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Franklin Search Expeditions
Peter Cormack SUTHERLAND. Journal of a Voyage in Baffin's Bay and Barrow Straits, in the years 1850-1851, performed by H.M. Ships "Lady Franklin" and "Sophia", under the command of Mr. William Penny, in search of the missing crews of H.M. Ships Erebus and Terror. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852. 2 volumes, 8° (195 x 123mm.) 32pp. publisher's advertisements at back of vol.I dated 'March 31, 1852', 5 lithographic plates, 3 coloured, 2 uncoloured, 2 folding coloured lithographic maps. (Tear to map in vol.I, one plate loosely inserted, light spotting to plates.) Original cloth (slightly bumped and affected by damp). Provenance: William Herbert Hobbs (bookplates dated 1928). First edition. Arctic Bibliography 17231.
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Robert Anstruther GOODSIR. An Arctic Voyage to Baffin's Bay and Lancaster Sound, in search of friends with Sir John Franklin. London: John van Voorst, 1850. 8° (198 x 123mm). Half-title, 8pp. publisher's advertisements at back, dated 'March 1850'. Tinted lithographic frontispiece, folding lithographic map, with tack of the 'Advice' coloured by hand. (First and second text leaves somewhat crudely opened.) Modern half morocco. Provenance: Ulverston Athenaeum (blindstamp to half-title); Admiralty Library (inscription on half-title); William Herbert Hobbs (bookplate); E.M.C. (pencilled inscription on final page of text, dated '22 July 32'). Arctic Bibliography 5919.
William Parker SNOW (1817-1895). Voyage of the Prince Albert in search of Sir John Franklin: A narrative of every-day life in the Arctic Seas. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851. 8° (194 x 122mm). 32pp. publisher's advertisements at back, dated 'June 10, 1850'. Coloured lithographic additional title and 3 plates, 1 folding two-colour lithographic map. (Frontispiece and additional title loosely inserted.) Original blue cloth blocked in gilt and blind (lightly soiled, extremities bumped). Provenance: Publisher's presentation (inscribed 'From the Publishers' on front free endpaper). First edition. Arctic Bibliography 16362; together with an imperfect copy of Sir John Richardson's Arctic Searching Expedition (London: 1851, 2 vols., 8°, contemporary calf [Arctic Bibliography 14489; Staton & Tremaine 3029]) with the folding map supplied in facsimile. (5)
Peter Cormack SUTHERLAND. Journal of a Voyage in Baffin's Bay and Barrow Straits, in the years 1850-1851, performed by H.M. Ships "Lady Franklin" and "Sophia", under the command of Mr. William Penny, in search of the missing crews of H.M. Ships Erebus and Terror. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852. 2 volumes, 8° (195 x 123mm.) 32pp. publisher's advertisements at back of vol.I dated 'March 31, 1852', 5 lithographic plates, 3 coloured, 2 uncoloured, 2 folding coloured lithographic maps. (Tear to map in vol.I, one plate loosely inserted, light spotting to plates.) Original cloth (slightly bumped and affected by damp). Provenance: William Herbert Hobbs (bookplates dated 1928). First edition. Arctic Bibliography 17231.
[With:]
Robert Anstruther GOODSIR. An Arctic Voyage to Baffin's Bay and Lancaster Sound, in search of friends with Sir John Franklin. London: John van Voorst, 1850. 8° (198 x 123mm). Half-title, 8pp. publisher's advertisements at back, dated 'March 1850'. Tinted lithographic frontispiece, folding lithographic map, with tack of the 'Advice' coloured by hand. (First and second text leaves somewhat crudely opened.) Modern half morocco. Provenance: Ulverston Athenaeum (blindstamp to half-title); Admiralty Library (inscription on half-title); William Herbert Hobbs (bookplate); E.M.C. (pencilled inscription on final page of text, dated '22 July 32'). Arctic Bibliography 5919.
William Parker SNOW (1817-1895). Voyage of the Prince Albert in search of Sir John Franklin: A narrative of every-day life in the Arctic Seas. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851. 8° (194 x 122mm). 32pp. publisher's advertisements at back, dated 'June 10, 1850'. Coloured lithographic additional title and 3 plates, 1 folding two-colour lithographic map. (Frontispiece and additional title loosely inserted.) Original blue cloth blocked in gilt and blind (lightly soiled, extremities bumped). Provenance: Publisher's presentation (inscribed 'From the Publishers' on front free endpaper). First edition. Arctic Bibliography 16362; together with an imperfect copy of Sir John Richardson's Arctic Searching Expedition (London: 1851, 2 vols., 8°, contemporary calf [Arctic Bibliography 14489; Staton & Tremaine 3029]) with the folding map supplied in facsimile. (5)
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