PatrickMcGahernBooks, Inc. (ABAC) since 1969 (Patrick & Liam McGahern) 368 Dalhouise Street, Suite 301 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 7G3 Telephone (613)-230-2277 E Mail: [email protected]Visit our website, it works: www.mcgahernbooks.ca Hours: Monday to Saturday from 11am to 5pm. Catalogue 234 - Arctic Sale. The Plimer Collection. Revisited 25% off everything. This doesn’t happen often, almost never.... Prices in Canadian Funds 1. ANONYMOUS. [Arctic Childrens Book]. Arctic Voyages; being an Account of Discoveries in the North Polar Seas in 1818, 1819, & 1820, with an Account of the Esquimaux People. Compiled from the most authentic sources. London. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1848. 24mo, 14cm, first edition, 163,[4]p., engraved text illustrations, in the original dark plumb cloth, elaborate blind stamped border and border decorations on the boards, gilt spine titles, some slight wear on the top and bottom spine edges else a fine copy, rare 400.00.................... 300.00 A.B. 656. Not in T.P.L. WorldCat: previously published in London, and in Dublin, in 1831. Nine listings but only one for this 1848 edition. "Extracts from narratives of the Ross voyage of 1818, and Parry's voyages 1819 and 1820, recast in a question-and-answer style for young people". (AB). 2. ASHWORTH, William B. Ice. A Victorian Romance. Kansas City. Linda Hall Library. 2008. oblong8vo. 102p. Numerous illustrations, many in colour , maps, stiff illustrated wraps, Fine - An exhibition of rare books from the collection of the Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology that chronicles the search for a Northwest Passage from 1818 to 1860, and the search for the lost Franklin expedition. 20.00..................................... 15.00
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PatrickMcGahernBooks, Inc. (ABAC) since 1969
(Patrick & Liam McGahern) 368 Dalhouise Street, Suite 301
Visit our website, it works: www.mcgahernbooks.caHours: Monday to Saturday from 11am to 5pm.
Catalogue 234 - Arctic Sale.
The Plimer Collection.Revisited
25% off everything. This doesn’t happen often, almost never....
Prices in Canadian Funds
1. ANONYMOUS. [Arctic Childrens Book]. Arctic Voyages; being an Account of Discoveries in the North Polar Seas in 1818,
1819, & 1820, with an Account of the Esquimaux People. Compiled from the most authenticsources. London. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1848. 24mo, 14cm, first edition,163,[4]p., engraved text illustrations, in the original dark plumb cloth, elaborate blind stampedborder and border decorations on the boards, gilt spine titles, some slight wear on the top andbottom spine edges else a fine copy, rare 400.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300.00
A.B. 656. Not in T.P.L. WorldCat: previously published in London, and in Dublin, in 1831.Nine listings but only one for this 1848 edition. "Extracts from narratives of the Ross voyage of1818, and Parry's voyages 1819 and 1820, recast in a question-and-answer style for youngpeople". (AB).
2. ASHWORTH, William B. Ice. A Victorian Romance. Kansas City. Linda Hall Library. 2008. oblong8vo. 102p.
Numerous illustrations, many in colour , maps, stiff illustrated wraps, Fine - An exhibition ofrare books from the collection of the Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology that chroniclesthe search for a Northwest Passage from 1818 to 1860, and the search for the lost Franklin expedition.
3. [BACK]. Periodical. [by John Barrow]. Art. VI. - Journal of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the
shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the Years, 1833, 1834 and 1835. By Captain Back. ... London. Quarterly Review,LVI(CXI), April, 1836. 8vo, 21cm, pp278-330, extracted, in moderate stiff wraps with paper label on the cover -May 3006. 75.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.25
4. BARRINGTON, D[aines]. The Possibility of Approaching The North Pole Asserted. By the Hon. D. Barrington. A
New Edition, with An Appendix, containing Papers on the Same Subject, and on A NorthwestPassage. by Colonel Beaufoy. London. Printed for T. and J. Allman. 1818. 8vo, 21.6cm, 2nd edition,xxiv,258,[3]p., ads., title-page vignette and engraved folding frontis map, complete with half-title, in contemporary half blue black calf and green patterned cloth boards, raised bands, giltdecorations in the panels, double crushed crimson morocco labels, marbled endpapers, inner linenhinges, expertly rebacked, t.e.g., small (1.5" x .5") stain on the map at the gutter, not into the text,some slight foxing on the map, very good to fine copy 500.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375.00
T.P.L. 477. A.B. 1092. Sabin 3629. Originally issued in 1775-6, it was republished by ColonelMark Beaufoy, in response to renewed interest in the Arctic generated by Scoresby's reports thatthe ice was receding. As well, there was interest in the preparations for the expeditions of Ross andBuchan. The appendix reviews the probability of reaching the North Pole from the Island ofSpitzbergen by means of reindeer during the winter months.
5. BARRON, William, Capt. An Apprentice's Reminiscences of Whaling in Davis's Straits... Hull Barque Truelove... 1848-1854.
Facsimile Reprint of Hull, 1830. 68p., K Book Editions, York, nd. dark blue grey cloth, fine in fine jacket 30.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.50
6. [BEECHEY]. by George PeardTo the Pacific and Arctic with Beechey. The Journal of Lieutenant George Peard of H.M.S. `Blossom',
1825-1828. Edited by Barry M. Gough. Hakluyt Society. Cambridge, at the University Press. 1973. 21.5cm, 272p.frontis & 2 plates & 2 folding maps (on one sheet), bibliography, fine in fine jacket
7. BEESLY, A. H. Sir John Franklin. London. Marcus Ward & Co. [1881]. 12mo, 17.5cm, thefirst edition, 238p., with 2 maps, (one double-page), index, in contemporary fullhard polished green calf, gilt ruled raised bands, gilt decorations and borders inthe panels, crushed crimson morocco label, gilt ruled borders on the boards, giltcrest on the upper cover, marbled endpapers and edges, in signed prize binding:Bickers & Son, London, some slight edge wear, a fine copy 125.00 .. . . . . . 93.50
A biography of the life of Franklin which concentrates mainly on theexpeditions in the Canadian Arctic, the search for him and his crew.
8. BEESLY, A.H.Sir John Franklin. (The New Plutarch, series). New York & London. G.P. Putnam's Sons. N.d. [1890's?].,
WITH KENNEDY IN SEARCH OF FRANKLIN9. BELLOT, Joseph Rene.
Engraved Portrait. By Stephen Pearce (artist). ‘Lieutenant Bellot,of the Imperial Navy of France. Engraved from the Original PicturePainted Expressly for Lady Franklin, is dedicated ... to ... Napoleon theThird, Emperor of the French. London. Thomas Boys & Paris. E. Gambart& cie, 6 April, 1854. Signed on the bottom left corner, J. Bellot, perhaps arelative. A large mezzotint portrait of Bellot by James Scott after Pearce,size 30x 38cm, fine, expertly & tastefully framed,sold without glass
1 ,200.00.. . . 900.00
This handsome portrait commemorates Joseph Rene Bellot,1826-1853. Born and educated in Paris, Bellot joined the French Navy in1843. In 1851 he volunteered to accompany William Kennedy on thePrince Albert in search of Sir John Franklin, and he sailed again to theArctic regions in 1853. While on Inglefield's second expedition, he wastravelling to bring dispatches to Sir Edward Belcher, when he fell into acrevasse in the ice near Cape Bowden and drowned; his diary, narratinghis Arctic adventures, was published in 1855. The present portrait wasengraved by Scott after the original oil painting by Stephen Pearce (1851),which now hangs in London's National Portrait Gallery. - "The Frenchservice never lost a more chivalrous spirit ..." (Kane).
10. BOCKSTOCE, John R. (Edited by) The Journal of Rochfort Maguire, 1852-1854. Two years at Point Barrow, Alaska, aboard H.M.S. Plover
in the search for Sir John Franklin. London. Hakluyt Society. 1988. 8vo. In 2 Volumes, xiv,318 & vi,[-318],584pp.,illustrations, maps, including a folding map, blue cloth, fine in fine jackets
In 1845 Sir John Franklin's expedition left England, searching for a northwest passage, and vanished intothe Arctic forever. Three years later H.M.S. Plover's was the first departure of twenty-one expeditions searchingfor Franklin. Although most of the analyses of the Franklin Search have focused on the large expeditions in theeastern Arctic, the smaller western expeditions also produced significant geographical and ethnographicalinformation. The Plover's voyage of 1848 to 1854 was the first constant presence of Europeans in the westernArctic, and Rochfort Maguire's journal is the earliest account of a sustained foreign association with the Eskimosof northern Alaska. Maguire's journal is far more than an important historical document; it is a fascinatingaccount of Europeans and Eskimos learning to cope with one another.
11. CALDER, JamesRecollections of Sir John and Lady Jane Franklin in Tasmania. Sullivan's
Cove, Adelaide. Nag's Head Press. 1984. 12mo, 18.5cm, limited edition of 175numbered copies, this being 95, initialed by the publisher. 78p., in the original lightgreen cloth with paper label on the upper cover, a fine copy in fine jacket
150.00. . . . . . . . . . . 112.50
Most of the text first appeared in parts in the colonial press: this first completepublication has drawn on the Calder Papers in the La Trobe Library, Melbourne.
