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Franklin (John). Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in 1819-20-21-22: with a Brief Account of the Second Journey in 1825-26-27, 4 vols., John Murray, 1829, twenty-two only (of 23) plts., folding eng. map, half-titles present, stitching broken, and text block becoming detached, vol. 3 with top blank corner of Q3 torn away, vol. 1 lacking free endpapers, untrimmed, orig. cloth, soiled and worn, sm. 8vo, together with Shackleton (Edward), Arctic Journeys, The Story of the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition 1934-5, with a Preface by The Rt. Hon. the Lord Tweedsmuir, 1st ed., 1937, numerous b & w plts. and maps, some folding, one plt. with vertical closed tear, letterpress illusts., mod. qtr. calf gilt, 8vo, plus Brögger (W.C. & Rolfsen, Nordahl), Fridtiof Nansen 1861-1893, translated by Wiliam Archer, 1st English ed., 1896, numerous b & w plts. and illusts., some folding (one torn and frayed), half-title present, 24pp. pubs. cat. at rear, foxed throughout, orig. silver dec. cloth, some minor marks and rubbing, but generally in bright condition, plus ten others Polar related (16)
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Franklin (John). Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in 1819-20-21-22: with a Brief Account of the Second Journey in 1825-26-27, 4 vols., John Murray, 1829, twenty-two only (of 23) plts., folding eng. map, half-titles present, stitching broken, and text block becoming detached, vol. 3 with top blank corner of Q3 torn away, vol. 1 lacking free endpapers, untrimmed, orig. cloth, soiled and worn, sm. 8vo, together with Shackleton (Edward), Arctic Journeys, The Story of the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition 1934-5, with a Preface by The Rt. Hon. the Lord Tweedsmuir, 1st ed., 1937, numerous b & w plts. and maps, some folding, one plt. with vertical closed tear, letterpress illusts., mod. qtr. calf gilt, 8vo, plus Brögger (W.C. & Rolfsen, Nordahl), Fridtiof Nansen 1861-1893, translated by Wiliam Archer, 1st English ed., 1896, numerous b & w plts. and illusts., some folding (one torn and frayed), half-title present, 24pp. pubs. cat. at rear, foxed throughout, orig. silver dec. cloth, some minor marks and rubbing, but generally in bright condition, plus ten others Polar related (16)
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