TRAVEL FRANKLIN JOHN Sir Narrative of a Second Expedition t

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FRANKLIN, JOHN, Sir. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1825, 1826, and 1827 . . . Including an Account of the Progress of a Detachment to the Eastward, by John Richardson. 30 (of 31) plates; 6 folding maps, the last hand-colored in outline; lacks plate to face page 105 (Esquimaux pillaging the Boats). Errata leaf. 4to, 19th-century 1/2 morocco gilt with anchor device in spine compartments, spine ends rubbed; title loose, engraved matter variously foxed. Henry Marquand bookplate. London, 1828

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first edition. Franklin's second inland expedition "mapped a large section of the North American mainland, and collected significant scientific information and specimens"--Books on Ice 3.2. Abbey Travel 636; Arctic Bibliography 5198; Hill 636; Lande 1182.