4to. With 2 chromolithographic folding maps & 24 lithographic plates (2 colored). (A few mostly marginal spots to a few leaves.) Publisher's black embossed and decorated morocco gilt (rebacked preserving original spine, endpapers renewed, corners restored). Third edition, first published in Edinburgh between 1875 and 1877, describing the voyages of Franklin, Ross, Parry, and Nares as well as the search for Franklin. Arctic Bibliography 16282; Sabin 82419 (first edition).