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OSBORN, Sherard (1822-1875). Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal: Or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852.
The first edition, written by a commander on Horatio Austin’s Franklin Search expedition. Osborn was in command of the Pioneer. He includes an account of the expedition and over-wintering at Lancaster Sound. Arctic Bib. 12899; Sabin 57760; TPL 3193.
Octavo (183 x 113mm). 4 color lithographed plates including frontispiece (frontispiece bound close obscuring caption, folding map printed in blue and black). Original plum cloth stamped in blind and gilt, all edges gilt (rebacked with faded original spine laid down, text block cracked in a couple places, new endpapers). Provenance: High Latitude, Bainbridge Island.
The first edition, written by a commander on Horatio Austin’s Franklin Search expedition. Osborn was in command of the Pioneer. He includes an account of the expedition and over-wintering at Lancaster Sound. Arctic Bib. 12899; Sabin 57760; TPL 3193.
Octavo (183 x 113mm). 4 color lithographed plates including frontispiece (frontispiece bound close obscuring caption, folding map printed in blue and black). Original plum cloth stamped in blind and gilt, all edges gilt (rebacked with faded original spine laid down, text block cracked in a couple places, new endpapers). Provenance: High Latitude, Bainbridge Island.