The Franklin Expedition: Or considerations on measures for the discovery and relief of our absent adventurers in the Arctic regions. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1850. 8vo (220 x 135 mm). 99, [1 ad], pp. Two folding maps. Original green cloth lettered in gilt on cover and decorated in blind. Light offsetting to maps, a couple repaired tears, one with minor loss, hinges cracked but holding, repair to spine with some loss, rubbing and shelfwear. Provenance: Dartmouth College Library, Samuel Kent Bell (bookplate and blindstamp). FIRST EDITION , a scarce Franklin search item. Parts of Scoresby's essay were originally published in The Morning Herald in December 1849. Sabin 78170.
The Franklin Expedition: Or considerations on measures for the discovery and relief of our absent adventurers in the Arctic regions. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1850. 8vo (220 x 135 mm). 99, [1 ad], pp. Two folding maps. Original green cloth lettered in gilt on cover and decorated in blind. Light offsetting to maps, a couple repaired tears, one with minor loss, hinges cracked but holding, repair to spine with some loss, rubbing and shelfwear. Provenance: Dartmouth College Library, Samuel Kent Bell (bookplate and blindstamp). FIRST EDITION , a scarce Franklin search item. Parts of Scoresby's essay were originally published in The Morning Herald in December 1849. Sabin 78170.
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