12. CHAPPELL, Edward Narrative of a Voyage to Hudson's Bay in His Majesty's Ship
Rosamond containing some account of The North-Eastern Coast ofAmerica and of the Tribes inhabiting that remote region. London.Printed for J. Mawman. 1817. 8vo. 20.5cm, first edition, (viii),279p.,double page engraved frontis map, 4 engraved plates, text illustrations,two internal contemporary library stamps on the verso of the map andon the title, some light foxing on some plates, trimmed, in 20th c.quarter tan calf, gilt rules for bands, blind stamped device decorationsin the panels, crimson leather label gilt, marbled boards, fine attractivecopy thus 900.00.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675.00
T.P.L. 976. A.B. 2994. Lande 1117. Sabin 12005. Story p167. Thejournal of Lieut. Chappell's voyage to York Factory and Churchill in thesummer of 1814, from May to November. He was second in command.A considerable portion of this journal is devoted to an interesting andsympathetic account of the 'Inuit', or Labrador Eskimo and he alsoexpresses profound disapproval of the monopolistic and secretivepolicies of the company. It includes notes on the fur trade andparticularly on methods of transportation and routes. Some briefdiscussion of Lord Selkirk's Red River Settlement. The appendixcontains a large vocabulary of the Cree language.
13. CHEADLE, Dave Arctic Obsession. The Victorian Race for the North Pole. Englewood. Flashback Press. 1993. 8vo, 21.5cm,
Forty images, reproduced in actual size, of Victorian advertisements featuring Arctic exploration.
14.. COW, JohnRemarks on the Manner of Fitting Boats for Ships of War and Transports: addressed to the Officers of the
Royal Navy, and Royal Artillery. London. W. Clowes & Sons [et al.], 1843. 12mo, 20.5cm, 3rd edition.xiv,15-102p., lithograph frontis view (H.M. Ship Hecla - Capt. W. E. Parry - on shore in Hecla Cove), 4 rear plates(2 folding) of ship designs, in the original blind decorated brown cloth, gilt spine titles, some cracking to the clothon the hinges otherwise a remarkably fine copy 450.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337.50
Cow was a builder at the Royal dock yard atWoolwich, and proposed neat solutions to threeproblems faced by ships' boats: weighing andmoving bower anchors, landing guns on a beach,and getting horses on shore on a beach. ... his planworked, and was used by Parry to get the Helca offan Arctic beach. The frontis is of the Hecla on shoreat Hecla Cover, her anchor being laid out by Cow'smethod. The text includes a testimonial by Parry.See Parry - Attempt N. Pole, p130.
15. DAWSON, L.S., (Compiled by) Memoirs of Hydrography, including Brief Biographies of the Principal
Officers who have Served in H.M. Naval Surveying Service between the Years1750 and 1885. In Two Parts. Part I.-1750 to 1830. Part II.-1830 to 1885. London.Cornmarket Press Limited. 1969. 8vo, 23x 16.5cm,[3)]133, [2] & 209, [2]pp.,facsimile reprint of the 1885 edition, with 7 portraits, rear plate, part indexes,errata leaves, new preface, in the original light linen backed blue linen boards,fine in fine jacket 100.00. . . . . . . . 75.00
Significant Arctic-related biographies include Captain James Cook, RearAdmiral Sir John Ross, Captain Sir John Franklin, Rear Admiral Sir William E.Parry, Lieutenant E.N. Kendall, Admiral Sir George Back, Rear Admiral F.W.Beechey, Captain Sir James C. Ross, General Sir Edward Sabine, Vice-Admiral SirRichard Collinson, Vice-Admiral R.B. Beechey, Vice-Admiral W.J.S. Pullen,Captain J.E. Davis and Captain Sir George S. Nares.
16. DE BRAY, Emile Frédéric A Frenchman in Search of Franklin. De Brayès Arctic Journal,
1852-1854. Translated and Edited by William Barr. Toronto, Buffalo, London. University of Toronto Press. 1992.8vo. 23cm, xxii,339p., frontis portrait, maps and illustrations, notes, bibliography, index, green cloth, a fine copyin fine jacket 35.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.25
17. [De HAVEN, Edwin J. ]. United States. Congress. 32d Congress. Ist Session. [H. of Reps.]. Message from the Presendent of the
United States to the two Houses of Congress... Thirty-Second Congress, Part II. Dec.2, 1851. Washington. 1852. 8vo, 540p., foxed, (about normal), in the original blinddecorated dark brown cloth, top and bottom spine edges chipped, board edges wornelse a very good internal sound copy 150.00. . . . . . . . . . 112.50
May 4041. Contains: Report of Lieutenant Edwin J. De Haven, relating to theexpedition to the Arctic seas in search of the British commander, Sir John Franklin,and his companions. pp23-41.
18. DEWHURST, Henry WilliamThe Natural History of the Order Cetacea, and the Oceanic Inhabitants
of the Arctic Regions. Illustrated with Numerous Lithographic and WoodEngravings. London. Published by the Author. 1834. 8vo, 21cm, The First Edition,xx,331p., litho frontis view & 17 lithographed plates (whales), 5 wood-engravedplates & many text illustrations, list of subscribers, appendices, in contemporarytan calf, gilt ruled raised bands, full gilt decorations and borders in the panels,crushed crimson morocco label, gilt titles, marbled boards, some wear on theboard edges and some light foxing, light water spot on the top margin of threeplates, a very good to fine attractively bound copy, rare 1,500.00 . . . . 1,125.00
T.P.L. 7344. Not in Lande. Not in A.B. (1-10); Osleriana. At the store. Sabin19866. Nissen. Zoology, 1106. Allen 811
A classification of the cetacean order as well as lesser denizens of the polarregions. Text includes observations on whaling. Scarce
A major zoological study of whales, dolphins and porpoises particularlyrelevant due to early 19th century interest in the Arctic whaling fishery. Begun offGreenland, Spitzbergn and the Davis strait in early 1700's, Arctic Whaling was inits heyday in the early 19th century, particularly with whalers from the BritishIsles. In 1814, the largest catch ever recorded was forty-four whales taken by aScottish whaler. (EnBrit,1911).
19. [EPHEMERA]. - CIGARETTE CARDS. Polar Exploration. A Series of 25 Cigarette Cards, issued by John Player & Sons.
Nottingham. Imperial Tobacco Company. N.d. c.[1910]. each 3.5x 6.5cm, being 25 captionedcolour cards, descriptions on the verso, a fine complete set, scarce
175.00 .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.25
A striking collection of illustrated cigarette cards denoting Polar exploration fromVikings to Scott's Antarctic Expedition of 1910. Franklin's Arctic Expedition of 1819-22 and relics of the Franklin Expedition of 1845 are featured. Other cards show scenes of the Inuit,Shackleton, Scott, Hudson, Cabot, Peary, Ross, Parry, Hoppner, and Andre. An attractively illustrated set
20. EVANS, Edward British Polar Explorers. With 8 Plates in Colour and 14 Illustrations in Black and White. London. Collins.
1943. 22.5cm, first edition. 48p., printed paper over boards, fine copy in fine jacket - Attractively colourillustrated 25.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.75
21. FIRTH, Edith G. The North West Passage, 1534-1859. A catalogue of an exhibition of books and manuscripts in the
22. FISHER, Alexander A Journal of a Voyage of Discovery, to the Arctic Regions, In His
Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper, in the years 1819 & 1820. By AlexanderFisher, Surgeon, R.N. London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, andBrown. 1821. 8vo. 21.2cm, third edition. [xi],320p., engraved folding frontismap, 1 map & 5 text illustrations (inc. 1 full page), appendix, rebacked in browncalf, gilt ruled raised bands, crimson leather label, original marbled boards,unobtrusive paper fault affecting pages vii-1., a fine clean attractive bound copy
600.00. . . . . 450.00
Hill 605. cf. T.P.L. 1194. (Second Edition). A.B. 5022. Lande 1170. Therewere four editions of this title in 1821; a testament to the great success the ParryVoyages had with the public. The expedition had earned a five thousand poundreward for being the first to cross the meridian, longitude 110 degrees west.Fisher accompanied Parry's first Arctic expedition of 1819-20 on which he wasthe surgeon. His journal is a valuable supplement to Parry's official accountcontaining much useful information on natural history and on ice conditions.
23. FORCE, PeterSupplement to Grinnell Land. Read at Ordinary
Meeting of the National Institute, July, 1853. (caption title).Washington . Robert A. Waters, Print., [1853?]. 8vo, 23cm,52p., folding frontis map (small chip at one fold on the topmargin), with the original printed (title) blue wraps boundinto quarter linen backed boards, library stamps, very good,no other references or listings, very rare
375.00.. . . . . . . . . . 281.25
T.P.L.292. Day 4039. "The question is a very simple one:- who first discovered the land to the northward ofWellington Channel?"
24. FRANKLIN, Jane, (edited, with introduction & annotations by Penny Russell)This Errant Lady. Jane Franklin's Overland Journey to Port Phillip and Sydney, 1839. Canberra.
National Library of Australia. 2002. 8vo, 23cm, x,274p., illustrated, notes, bibliography, index, illustrated stiffwraps, fine (as new) ~ An annotated edition of Jane Franklin's account of travels in New South Wales andTasmania during the period that her husband, Sir John Franklin, was Governor of Van Diemen's Land(1834-1845). 35.00.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.25
A STIPPLE (CHINE-COLLIE) ENGRAVED PORTRAIT OF FRANKLIN, 182425. FRANKLIN, John (1786-1847). Engraved Portrait.
Captn Franklin, R.N., F.R.S. Commander of the Land Arctic Expedition withFort Enterprise in the background. Drawn by G.R. Lewis. Eng'd by F.C. Lewis...[London]. Published for G. Lewis by Hurst & Robinson, Cheapside, Jan. 1, 1824.stipple engraved portrait, chine collié c.33x 28cm from the strike line (image size 20x17cm), the overall size is 49.5x 35.5cm, an excellent clean clear strike, tastefullyframed, sold without glass. Rare 900.00. . . . . . 675.00
The chine collié process means the print was engraved on China or India paperand laid down on a stronger back sheet. The pressure of the press unites the twodamp sheets without adhesives. The thinner paper produces a better imagine.
