London: John Murray, Albemarle-Street, c. 1823. Edition: First edition, first issue. , Binding: Contemporary red half-morocco with marbled boards. Spine with five raised blind bands, gilt ornamented compartments and gilt title on two; pasted and free endpapers in matching marble. Front and lower edges uncut., Notes: Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin (16 April 1786 – 11 June 1847) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer of the Arctic. Franklin also served as Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) from 1837 to 1843. He disappeared on his last expedition, attempting to chart and navigate a section of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic. The icebound ships were abandoned and the entire crew perished from starvation, hypothermia, tuberculosis, lead poisoning and scurvy.
The work includes the extensive Appendix on science and natural history. Wagner Camp: “Of interest not only as a document of human courage and endurance, but also for its depiction of the Indians - Cree, Dog - Rib, and Chipewyan- on whom the survival of the expedition at last depended.”
, Size: Quarto (283x225mm)., Illustration: Illustrated with 30 hand-coloured plates, including one called for on page 254 but bound as frontispiece; some, esp. portraits or illustrations of persons, in contemporary colour; plus 4 folding maps; - all as listed on table of contents. , Provenance: upper margin of verso to title with penciled manuscript note: “Bequest of R. B. Dixon // Rec’d May 7, 1936.” , References: Abbey Travel 635 (1st title); Sabin 25624; Hill Collection 111; Field 560; TPL 1248; Lande 1181; Peel 80; Wagner Camp 23:1 , Pages: Frontispiece entitled Keskarrah a Copper Indian Guide …” , title, printer’s note, dedication to the Earl of Bathurst, blank, half-title, blank, contents (3), list of plates, introduction xi-xvi, errata slip, 1-494, appendix 495-768, advertising (8); with 29 plates and 4 maps., Category: Book Arctic & Antarctic; Book Canada; Book Geological, Minerals & Mining; Book Voyages General;. A handsome copy in very good condition, with text and plates mostly clean and crisp; very slight occasional faint browning of only few pages. Item #B5832

Edition: First edition, first issue. , Binding: Contemporary red half-morocco with marbled boards. Spine with five raised blind bands, gilt ornamented compartments and gilt title on two; pasted and free endpapers in matching marble. Front and lower edges uncut., Notes: Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin (16 April 1786 – 11 June 1847) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer of the Arctic. Franklin also served as Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) from 1837 to 1843. He disappeared on his last expedition, attempting to chart and navigate a section of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic. The icebound ships were abandoned and the entire crew perished from starvation, hypothermia, tuberculosis, lead poisoning and scurvy.
The work includes the extensive Appendix on science and natural history. Wagner Camp: “Of interest not only as a document of human courage and endurance, but also for its depiction of the Indians - Cree, Dog - Rib, and Chipewyan- on whom the survival of the expedition at last depended.”
, Size: Quarto (283x225mm)., Illustration: Illustrated with 30 hand-coloured plates, including one called for on page 254 but bound as frontispiece; some, esp. portraits or illustrations of persons, in contemporary colour; plus 4 folding maps; - all as listed on table of contents. , Provenance: upper margin of verso to title with penciled manuscript note: “Bequest of R. B. Dixon // Rec’d May 7, 1936.” , References: Abbey Travel 635 (1st title); Sabin 25624; Hill Collection 111; Field 560; TPL 1248; Lande 1181; Peel 80; Wagner Camp 23:1 , Pages: Frontispiece entitled Keskarrah a Copper Indian Guide …” , title, printer’s note, dedication to the Earl of Bathurst, blank, half-title, blank, contents (3), list of plates, introduction xi-xvi, errata slip, 1-494, appendix 495-768, advertising (8); with 29 plates and 4 maps., Category: Book Arctic & Antarctic; Book Canada; Book Geological, Minerals & Mining; Book Voyages General;.

Price: $3,750.00