 8o. Tinted lithographed frontispiece and one hand-colored folding map. (Quire N misbound and mispaginated.) Contemporary half morocco. FIRST EDITION, "a personal narrative of the North-West Passage" (Arctic Bibliography 682). -- GREAT BRITAIN, LAWS. An Act for Giving a Public Reward to Such Person or Persons, ... as Shall Discover a North West Passage through Hudson's Straits... London: Thomas Baskett, 1745. 2o. Modern paper wrappers. Together 4 volumes, condition varies. (4)