May 24, 2007 - Sale 2116

Sale 2116 - Lot 24

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RICHARDSON, JOHN. Arctic Searching Expedition: A Journal of a Boat-Voyage through Rupert's Land and the Arctic Sea. Folding map, 10 color plates. 2 volumes. 8vo, publisher's cloth, very minor wear; volume one nicely recased retaining the original endpapers; scattered minor foxing; unopened; armorial bookplate on the front pastedowns (Lord Harris). London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1851
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first edition. Richardson and Rae commanded this overland search for Franklin from 1847-49 in the vicinity of the mouth of the Coppermine River and the Wollaston Peninsula. The author, a noted naturalist, had previously been on the first and second Franklin expeditions. This journal of the search is notable mostly for its descriptions and colorful plates of the Indians of the region. Arctic Bibliography 14489; Sabin 71025; TPL 3029; Streeter Sale 3716; Wagner Camp 203:1.

From the library of Dr. John M. Levinson, with his bookplate.