26. FRANKLIN, Sir John, (Edited with introduction by Richard C. Davis)
Sir John Franklin's Journals and Correspondence: The First Arctic Land Expedition. 1819-1822.Toronto & Ottawa. The Champlain Society & The Royal Canadian Geographical Society. 1995. thick8vo, 23cm,cix,463,xxiiipp., with 4 plates (5 illustrations), 3 maps (2 double-page), appendix, index, navy blue cloth, silverspine titles, fine. Signed by editor 75.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.25
A nearly complete transcription of the extant journals kept by John Franklin, along with a selection ofcorrespondence, during his expedition to the unknown northern coast of the North American continent in theyears 1819 to 1822. This blue cloth-bound volume, a joint publication by The Champlain Society and The RoyalCanadian Geographical Society, was issued, autographed, before The Champlain Society edition on the first dayof issue - 14 October 1995.
27. [FRANKLIN]. LIVINGSTON, Peter Poems & Songs; with lectures on the Genius and Works of Burns, and
the Rev. George Gilfillan, and Letter on Sir John Franklin and the Arctic Regions.Edinburgh. Printed by Mould & Tod. 1881. 12mo, 19cm, 10th edition, 143p., in theoriginal red cloth, blind stamped decorations and borders on the boards, plainspine dust worn otherwise a very good copy 100.00. . . . 75.00
Contains; pp13-23 "Second Edition of A Letter addressed to the Queen onSir John Franklin, and the Arctic Regions".
28. [FRANKLIN, Sir John]. Arctic Council PrintThe Arctic Council discussing the plan of search for Sir
John Franklin. This is copy Number 241/250 of the limited editionreproduction of the print. 28" x 35" (71x 89cm). Expertly mattedand attractively framed, sold without glass
900.00 . . . . . . . . . . . 675.00
This limited edition reproduction has been copied from anoriginal print which was a mezzotint engraved by J. Scott afterthe painting by S. Pearce. The original was published as a limitededition (only 100 proofs with facsimile autographs wereregistered with the Print Sellers' Association in London, England)by Graves and Company on August 29, 1851. It was the only printthat was done depicting the Arctic Council.
The limited edition print has been printed in two colours,grey and black, on Carlyle Japan paper. The reproduction islimited to two hundred and fifty copies; each is num-bered and registered. It has been reproduced exactly as itwas originally issued, that is, at the same size and without a title.
The Arctic Council was called into existence by the British Admiralty shortly after Sir John Franklin wasreported lost while exploring the Arctic. Although the Arctic Council functioned for approximately five years itwas comprised of the ten most famous and experienced men of polar exploration and British polar science. Thesemen made significant contributions toward the geographical knowledge of the Arctic regions. They explored byland, ice and water, large areas of the Arctic which were previously unknown. Each member of the ArcticCouncil was distinguished in his own right having published an account of the expedition which he led oraccompanied as a scientist. Shown on the print, along with their facsimile autographs, are: Sir George Back, SirEdmund Parry, Sir John Richardson, Sir James Ross, Sir Francis Beaufort, Colonel Sabine, Captain Hamilton,Captain Bird, Captain Beechy and Mr. Barrow; in addition, are the portraits of Sir John Franklin, James Fitzjamesand John Barrow.
29. [FRANKLIN]. - Periodical. Anderson...The Hudson Bay Company's Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin,
commanded by James Anderson, Chief Factor. 1. Introduction by Miss S. Mickle.2. James Anderson's Journal. pp11-45. (Whole issue). In: The Women's CanadianHistorical Society of Toronto, Annual Report and Transaction No. 20, 1919-1920.,8vo, 21cm, 52p., stiff colour printed wraps, fine, very scarce
125.00. . . . . . . 93.75
30. [FRANKLIN]. - Periodical. Chambers' Edinburgh Journal. Captain Franklin's Expedition To The Polar Sea, in 1819, 1820, 1821*. pp118-119. In: Chambers'
31. [FRANKLIN]. - Periodical. Hoag, ElaineShipboard Printing on the Franklin Search Expeditions: A Bibliographical Study of the "Plover" Press.
In: Papers of the Biological Society of Canada. Spring 2000]. Toronto. The Bibliographical Society of Canada.2000. 8vo, 22cm, pp.7-71, 13 illustrations, footnotes, yellow printed wraps, fine. Signed by author.
With an interesting inscription: "To my friend, Bert Plimer; without whom the National Library would beon shipboard imprint the poorer; ... ... and whose interest and support in all things Arctic I will always treasure.Elaine ". Elaine Hoag was rare book bibliographer at the National Library of Canada.
32. [FRANKLIN]. - Periodial. Lady Franklin/McClintock.... - RGSPresentation of the Gold Medals to Lady Franklin and Captain Sir F.L. M'Clintock. [London. Royal
Geographic Society. 1859-60]. 8vo, 21.5cm, ppxciv-xcix, original library bookplate on the front free fly, expertlyrestored in new decorated wraps, fine 75.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.25
33. GELL, [Edith M.]
John Franklin's Bride. Eleanor Anne Porden. Born July 14th, 1795 – DiedFebruary 22nd, 1825. London. John Murray. 1932. 8vo. xx,311,[2]p., frontis portrait & 7plates, dark blue cloth, gilt titles, very good copy, May Fluhmann's Copy with hersignature and bookplate 150.00 .. . . . . . . . . . . . 112.50
Not in A.B. A biography of Franklin's first wife, who died shortly after he left onhis second Arctic expedition.
34. GOULD, Rupert T., Lieut.-Commander, R.N.Oddities. A Book of Unexplained Facts. London. Philip Allan & Co., 1928. 8vo, 21cm, 336p., with 7
plates, 27 text illus & diagrams, index, rebound in grey cloth, gilt spine titles, fade patch towards the front edge ofthe boards, good
40.00 .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00Contains a chapter "The Ships Seen On The Ice", pp79-125.
35. [GREAT BRITAIN]. NORTH WEST PASSAGE Georgii IV. Regis. An Act to amend an Act, of the Fifty-eighth Year of His late Majesty,
for more effectually discovering the Longitude at Sea, and encouraging Attempts to find aNorthern Passage between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and to approach the North Pole. [23February 1821].
London. Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Printers to the King's mostExcellent Majesty. 1821. folio. 31.5cm, one sheet folded. 2p. [pp.9/10], fine
500.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375.00
An Act to clarify the awarding of monetary proportional awards for the discovery ofthe North West Passage and for approaching of the North Pole as stated in the Act of 1818."Doubts have arisen whether such proportionate Rewards be over and above the said sumsof 20,000 and 5,000 pounds respectively, or only Parts and Proportions of the saidSums.....To remove doubts, such proportionate Rewards shall be....Proportions and Partsonly of the said Sums."
36. [GREAT BRITAIN]. NORTH WEST PASSAGE.Georgii III. Regis. An Act for more effectually discovering the Longitude at Sea,
and encouraging Attempts to find a Northern Passage between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans,and to approach the Northern Pole. [8th May 1818.] London. Printed for George Ayre andAndrew Strahan, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 1818. folio. 31cm,pp.193-200, disbound, fine
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A.B. 45212. A bill enacted after first being presented to the House of Commons as abill in March, 1818. Whereas the Bill did not establish rewards, the Act lays out the amountsin pounds: For finding longitude - 5000, 7500 & 10000 (amounts according to accuracy);discovering the North West Passage-20000; approaching the North Pole-5000. With muchinformation on administering the rewards and methods of payment.
37. GREAT BRITAIN. Admiralty.Additional Papers relative to The Arctic Expedition under the orders of
Captain Austin and Mr. William Penny. London. Printed by George Edward & WilliamSpottiswoode, 1852. folio. 33.3cm, iii,368p., with 27 (of 28) maps, wanting "Prince ofWales Island" (including 13 lithographed maps of which 5 are folding), 14 text maps, 2plate illustrations & 31 vignette text illustrations, 35 flag illustrations, bound in quarterdark blue calf, gilt spine titles, light blue paper over boards, a fine copy, rare
3,500.00 . . . . . . . . 2,625.00A.B. 45228. Sabin 1920. T.P.L. 3256. not in Lande. Further documents laid before the inquiry into the Austin-Penny expedition of
1850-51, consisting of extensive and detailed reports of the commanders of the varioussledges and traveling parties of Austin's expedition wintering at Griffith's Island.Included are accounts of journeys by R.D. Aldrich to Cape Martyr on Cornwallis Islandand Somerville Island; R.C. Allen to Somerville, Gararrett and Lowther Island; J.P.Cheyne to Cape Capel on Bathurst Island; F.J. Krabble to Cape Walker; F.L. McClintockalong the southwest Cornwallis coast to Intrepid Inlet; G.F. McDougall to Somerville,Browne and Southwest Cornwallis Island, McDougall Sound; E.Ommanney to CapeWalker and east along the north and west coasts of unexplored territory betweenBathurst and Melville Sounds. One of the more interesting geographical discoverieswas that of Cape Walker, sighted by Parry in 1819, which was in fact on an islet(Russell Isle) and was separate from Prince of Wales Sound. Together with translationsof natives' reports of the Franklin expeditions. These papers are concerned exclusivelywith the Eastern Arctic
38. GREAT BRITAIN. House of Commons. Arctic Expeditions. Return to an Address of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated 20 February, 1852... for, Papers in Connection with the late Arctic Expeditions, or withany which maybe be in preparations, - ... London. House of Commons. 1852. folio, 32cm,17,[1]p., docketed, in quarter dark blue calf, dark blue leather label on the upper cover, lightblue paper over boards, fine, very rare 2,000.00.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1500.00
A.B. 45232. Contains the text of Captain Penny's acrimonious letter to the Admiraltyprotesting at being prevented from returning to the search for Franklin, together with otherofficial reports and letters associated with the search for Franklin.
