Jun 05, 2008 - Sale 2148

Sale 2148 - Lot 36

Price Realized: $ 1,320
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(ARCTIC.) Franklin, John. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1825, 1826, and 1827. 6 folding maps (one colored, minor tears, one detached), 31 plates. 4to, modern 1/4 calf, period style; embossed library stamp on title page. London, 1828

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first edition of this first-hand account of Franklin's expedition into the Canadian Arctic. Unlike Franklin's two other expeditions, most of the explorers survived this one. Unusually clean copy. McGill/Lande 1182, TPL 1434.