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FRANKLIN, JOHN, Sir. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819, 20, 21, and 22. 30 engraved or aquatint plates, including 11 hand-colored; 4 folding maps. [iii]-xvi, 784, 6 pages, but with second contents leaf bound at end of preliminaries; lacks the half-title. Errata slip tipped in. Publisher's 6-page catalogue at end dated 1823. 4to, 270x211 mm, contemporary tree calf gilt, rebacked, spine scuffed, rear board splitting along fore edge, endpapers renewed; infrequent minor foxing, occasional light offsetting from plates. London: John Murray, 1823
first edition. "This famous journey was made to the mouth of the Coppermine River . . . It is one of the most terrible journeys on record, many of the party dying from cold, hunger, or murder. The distance travelled was some 5,500 miles, and Franklin's narrative at once became a classic of travel literature"--Hill 635. Abbey Travel 635; Arctic Bibliography 5194; Books on Ice 3.1; Lande 1181.
