Feb 04, 2016 - Sale 2404

Sale 2404 - Lot 76

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(ARCTIC.) Group of 10 books relating to the Franklin expeditions and rescues. 11 volumes, various sizes, bindings, and conditions; Edinger bookplates. Vp, 1851-1997
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Includes 4 contemporary publications on the Franklin search expeditions, 1851-65: Godfrey's Narrative of the Last Grinnell Arctic Exploring Expedition, in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853-4-5. First edition. Philadelphia, 1857 Hall. Arctic Researches and Life Among the Esquimaux: Being the Narrative of an Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin. First American edition. Signed by early owner George William Curtis on title page. New York, 1865 M'Clintock. Voyage of the Fox in the Arctic Seas: a Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions. First edition. London: John Murray, 1859 Richardson. 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. 2 volumes. First edition; lacks the scarce folding map. London, 1851.
Also 6 later biographies and reference works, 1891-1997: Cyriax. Sir John Franklin's Last Arctic Expedition. Facsimile reprint, #342 of 750. Plaistow, England, 1997 Gallatly. "Sir John Franklin and the Search for the North-West Passage," in Book Handbook 1. Contains a short Franklin bibliography. London, 1947 Markham. Life of Sir John Franklin and the North-West Passage. First edition. London, 1891 Rawnsley. The Life, Diaries and Correspondence of Jane Lady Franklin, 1792-1875. London, 1923 Traill. The Life of Sir John Franklin. London, 1896 Woodward. Portrait of Jane: A Life of Lady Franklin. London, 1951.