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Lot 136
Sale 625 - Adventure & Exploration Library of Steve Fossett
Mar 15, 2019
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[FRANKLIN EXPEDITION]. A group of 7 works, comprising:
[ROSS, John, Sir, et al]. Arctic Miscellanies. Souvenir of the Late Polar Search by the Officers and Seamen of the Expedition. London: Colburn and Co., 1852. 8vo. Lithotint frontispiece, 17 in-text woodcuts. FIRST EDITION, Second issue. -- OSBORN, Sherard (1822-1875). Stray Leaves from An Arctic Journal; or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in search of Sir John Franklins Expeditions, in the years 1850-51. London: Longman, Brown, et al, 1852. 8vo. Color-printed folding map, 4 chromolithographic plates, numerous in-text woodcuts. Contemporary polished calf (rebacked). -- BELLOT, Joseph Rene (1826-1853). Journal dun Voyage aux Mers Polaires excut a la recherche de Sir John Franklin, en 1851 et 1852... Prcd dune notice sur la vie et les travaux de lauteur par M. Julien Lemer. Paris: Perrotin, 1854. 8vo. Frontispiece portrait, folding engraved map, facsimile letter. Contemporary French half red morocco. -- GILDER, William H. (1838-1900). Schwatkas Search. Sledging in the Arctic in Quest of the Franklin Records. New York: Charles Scribners, 1881. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece portrait, 2 maps (one double-page), numerous engravings. -- MCLINTOCK, Francis Leopold, Sir (1819-1907). A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions. London: John Murray, 1859. 8vo. Frontispiece, maps (one folding in rear cover pocket), numerous plates. -- KANE, Elisha Kent (1820-1857). Arctic Explorations in Search of Sir John Franklin. London: T. Nelson & Sons, 1890. 8vo. Later edition. -- Recent Expeditions to the Polar Regions including all the Voyages Undertaken in Search of Sir John Franklin. London: William Wright, n.d. 8vo. (Lacking some prelims.) Contemporary half calf gilt. -- All FIRST EDITIONS except where indicated, all in original publishers cloth except where indicated, condition generally fine.