39. GREAT BRITAIN. Arctic Expedition. Further papers and Correspondence in Continuation of Parliamentary Paper
[C.-1153.]. Presented to both Houses of Parliament... Admiralty, July 1876. London.Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode... 1876. folio, 32.5cm, 25p.,self printed wraps, bit dust worn but a very good to fine copy, rare
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A.B. 45254. Contains Admiralty orders, May 1875, to Capt. G.S. Nares, andNares' subordinates (p3-11); his report of progress to Disko, and to Uperavik, alsomedical reports (p2-15); Capt. L.F. Jones' report of the auxillary, HMS. Valorous'voyage to Disko and return May-Aug. 1876 (p.16-21); and Capt. Allen Young's reportsof summer 1875 voyage of the yacht Pandora to Smith Sound and return withdespatches from Nares.
40. GREAT BRITAIN. Arctic Expedition. Results derived from the Arctic Expedition,
1875-76. I. - Physical Observations by Captain Sir George Nares, R.N., andCaptain Feilden, &c. II. - Medical Report on the Eskimo Dog Disease, by FleetSurgeon B. Ninnis, M.D. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Commandof Her Majesty. London. Printed by George Edward Eyre and WilliamSpottiswoode, Printers to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. For Her Majesty'sStationary Office. 1878. folio. 32cm, 156p., with 8 folding colour plates, 7folding graphs, 2 small cont. stamps on preliminaries, in modern quarter bluecalf and blue paper over boards, gilt decorated raised bands, gilt spine title, afine copy, rare 2,500.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,875.00
A.B. 45257. Scientific results of the Nares Expedition listing thirty-sixpapers on natural history results: thickness of salt-water ice; solar radiation;monthly weather observations; daily mean temperatures and atmosphericpressure; observations of specific gravity of sea water; surface and deep seatemperatures; astronomical phenomena; magnetical observations. A verytechnical report with extensive charts. The medical report, with a foreword byCaptain Nares, is entitled: "Eskimo Dog Disease: Its Symptoms, Treatment,and Pathology, by Belgrave Ninnis, M.D. Fleet Surgeon, Royal Navy." (Late ofH.M.S. "Discovery"). [House of Commons. Sessional Papers, Accounts andpapers, 1878.]
41. [HALL, Charles F.]. Periodical. Hall's Second Arctic Expedition. [In: The Canadian Methodist Magazine. Vol. XII.
July to December, 1880. pp38 8-401., with 11 illustrations. Toronto & Halifax. WilliamBriggs & S.F. Heustis. November, 1880. 8vo, 21cm, 572p., numerous illustrations, originalblue decorated boards, beveled boards, gilt titles, very good copy
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An article based on J.E. Nouse's "Narrative of the Arctic Expedition made by CharlesF. Hall. His Voyage to Repulse Bay." (Washington. 1879). The editor, in response to Rae'squestioning the truthfulness of Hall's account, writes: "the best evidence that we can findconfirms, in every respect, the truthfulness of Captain Hall."
42. HARTWIG, Dr, G. The Polar World: A Popular Description of Man and Nature in the
Arctic and Antarctic Regions of the Globe. With Additional Chapters and OneHundred and Sixty-Three Illustrations. New York. Harper & Brothers,Publishers. 1869. tall8vo, 24.8cm xvi,17-486,[10]p., publisher ads., with 160plates and illustrations from wood engravings, in the original dark browncloth, blind stamped borders on the boards, gilt spine titles, gilt pictorialdecorations on the spine and upper cover, bevelled boards, some wear on theedges, still a very good to fine copy 250.00 .. . . . 187.50
First published in German in 1858 and first published in English inLondon and New York in 1869. Rosove 1135. A.B. 6733. Hartwig provides agood deal of information on the flora and fauna of the Arctic and Antarcticregions, along with ethnographic notes on the Eskimo and a brief account ofsome of the voyages and expeditions to each.
43. HAYES, I.I. The Open Polar Sea. A Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery Towards the North Pole, in the
Schooner "United States". New York. Published by Hurd and Houghton. 1867. 8vo. 21.5cm, first edition,xxiv,454p., with 9 engraved plates (3 being colour maps) & 30 text illustrations, in the original brick browncloth, gilt titles and vignette decorations, beveled boards, slightly dust worn else a fine copy
A.B. 6795. Hayes, who had been a member of Kane's last expedition, led this effort to extend Kane'sexplorations in the Smith Sound region. He was a strong believer in the ‘open polar sea' theory.
44. HILL, KennethThe Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages, at the University of California, San Diego. Second
Edition, Revised and Enlarged. New Haven & Sydney. William Reese Company & Hordern House. 2004.4to, 26cm, xxiii,792p., frontis portrait, blue cloth, gilt spine titles, as new
45. HOOD, Robert To the Arctic by Canoe, 1819 - 1821. The Journal and Paintings of Robert Hood, midshipman with
Franklin. Edited by C. Stuart Houston. Montreal & London. The Arctic Ins. & McGill - Queen's University Press.1974. 4to. 27.5cm, first edition, 217p., with 24 plates from Hood's paintings (16 in colour), 8 illustrations. &portraits, and 5 maps, bound in full linen, fine copy in fine jacket
Franklin's first overland expedition to the Arctic. Only 9 of 20 men survived. The remarkable Arctic journaland paintings of Robert Hood, who perished in 1821 while on John Franklin's first expedition in search of aNorth-West Passage. Hood's skills as an artist and intelligent observer of an unexplored world were unmatched.Franklin used portions of this journal in his own reports on the expedition.
46. [HUISH, Robert] The Last Voyage of Capt. Sir John Ross, To The Arctic Regions; for the Discovery of a North West
Passage; performed in the years 1829-30-31-32- and 33. To which is prefixed An Abridgement of the formerVoyages of Captns, Ross, Parry, & Other Celebrated Navigators to theNorthern Latitudes. Compiled from Authentic Information and OriginalDocuments, transmitted by William Light, Purser's Stewart to theExpedition. Illustrated by Engravings from Drawings Taken on the Spot. London. Printed for the Proprietors, Published by John Saunders. 1836.thick8vo, 21.5cm, [1],716,[1],44p. (supplement), engraved frontis portrait ofRoss and engraved vignette title page, and 6 engraved plates, 1 foldingtable, dictionary of the Esqimaux language, appendix, and supplement "Onthe Position of The North Magnetic Pole". Rebound in modern blue cloth,gilt spine titles, foxed, a very good copy
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Please note: in this copy the printed title page (as above) is placedbefore the appendix and pagination is indicated on the verso with the lastpage on an introduction printed to one third from the bottom. cf. A.B. 7528.
47. JEFFREYS, Dr. Gwyn, & Dr. [William Benjamin] Carpenter.The 'Valorous' Expedition. Reports by Dr. Gwyn Jeffreys, F.R.S., and Dr.
Carpenter, C.B., F.R.S. (From the proceedings of The Royal Society, Vol. XXV, No.173)., London. Printed by Taylor and Francis. 1876. 8vo, 21cm, pp177-237, with 2folding diagrams & a folding map, in quarter red roan and pebbled boards, gilttitles along the spine, expertly rebacked, a fine copy 500.00. . . . 375.00
Cover title: Preliminary report of the biological results of a cruise in H.M.S. "Valorous' to Davis Strait in 1875 "From the Proceedings of the Royal Society, vol.XXV, no 173". Includes bibliographical references
An extensive series of papers on polar subjects, both Arctic and Antarctic. The papers cover a forty yearperiod, from 1950's to the 1980's most taken from journals and documents collected by the Scott Polar ResearchInstitute.
49. KANE, Elisha Kent Arctic Explorations in Search of Sir John Franklin. London. T. Nelson and Sons.
1882. 12mo, 20cm, xii,[1],10-443,[1]p., frontis plate view, 76 plates and illustrations fromengravings, folding map, in the original brick brown cloth, gilt stamped titles and smalldecorations on the spine, black stamped titles and borders on the upper cover, bevelledboards, foxed on the text edges otherwise a fine copy 100.00. . . . . . . . . . . . 75.00
A reprint of Kane's famous account of his mission to northwestern Greenland to rescuethe missing British explorer, Sir John Franklin.
50. KANE, Elisha Kent Arctic Explorations, in search of Sir John Franklin. London. T. Nelson &
Sons. 1892. 20cm, -[xii],443,[1]p. glossary of terms, with frontis and 76 plates andillustrations from engravings, folding map, in the original dark blue cloth, giltspine and upper cover titles, blind ruled borders on bevelled boards, very good tofine 85.00. . . . 63.75
51. KANE, Elisha Kent The Far North: Explorations in The Arctic Regions. [Title page printed in red
and black]. Edinburgh. William P. Nimmo. n.d. [1870]. 16mo, 16.5cm, 228,24p., ads.,engraved frontis view, the original red cloth, wide gilt decorated borders and title on theupper cover, repeated in blind on the bottom, gilt decorations and titles on the spine,bevelled boards, a.e.g., a near fine copy 75.00. . . . . . . . . . 56.25
52. KANE, Elisha Kent & Henry J. Hartstene & J.C. Robbin] [Correspondence between Elisha Kent Kane and Lieut. Henry J. Hartstene and
Secretary of the Navy, E.C. Robbin] pp. 44-68. In: Message from the President of the United Statesto the Two Houses of Congress at Commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-FourthCongress. Part III. Report of the Secretary of the Navy. Washington. U.S. Navy Department. 1855.8vo, 22cm, 432p., in the original elaborately blind stamped dark brown cloth, some occasionaltoning in the text, fine copy 200.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.00
The initial report by the Secretary of the Navy expresses concern for the lack of knowledgeregarding the Kane Arctic Expedition of 1853 and sending Expedition for Relief under thecommand of Lieut. Henry J. Hartstene in the U.S. barque "Release" and steam brig "Arctic" in1855. Several letters from Hartstene outline his Arctic journey and his meeting with Kane onOctober 11, 1855. He lists the officers crew of the "Release" (with the passengers -the Kane party)and the "Arctic". A long, detailed report by Elisha Kent Kane of his expedition follows. "Notraces whatever of Sir John Franklin or his party were discovered."
