RICHARDSON, John. Arctic Searching Expedition: a Journal of a Boat-Voyage through Rupert's Land and the Arctic Sea, in search of the Discovery Ships under Command of Sir John Franklin. With an appendix on the physical geography of North America, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851. 2 volumes, 8°, one folding hand-coloured engraved map, 10 coloured lithographed plates (occasional light spotting and browning), contemporary half calf gilt (spines a little rubbed).

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RICHARDSON, John. Arctic Searching Expedition: a Journal of a Boat-Voyage through Rupert's Land and the Arctic Sea, in search of the Discovery Ships under Command of Sir John Franklin. With an appendix on the physical geography of North America, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851. 2 volumes, 8°, one folding hand-coloured engraved map, 10 coloured lithographed plates (occasional light spotting and browning), contemporary half calf gilt (spines a little rubbed).

Sabin 71025: "Filled with details of personal experiences of Indian life. The appendix contains a comparative table of dialects spoken by the Eskimos. Some copies are described as having a map, but it is not called for in the list of illustrations"; Smith 8648. (2)

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