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BROWN, John (1797-1861). The North-West Passage, and the Plans for the Search for Sir John Franklin. London: Stanford, 1858.
The scarce first edition of this survey of Northwest Passage expeditions from 1700 and of Franklin’s last voyage. Arctic Bib. 2302; TPL 3706.
Octavo (208 x 136mm). Half-title. Lithographed frontispiece, 2 folding maps partially handcolored (pale spotting to frontispiece and title). Original blue cloth gilt (inconspicuously rebacked, original endpapers preserved; partially unopened). Provenance: Bibliography leaves with contemporary annotations – Copley Amory (1841-1879, bookplate) – Patrick McGahern Books.
The scarce first edition of this survey of Northwest Passage expeditions from 1700 and of Franklin’s last voyage. Arctic Bib. 2302; TPL 3706.
Octavo (208 x 136mm). Half-title. Lithographed frontispiece, 2 folding maps partially handcolored (pale spotting to frontispiece and title). Original blue cloth gilt (inconspicuously rebacked, original endpapers preserved; partially unopened). Provenance: Bibliography leaves with contemporary annotations – Copley Amory (1841-1879, bookplate) – Patrick McGahern Books.