53. KANE, Elisha K. & Margaret FoxThe Love-Life of Dr. Kane; containing The Correspondence and a History of the Acquaintance,
Engagement, and Secret Marriage between Elisha K. Kane and Margaret Fox. With Facsimiles of Letters, and herPortrait. New York. Carleton, Publisher. 1866. 12mo, 18cm, first (sole) edition, 288p., steel engraved frontisportrait, 1 folded letter facsimile, in the original blind decorated purple cloth, gilt spine titles mainly faded, topspine edge frayed otherwise very good to fine copy 450.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337.50
Not in Sabin, AB. - No standard references. Elisha Kane(1820–57) was a famous US Arctic explorer who fell in love withthe well-known New York spiritualist Margaret Fox (1836–93).When their secret engagement was revealed, it caused muchcontroversy and Fox was later accused of fabricating theirsubsequent marriage. She wanted to publish their correspondencein 1862 to clear her name, but Kane's family - who disapproved ofFox and did not believe the couple ever married - halted thebook's publication and they reached a settlement. When theyfailed to make agreed payments to Fox, she decided to publish theletters in 1866. The subsequent volume charts the couple'scourtship from its beginnings in 1852 until Kane's death, andreveals the ups and downs of their tumultuous relationship,especially Kane's desire for Fox to stop her spiritualist practices. Itpresents an intimate account of the romance between twoprominent nineteenth-century public figures.
54. [KANE, Elisha Kent]. (Sheet Music) by J.C. Beckel Requiem. He Sleeps, But Not ‘Mid the Arctic Snow. Inscribed to the
Memory of Dr. E.K. Kane. Philadelphia. Published by Lee & Walker. c.[1857]. folio,35.5x 27.5cm, 6 pages, cover portrait engraving, music score, scattered foxing, originalcloth taped spine, very good condition, scarce 300.00 .. . . . . . . . . 225.00
A musical tribute to the American Arctic explorer, Elisha Kent Kane, on hispassing in 1857. Composed by a fellow Philadelphian and prominent church organist,James Cox Beckel (1811-1880). The engraving on the front is of Kane from aphotograph. The music is scored for piano and solo voice in six verses with afour-part chorus to be sung after first and last verses. The music probably wasprobably written for the occasion of Kane's burial in Philadelphia in 1857.
55. KANE, Elisha Kent The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin. A Personal Narrative.
New York. Harper & Brothers. 1854. 8vo. 23.cm, the first edition, xi,[-12],552p., appendices,with 6 steel engraved plates and 8 tinted litho plates, 3 maps (one folding) and 141 textillustrations from engravings, in the original brown cloth, blind stamped borders on the spineand boards, gilt spine titles, gilt pictorial decorations on the spine and upper cover, spineslightly faded (stamping clear),, without the usual foxing commonly associated with thisbook, a clean fine copy 400.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300.00
May Fluhmann's Copy with her signature and bookplate on the front endpapers.A.B. 8381. "Narrative (by the surgeon) of the First Grinnell Expedition under Lt.
DeHaven, on the `Advance' and the `Rescue', to Lancaster Sound - Wellington Channelregion, 1850-51. Contains an account (based mainly on Kane's day-to-day journal) of theorganization and course of the expedition to Lancaster Sound, Barrow Strait, WellingtonChannel. It also includes the drift in ice in that region, Sept. 1850 - June 1851, with commentson the Eskimos, animal life, hunting, ice conditions".
56. [KANE]. ELDER, William Biography of Elisha Kent Kane. Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson and,
Boston. Phillips, Sampson & Co. 1858. 8vo. 22.5cm, 416,[2]p. engraved frontisportrait & eng. half-title, & 4 steel-engraved plates, original blind decorated darkbrown cloth, some slight wear on the top and bottom spine edges else very goodto fine sound copy of a book more commonly found in tired condition
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57. [KANE]. by Samuel M. Schmucker (Smucker). The Life of Dr. Elisha Kent Kane, and of other Distinguished
American Explorers: containing Narratives of their researches andadventures in remote and interesting portions of the Globe. Philadelphia.John E. Potter and Company. Nd. [1859]. 12mo, 19cm, 406,[10]p. ads., steelengraved frontis portrait, in the original brown cloth with lettering andborder design stamped in black & gilt titles and portrait vignette on thespine, a fine copy which is unusual for this title
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Originally published by G.G. Evans, Philadelphia, in 1858. 406 pageswith 10 pages of ads in the rear.
58. [KANE]. VILLAREJO, Oscar M. Dr. Kane's Voyage to the Polar Lands. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Press. 1965. 22.5cm, 220p.
with 21 illustrations and maps, appendices, bibliography, index, black cloth, fine in fine jacket 25.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.75
59. KIRWAN, L.P. The White Road. A Survey of Polar Exploration. London. Hollis & Carter. 1959. 22cm, first edition, 374p.,
with 18 illustrations & 5 maps (one folding), mapped end-papers, biblio., blue cloth, a fine copy in very goodjacket 35.00 .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.25
Kirwan was director and secretary of the Royal Geographical Society, and editor of the GeographicalJournal. Survey of Arctic and Antarctic exploration.
60. KLUTSCHAK, Heinrich W. Als Eskimo unter den Eskimos. Eine Schilderung der Erlenisse der
Schwatka'schen Franklin-Aufsuchungs-Expedition in den Jahren 1878-80.Vienna, Budapest & Leipsig. A. Hartleben. 1881. 8vo, 22.5cm, [1].245pp.,frontis, and numerous text drawings including 12 full-page, 3 coloured maps(2 folding), elaborated gilt and black stamped decorated pebbled cloth, giltand black decorated bands and panels, gilt spine titles, occasional lightfoxing, a fine copy - Text in German.
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An account of the Schwatka Expedition of 1878-80 in the search forFranklin. The author was an artist and cartographer to this expedition and hecovers mainly the internal life of the small group (five men), stressing thosesituations in which men battle the grim elements of the north withindigenous means. Their base was Camp Daly, northwest coast of HudsonBay. The party proceeded inland in a northwesterly directon to King WilliamIsland and back (see also Gilder's narrative). Klutschak deals especially withthe natives of the area (Netsilik and Iglulik Eskimos) describing andillustrating with numerous sketches, various features of their life, theirsnowhouses, domestic utensils, food, dress, hunting, sledging, indooramusements, string figures, song and drum play, etc. He depicts the party'sobservations and conversations in the Eskimo community regarding the relicsfrom Franklin's ship. AB. A scarce account in the original German. A.B. 23306. Not in Day.
61. KLUTSCHAK, Heinrich Overland to Starvation Cove. With the Inuit in Search of Franklin, 1878-1880. Translated & Edited by
William Barr. Toronto, Buffalo, London. The University of Toronto Press. 1987. 23.5cm, xxxi,261p. plates, maps,illustrations, bibliography, blue cloth, a fine copy in fine jacket, as new
62. LADA-MOCARSKI, ValerianBibliography of books on Alaska published before 1868. With an Introduction by
Archibald Hanna, Jr. New Haven and London. Yale University Press. 1969. 4to, 28cm,. firstprinting, vii,567p., with 2 vignette title-pages, (one in English, one in Russian), plusfacsimile title-pages for each of the 161 entries, original full orange/red book linen, blinddecoration on the upper cover, a fine bright copy in fine complete jacket
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63. LAMB, G.F.Franklin - Happy Voyager - Being the Life and Death of Sir John Franklin. London. Ernest Benn. 1956.
8vo, 21.5cm, first edition, 293p., with 14 plates & 3 maps, bibliography, a fine copy in very good to fine jacket 50.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.50
64. LARSEN, Henry A.
The Big Ship. The autobiography of... in co-operation with F.R. Sheer & E. Omholt-Jensen. Toronto.M&S. 1967. 8vo, 23cm, first edition, 223p., illustrated, blue cloth, near fine in good to very good jacket
No. 20 in the "Chronicles of Canada", series, edited by G.M. Wrong...
69. LESLIE, [Sir John] & Others. Discovery and Adventure in the Polar Seas and Regions: with illustrations of their Climate,
Geology, and Natural History. By Prof. Sir John Leslie, Robert Jameson and Hugh Murray. With aNarrative of the Recent Expeditions in Search of Sir John Franklin. London & Edinburgh. T. Nelson andSons. 1853. 12mo, 18cm, 506p., with engraved frontis portrait with vignettes of Franklin, engravedvignette half-title, front folding map, 2 plates and many engraved text illustrations, in the original redgreen cloth, pictorial blind decorated with gilt titles and decoration on the spine, gilt cover title, for thistitle a fine sound copy 150.00 .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.50
Starting in 1831 there were many variant issues and titles of this book. c.f. A.B. 9944. I believe this isthe first with the Franklin search information and portrait and is the least common.
