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Title: Voyage of the Prince Albert in Search of Sir John Franklin A Narrative of Every-Day Life in the Arctic Seas Author: Snow, William Parker Place: London Publisher: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans Date: 1851 Description: xvi, 416 pp. 4 chromolithograph plates including additional title; folding map. (8vo) 19x12 cm (7½x4¾"), modern half calf and marbled boards, early morocco spine label laid down, all edges marbled. First Edition. "Journal of an expedition, June-September 1850, under Captain C. C. Forsyth, sponsored by Lady Franklin, which the author accompanied, acting as the ship's doctor. Describes in detail the voyage around Baffin Bay, through Lancaster Sound, Barrow Strait, entering into Wellington Channel, Prince Regent Inlet, landing at Cape Riley, etc; comments on encounters with other Franklin search ships in the area, descriptions of ice conditions, navigation, etc." - Arctic Bibliography 16362. Abbey, Travel 638; Hill 1598; Sabin 85560. Lot Amendments Condition: Staining and foxing to frontispiece and added title; some light foxing within; very good. Item number: 270755