70. LESLIE, Sir John & Hugh Murray. & R.M. Ballantyne. Discovery and Adventure in the Polar Seas and Regions:
With a Narrative of the Recent Expeditions in Search of Sir JohnFranklin, including the Voyage of the "Fox", and the Discovery of theFate of the Franklin Expedition. By R.M. Ballantyne. London &Edinburgh & New York. T. Nelson and Sons. 1860. thick12mo, 17.2cm,652p., with engraved frontis portrait of Franklin, engraved vignettehalf-title, engraved folding map & 7 plates and many engraved textillustrations, in the original diamond grain blue cloth, blind andpictorial borders & decorations & gilt titles and decoration on the spineand upper cover, stamping somewhat faded, expertly restored, a verygood sound copy 1 00.00. . . . 75.00
71. LEFROY, John Henry In Search of the Magnetic North. A Soldier-Surveyor's Letters from the North-West 1843-1844. Edited by
George F.G. Stanley. Toronto. Macmillan. 1955. 8vo, 21.5cm, xxviii,171p. frontis portrait, and one illustration,mapped endpapers, brown cloth, fine copy in very good to fine jacket
72. LEVERE, Trevor H. Science and the Canadian Arctic. A Century of Exploration, 1818-1918.
Cambridge, University Press. 1993. 8vo, 23cm, first edition, xiv,438p., with 2 maps,and 41 plates and illustrations, index, black cloth, a fine copy, as new
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73. LLOYD, Christopher Mr Barrow of the Admiralty. A Life of Sir John Barrow 1764-1848. London. Collins. 1970. 21cm, first
edition, 224p., 14 illustrations, 3 maps including endpapers, appendix, sources, index, green cloth, small chip tofront of dust jacket, fine in very good jacket ~ As Secretary of the Admiralty from principally 1804 to 1845, SirJohn Barrow greatly influenced the exploration of the Arctic. He was a prime instigator of the expeditions ofRoss, Parry and Sir John Franklin. An interesting biography also outlining Barrow's journeys to China and Africaand his great influence in the development of the Royal Navy. 25.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.75
74. MacLeod, Margaret Arnett & Richard GloverFranklin's First Expedition as Seen by the Fur Traders. Offprinted. Polar Record. London. 1971. Pp669-682,
DISCOVERER OF THE FATE OF FRANKLINLADY FRANKLIN UNSIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
75. McCLINTOCK, Capt. [Francis L]. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions.
The Voyage of the ‘Fox' in the Arctic Seas. London. John Murray. 1859. 8vo, 22.5cm, The FirstEdition, xxvii,403,[1]p. Murray books ad., with 15 engraved plates and views, 3 foldingmaps, one folding facsimile of the `Record found of Franklin's Expedition', in the originalblind stamped and decorated blue cloth, gilt spine titles, gilt ship illus on the upper cover,bookplate, bookseller ticket, very good to fine copy - Lady Franklin's unsigned presentationcopy, Mrs. Robertson, with Lady Franklin's kind and grateful remembrance, Dec. 23. 1859
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A.B. 10555. Sabin 43043. Smith 6220. T.P.L. 8741. cf. Lande for later editions. Account ofLady Franklin's final searching expedition on the `Fox', under McClintock, 1857-59, whichfinally determined the fate of the Franklin expedition. The work, as well as being a journal ofthe expedition, includes observations on the Eskimo, geography and climate. The appendixincludes a list of relics of the expedition.
McClintock (1819-1907) was an Irish explorer in the British Royal Navy and discoveredproof of the fate of Franklin. This book was one of the most successful 19th century Arcticbooks and went through many editions. By discovering that a navigable water route existedeast and south of King William Island, he located the most feasible North West Passage routeand the one used by Amundsen.
76. McCLINTOCK, Capt. [Francis L]. Fate of Sir John Franklin. The Voyage of the ‘FOX' in the Arctic Seas in search of
Franklin and His Companions. Fifth Edition, With a chapter on the recent searchingexpedition of Capt. C.F. Hall & Lieut. F. Schwatka. London. John Murray. 1881. 12mo.19cm, the 5th edition, 336p., errata leaf, with frontis & 32 plates from engravings, (inc. 2folding maps, 1 folding facsimile of the Record found of Franklin's Expedition, appendix,index, in contemporary full maroon morocco, blind ruled raised bands, gilt spine titles,blind ruled borders on the boards, gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt, fine copy attractivelybound of the uncommon 5th London edition 300.00. . . . . . . . . 225.00
A.B. 10555. - Account of Lady Franklin's final searching expedition on the `Fox',under McClintock, 1857-59, which finally determined the fate of the Franklin expedition.The work, as well as being a journal of the expedition, includes observations on theEskimo, geography and climate. The appendix includes a list of relics of the expedition.
ENGRAVED PORTRAIT OF MCCLINTOCK
AFTER PEARCE77. McCLINTOCK, Capt. Francis L.
Engraved Portrait. Painted by Stephen Pearce. Engraved by HerbertDavis. London. Published by Graves & Compy, May 8th, 1860, Print Sellers tothe Queen... 6 Pall Mal. Engraved signature on the bottom left corner, YoursSincerely, F.L. McClintock A mezzotint half length portrait of McClintock,Print size 22.5x 28 on c. 30x 38cm, a fine, clean clear strike, tastefully framed,sold without glass 1 500.00.. . . . 1,125.00
Among the many portraits of Arctic explorers of the period by Pearcethe majority were this half size portrait, while four were the larger threequarter length with an Arctic scene in the background. McClintock portraitwas done twice, the half portrait in 1856 and the larger in 1859.
"It is clear that Pearse's portraits constitute a primary source of thegreatest importance. The accuracy of his work is attested to by thecontemporary naval biograp-her W.R. O'Bynre and they enable a clearimpression to be gained of the personalities being dealt with. ... Pearce'sachievement was that he put the flesh upon the bones of the subject, and forthat his works have placed polar historians in his debt". I.R. Stone, PolarRecord, 1988.
78. [McCLINTOCK] - [Periodical]. The Expedition in Search for Sir John Franklin. F.L. McClintock.,
Captain., R.N. Commanding the Final Searching Expedition. The yacht Fox,R.Y.S., off Isle of Wight, Wednesday, Sept. 21. 1859. pp247-252.
IN: Journal of the American Geographical and Statistical Society. Vol 1.November, 1859. No. 9. New York. Published by the Society. 1859. sq8vo. 23x18cm, pp247-86, un-related folding map, original wraps, fragile but clean,very good - May 4592.
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79. [McCLINTOCK] - [Periodical]. Royal Geographical Society.I. - Narrative of the Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin and his Party. By Captain (now Sir)
F.L. McClintock. (Gold Medalist). Papers Read before the Royal Geo-graphical Society. Read, Nov 14, 1859. Np.1861. 14p., folding map & folding facsimile, in later grey boards with paper label on the upper cover, fine - May4607. 150.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.50
80. McCLURE, Robert (Edited by Command Sherard Osborn). The Discovery of the North-West Passage by H.M.S. Investigator, Capt. R.
McClure, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854. Edited by Commander Sherard Osborn. From theLogs and Journals of Capt. Robert Le M. McClure. Illustrated by Commander S. GurneyCresswell, R.N. London. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts. 1857. 8vo.22.5cm, Second Edition, xxxii,463,[1],24p., publisher's ads., engraved frontis portrait(from the portrait by Pearce), with 4 lightly tinted lithographed plates (by Cresswell) andone-colour folding map, text illustrations, with printed ads on the front and rear pastedowns of the original brown endpapers, in the original cross ribbed dark blue cloth,blind decorations & borders on the boards, gilt titles, a fine copy of the second and bestedition with the addition of the frontis portrait of McClure and with added material
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Arctic Bib. 10563 (for 2nd ed.). Smith 6232. T.P.L. 8507. Lada-Mocarski 145. Sabin43073. The Investigator accompanied the Enterprise, under Commander Collinson, tosearch for Sir John Franklin. The narrative describes the perils from the ice in theBeaufort Sea, contains remarks on the progress of the Franklin Search, and a great deal ofdetailed information on Arctic wildlife.
THE LARGER FORMAT - ENGRAVED PORTRAIT of McCLURE after PEARCE81. M'CLURE, Sir Robert John Le Mesurier (1807-1873)
Engraved Mezzotint Three Quarter Length Portrait with rifle on theshoulder, telescope under his left arm, and horizon Arctic scene (ship, tents onthe ice, etc) in the background. From a Painting by S. Pearce. Engraved by J.Scott. 55x 42cm (21.5"x 16.5"), three quarter portrait with horizon. London.Published by Henry Graves & Company, February 15th, 1856. Printsellers tothe Queen. Engraved signature on the bottom left corner, Yours Sincerely, F.L.McClure, a fine bright clean copy, tastefully framed, sold without glass. Veryrare 2 ,500.00.. . . 1,875.00
With small blind stamped monogram, "Printsellers, XJX, Association", onthe bottom right margin. Among the 25 portraits of Arctic explorers paintedby Stephen Pearce during this period, only four were the larger 3/4 lengthportraits with illustrated backgrounds. The subjects were McClure,McClintock, Penny and Nares. (McClintock was done twice, the half portrait in1856 and the large in 1859).
"It is clear that Pearse's portraits constitute a primary source of thegreatest importance. The accuracy of his work is attested to bey thecontemporary naval biographer W.R. O'Bynre and they enable a clearimpression to be gained of the personalities being dealt with. ... Pearce'sachievement was that he put the flesh upon the boones of the subject, and forthat his works have placed polar historians in his debt". I.R. Stone, PolarRecord, 1988.
Between 1851 and 1877, Stephen Pearce (1819-104), painted, among other subjects, portraits of most of thedistinguished 19th century British Arctic explorers. The Arctic Council discussing a plan of search for JohnFranklin is his most famous painting. The National Portrait Gallery catalogues 25 Arctic Portraits.
82. [MAPS]. ARROWSMITH, JohnArctic Seas, shewing the North-West Passage, the Coasts explored by the several searching
Expeditions, and the spot where the remains of Sir John Franklin were discovered. (cover title). London. EdwardStanford, wholesale and retail mapseller. [1854]. folded to 12mo, 18cm, ads. on the endpapers, linen backedfolding colour map, 23x 65cm, (9x 26 inches), in original diamond grain green cloth folder with paper label on theupper cover, fine, very rare 1,500.00.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,125.00
The Arctic shores of America and part of Asia; shewing the tracks and discoveries of H.M.S. Hecla &Griper, from Baffin Bay to Melville Island, commanded by Sir Edward Parry 1819 & 20 & of H.M.S. Investigator,from Behring Strait to Mercy Bay, commanded by Capt. McClure, 1850,51,52,& 53. Completing the discovery ofthe North West Passage. Also the Coasts Discovered and Examined by the Officers of the Expeditions sent inSearch of Sir John Franklin. Amicus 1 copy.
Not in Fitzgerald, (which includes 296 Arctic maps). Amicus indicates the date c.1854. JPMC, once, thiscopy. Not in ABE, A&E, ABPC nor AMPR. Not in Jolly. -
83. [MAP]. DE WIT, J. (Hondius). Poli Arctici, et Circumiacentium Terrarum
Descriptio Novissima. Per J. De Wit. Published in:Altlas de la Navigation - Renard. In 1715. ... 53.5x 62.5cm(21" 24.5")., coloured, northern circumpolar map, largemargins with whaling scene corner vignettes , later stateof Hondius/Jansson map of 1665, one fold line, mattedand framed, sold without glass. A fine copy of anattractive map
De Wit's Poli Arctici was based on Hondius' 1636map with the same title. Issued in Renard and Ottens'Atlas de la Navigation, this edition has "... In the top rightcorner, just outside the neat-line, is printed Fol. 3. Inaddition to the authorship change in the primarycartouche, Iceland has been entirely re-engraved and thenomenclature changes, and there are several changes tothe plate at the base of Nova Zemla. (Kershaw).
A beautiful polar projection map, it is decoratedwith four interesting whaling scenes around the perimeter. It shows the northern oceans, northern Europe,Greenland, Iceland, northern Canada from Hudson's Bay to the entrance of the St. Lawrence.
"The geographical information indicates knowledge gained from the explorations of Frobisher, David,Hudson, Button, Foxe and James. One of the most interesting features of the map (both the Hondius and De Witeditions) is the recognition: (if conjecturally) the insular character of Baffin Island and, farther north, thepossibility of passages through Jones Sound and Lancaster Sound, by which the North-West Passage waseventually, over two and a half centuries later, to be traversed." See Cumming. The Discovery of North America. p229.
84. [MAP]. Malby & Sons. Franklin Search.The Arctic Sea. Shewing the Coasts Searched to the
North and West of Baffin Bay for the Ships of Sir J. Franklin. N.B:Lost ships of Sir J. Franklin, Red line, The ascertained Route. Blue,The conjectured Route. With 25 key legend. Np. [London]. Malby& Sons, Litho. c.[1855?]. 35x 52.5cm, folded to 18x 12cm, small bitout the margin of one corner, former owner's signature on verso,very good, relatively clean 2 50.00. . . . 187.50
First state. Routes outlined in red and blue. With letteredreferences to wintering locations of Arctic expeditions (Kane,Saunders, Ross, Kennedy, Franklin, Pullen, Belcher, Austin,Kellett, Collinson, Parry, Maclure, Moore, Maguire, Trollope &Rae) - Not in Amicus. Not in Jolly.
85. [MAP]. Malby & Sons. Franklin Search. (Another variant copy).The Arctic Sea. Shewing the Coasts Searched to the North and West of Baffin Bay for the Ships of Sir J.
Franklin. N.B: The part coloured red shews where remains of the Franklin Expedition were discovered. Np.[London]. Malby & Sons, Litho. c.[1859-60?]. 32x 51cm, folded to 16x 9cm, very good, relatively clean
Second state. Not in Amicus. Not in Jolly. With the part where Franklin Expedition remains werediscovered on King William Island coloured in red. The map was probably reissued after conclusive evidence ofthe Franklin Expedition was discovered by McClintock in 1859.
86. [MAP]. New York Herald.Map of the Polar Seas, With the Leading Points of Interest
in Arctic Exploration. Drawn and Engraved for The New YorkHerald. Whote No. 8457. Morning Edition - November 1, 1859.57.5x 40cm (22.5"x 16"), 4 pages, printed in 6 columns, map size is:25x 35cm, (10"x 13.5"), folded twice, wrinkled at the folds else fine, rare 2 50.00. . . . 187.50
Not in Antique Map Records, Vol 1 - 24, 1983-2009. The article is titled: History of Arctic Expeditions from 1743
to 1859, Another Expedition Proposed, Voyages of all theNavigators - Discoveries Made - The Northwest Passage Found -Searches for Franklin - His Fate Decided, &c., &c., &c. Printed in11 columns.
87. [MAP Reference]. RUGGLES, Richard I. A Country So Interesting. The Hudson's Bay Company and
Two Centuries of Mapping, 1670 - 1870. Montreal & Kingston,London, Buffalo. McGill-Queen's University Press. 1991.oblong4to. 23x 30cm, 300p. notes, glossary, appendices, index,bibliography, plus 66 plates of maps, maps in the text, fine in finejacket 1 25.00. . . . 93.75
88. MARKHAM, Commodore, A. H. Hudson's Bay and Strait. (Offprinted). [Royal Geographical Society. Supplementary Papers. v.2. 1889].
8vo. pp617-660p., printed title page without imprint, bound in later light blue paper over boards, titles in darkblue along the spine, a fine copy 75.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.25
A.B. 10928. Day 207. Contains an historical section, covering early exploration from Sebastian Cabot's, in1498, to that of Sir George Back in the Terror, 1836. (p.615-51), and an account of the author's cruise on theCanadian expedition in the Alert, 1886, with remarks on the Hudson Bay Route and description of ice conditionsin Hudson Strait.
89. [MARKHAM, A.H.]. - Periodical. - Weekly Colonist, supplement. "Captain Markham's Lecture in the Arctic Regions." By "Hyperborean". [A Review in "Weekly
Colonist Supplement." Wednesday, June 16th, 1880]. Victoria, British Columbia. Weekly Colonist. 1880. folio. 61x46cm, 1 sheet folded (printed on both sides), ie 2p., in 14 columns, folded into quarters, fine 1 25.00. . . . 93.75
The review and content of a lecture given at the Mechanics Institute,Victoria by Albert Hastings Markham, Captain of H.M.S. "Triumph", theflagship of the Royal Navy Pacific Fleet. He gave an extended account of hisinvolvement in the Nares' Expedition of 1875-76 ( he wassecond-in-command of H.M.S. "Alert") including his sledge patrol thatreached the highest Arctic latitudes ever attained (a record that stood for 20years). His conclusion was quoted "I look forward to the next four or fiveyears to the accomplishments of great achievements in the ArcticRegions....this bare space on the map extending from the 83rd parallel oflatitude will not long remain unknown, but attacked as it will be byrepresentatives of all the great maritime nations, the flag of one at least andlet us hope it will be the Union Jack will be displayed from the Northernsummit of our globe."
90. MARKHAM, Clements R.The Fifty Years' Work of the Royal Geographical Society. London. John
Murray. 1881. 8vo, 21cm, first edition, viii,255p., original blue cloth, gilt spine title andcrest, a fine bright copy, rare 500.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . 375.00
The history of the Society was closely allied for many of its earlier years with‘colonial' exploration in Africa, the Indian subcontinent, the polar regions (LordEllesmere, Beechey, Back, Osborne, McClintock, McClure etc), and central Asiaespecially. It has been a key associate and supporter of many notable explorers andexpeditions, including those of Darwin, Livingstone, Stanley, Scott, Shackleton, Hunt andHillary. From the middle of the 19th century until the end of World War I, expeditionssponsored by the Royal Geographical Society were frequently front page news, and theopinions of its President and Council would be avidly sought by journalists and editors.Appendices include officers, members of council, list of explorers and geographers,papers and publications, maps, authors, etc. Contains: "List of Papers", & "List of Mapsand Other Illus-trations contained in the Journals and Proceedings of the RoyalGeographical Society". Wright. Aids to Geographical Research. #625. Still an importantreference.
91. MARKHAM, Albert H. The Life of Sir Clements R. Markham. London. John Murray.
1917. 8vo, 22cm, first edition, xi,384p., frontis portrait & 8 plates,appendices, index, in the original blue grey cloth, gilt titles and gilt illus onthe upper cover, near fine copy
2 75.00.. . . 206.25
A scarce book especially in this condition. The author was the cousinof Clements Markham. Howgego p343, "the only book-length biography".
92. [MARKHAM, C.R.] - [Periodical]. On the Progress of the Arctic Expedition to the 17th of July, and the Return
Voyage of the ‘Valorous'. pp55-66, folding chart. London. Proceedings of the RoyalGeographical Society. Vol. XX. 1875-76. 1876. 8vo, 20.5cm, v,548p., index, 3 folding maps,in contemporary half calf and marbled boards, gilt and blind ruled panel borders, blackleather label, some wear on the edges, a very good copy
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Most on the content of this volume concern Stanley and Africa inc the 3 maps.
93. MIERTSCHING, Johann August Reise-Tagebuch des Missionars Joh. Aug. Mierstsching, welcher als
Dolmetscher die Nordpol-Expedition zur Aufsuchung Sir John Franklins auf demSchiff Investigator begleitete. In den Jahren 1850 bis 1854. Gnadau & Leipzig. H.L.Menz & G. Rummer. 1855. 8vo, 21.5cm, first edition, x,196p., rear folding map,appendix, text in German script, printed beige wraps with title repeated on theupper cover in publisher's frame borders, foxed, untrimmed, small faint circularlibrary stamp on the verso of the title, a very good copy 2 ,000.00. . . . . . . 1,500.00
A personal account of McClure's Arctic expedition in search of Franklin(1850-1854) by Moravian missionary, Johann August Miertsching (1817-1875). Hehad served for four years in Labrador in the Moravian missions and having learnedthe Inuit language, was employed by McClure as a translator. This is the firstappearance of Miertsching journal, albeit abbreviated, until 1967 when his completejournal was published.
94. MIRSKY, Jeannette To The Arctic! The story of Northern Exploration from earliest times to the present. Introduction by
Vilhjalmur Stefansson. New York. Alfred A. Knoph. 1948. 8vo. 24cm, first edition thus, xxii,334,xviiip. with 31plate illustrations, 7 maps, rear folding map, blue cloth, fine copy in edge frayed but very good jacket
95. NARES, Lieut. George S. Seamanship. Used on Board H.M. Training Ship Britannia, by
Sanction of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Portsea & London.James Griffin & Longman, Green, Longman... [1862]. 8vo, 22cm, 2nd edition,ix,230,4,p., rear ads, engraved frontis, 350 illustrations on 102 plates (2coloured, 12 folding), 1 plate with compass volvelle, index, in half calf, giltruled raised bands, marbled boards, crushed terra cotta morocco label, gilttitles, a fine copy thus
4 50.00. . . . 337.50
A popular 19th Century text on seamanship produced at a criticalperiod in the Royal Navy-the transition from sail to steam. "While the valueof seamanship is in no degree lessened by the employment of steam as amotive power for H.M. Ships of War... Limited stowage for coal tendersrenders it necessary to reserve steam for occasions of actual conflict."(Preface). Arctic explorer and future admiral, Nares joined the Royal Navy in1845 at age 14 and in 1852 served on the Franklin Search Expedition underKellet. This book was written on Nares' appointment, following service in theCrimean War to command naval cadets on the training ship "Britannia".
96. [NARES], DEACON, Margaret & Ann Savours. Sir George Strong Nares (1831-1915). Bound with: The British Arctic Expedition, 1875-76. By Geoffrey
Hattersley-Smith. [London]. Reprinted from the Polar Record. 1976. 24cm, 26p., with 13 illustrations (inc.portraits and a map), references, presentation copy signed by Ann Savours, a fine copy
An article originally written in "The Quarterly Review" on the return of NaresExpedition in 1876. A detailed overview of 19th Century Arctic expeditions; well-informedwith references given as a footnote. Although no author is listed, the article probably waswritten by the periodical editor, William Smith.
98. [NARES]. Periodical. Royal Geographic Society. A Selection of Papers on Arctic Geography and Ethnology. Reprinted, and Presented to The
Arctic Expedition of 1875, by The President, Council and Fellows of the Royal Geographic Society.Arctic Geography and Ethnology. (leading title). London. John Murray. 1875. 21cm, xii,292p. with 2folding maps, in the original blue cloth, gilt crest and titles, some wear on the edges, very good
A.B. 14929. Stefansson Collection Catalogue. Vol. I-p452. no other standard references. Contentsinclude: 1. On the Physical Structure of Greenland, by Robert Brown. 2. On the Best Means of Reachingthe Pole, by Admiral Baron Von Wrangell. 3. On the Discoveries of Dr. Kane, U.S.A. (1853-55). by Dr.Rink. 4. The Arctic Current around Greenland, by Admiral C. Irminger. 5. Notes on the State of the Ice,and on the Indications of Open Water from Behring Strait to Bellot Strait, along the Coasts of the ArcticAmerica and Siberia, including the Accounts of Anjou and Wrangell. by Vice-Admiral R. Collinson. -Ethnology - 1. Papers on the Greenland Eskimos. By Clements R. Markham. 2. On the Descent of theEskimo. By Dr. Rink. 3. The Western Eskimo. by Dr. Simpson. 4. Report on the AnthropologicalInstitute... Questions for Arctic Explorers...
99. NEATBY, L.H. Conquest of the Last Frontier. Athens. Ohio University Press. 1966. tall8vo, 23.5cm, first U.S. edition,
425,[vi],p. with 4 maps, (3 double page), illustration, illustrated endpapers, full linen, fine in near fine jacket 30.00 .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.50
Based on explorers' journals and logs, it tells the story of the final stages of the opening of the Arctic.
100. NEATBY, Leslie H. The Search for Franklin. The story of one of the great dramas of polar exploration. New York. Walker
and Company. 1970. 8vo, 21.5cm, 281p., with 13 illustrations and 5 maps, bibliography, dark blue cloth, a nearfine copy in similar jacket 25.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.75
101. [OSBORN, Sherard]. Periodical. ReviewThe Voyage of the "Fox" in the Arctic Seas. [McClintock]. In: disbound
from: Blackwood Edinburgh Magazine, LXXXVII, January, 1860. 8vo, pp117-126,new stiff wraps, a fine copy - May 4599.
75.00. . . . 56.25
102. OWEN, Roderic The Fate of Franklin. London. Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers). 1978. tall8vo, 23cm, 471p., frontis, 8
photographic plates (50 illustrations), 12 maps including endpaper, appendices, index, blue cloth, fine in finejacket
"The life and mysterious death of the most heroic of Arctic explorers." (Cover). In his research the authortraveled Franklin's Arctic routes.
THE RAREST OF PARRY'S BOOKS103. [PARRY, W.E.]
Appendix of Captain Parry's Journal of aSecond Voyage for The Discovery of a North-WestPassage, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, performed inHis Majesty's Ships Fury and Hecla in the Years1821-22-23.. London. John Murray. 1825. 4to. 28.5cm,[2],432p., with 2 engraved flora plates, in the originalpublisher's boards, paper label, expertly restored,a r m o r i a l bo o k p l a t e , a f i n e c o p y, r a r e
3 ,000.00. . . 2,250.00
A.B. 13142. - 2 vols, 1824-1825. - T.P.L. 1205.Scientific appendices, published one year after themain volume. Account of the chronometers,observations on the instruments, latitude, tides, etc.,pp3-162. no II. On the atmospherical refraction; by theRev. George Fisher, experiments, observations etc. pp163-284. no. III. Zoological appendix, by JohnRichardson, pp287-379. no IV. Botanical appendix, byProfessor Hooker. pp381-430. List of zoophytes, byJohn Fleming, pp431-432.
104. [PARRY, William Edward & Henry Foster] - [PERIODICAL]. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London for the
Year 1826, Part IV. London. Printed by W. Nociol... 1826. folio, 29.5cm, v,230p.,plus 3 folding graphs, 2 diagrams & 1 engraved (instrument) plate, in theoriginal plain blue wraps, unopened, a fine copy
700.00. . . . 525.00
Contains: - I. Account of experiments made with an invariable pendulumat the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, and at Port Bowen, on the eastern sideof Prince Regent's Inlet. By Lieutenant Henry Foster, R.N.F.R.S. - page 1. - II.Observations on the diurnal variation of the magnetic needle, at the WhaleFish Islands, Davis's Strait. By Lieutenant Henry Foster, R.N.F.R.S. - p71, - III.Magnetical Observations at Port Bowen, &c. A.D. 1824-25, comprehendingobservations on the diurnal variation and diurnal intensity of the horizontalneedle; also on the Dip of the magnetic needle at Woolwich, and at differentstations, within the Arctic circle. By Captain W.E. Parry, R.N.F.R.S. andLieutenant Henry Foster, R.N.F.R.S. - p73. - IV. Abstract of the daily variationof the magnetic needle No. 2. by Lieutenant Foster, R.N.F.R.S. - p118. - V.Observations for determining the dip of the magnetic needle. By Captain W.E.Parry, R.N.F.R.S. and Lieutenant Henry Foster, R.N.F.R.S. - p126. - VI.Observations on the diurnal changes in the position of the horizontal needle,under a reduced directive power, at Port Bowen, 1825. By Lieutenant Henry Foster, R.N.F.R.S. - p129. - VII. AComparison of the diurnal changes of intensity in the dipping and horizontal needles, at Port Bowen. ByLieutenant Henry Foster, R.N.F.R.S. - p177 - VIII. Account of the repetition of Mr. Christie's experiments on themagnetic properties imparted to an iron plate by rotation, at Port Bowen, in May and June, 1825. By LieutenantHenry Foster, R.N.F.R.S.; together with Mr. Christie's remarks thereon. - p188. - IX. Observations to determine theamount of Atmospherical Refraction at Port Bowen in the Years 1824-25. By Captain W.E. Parry, R.N.F.R.S.Lieutenant Henry Foster, R.N.F.R.S. and Lieutenant J.C. Ross, R.N.F.L.S. - p206.
105. [PARRY, William Edward. Periodical. Review]. (John Barrow). Art. XI. Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to
the Pacific; performed in the years 1821-22-23, in his Majesty's ships Fury and Hecla, under the orders of CaptainWilliam Edward Parry. Illustrated by numerous Plates. 4to. pp.570, 1824.
IN: Extract from: The Quarterly review, vol. XXX, October 1823 and January 1824, pp231-272p., incontemporary plain warps, very good to fine, rare 200.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.00
WorldCat locates 1 copy; University of Alaska, Fairbanks. May 2727. Indicates this new book review was byJohn Barrow.
THE FIRST EDITION WITH THE RARE SUPPLEMENT"one of the first major studies of the zoology of the northern hemisphere" (DNB)
106. [PENNANT, Thomas]. Arctic Zoology. [With]: Supplement to the Arctic Zoology.
London. Printed by Henry Hughs. 1784-85. sm4to., 24cm, The FirstEdition, in three volumes bound in 2, cc,[5],[1, blank],185, & [1,blank],188-586, +[12](index),[1],(errata page), (& supplement),x,163,[1],(list of the Pennant's Works), pp. with 23 engraved numberedplates (including frontis & 1 folding plate), 2 engraved folding maps,chapter header devices, with engrav-ed vignette illustrations (moose & aduck) on both title pages, in the original full tree calf, gilt rules for bands,double crushed crimson and green morocco labels, gilt titles, gilt rolldecoration on the board edges, internally clean and crisp, bookplate, some light wear on one board but a fine attractive set in contemporaryantique binding with the rare supplement
The rare first edition of an important work on the zoology of N. America, notably Canada. The greater partof it is devoted to birds, but the lengthy introduction contains considerable material on geography, geology andarchaeology in addition to zoology and plates of rock formations and antiquities as well as birds and mammalsare included. Pennant describes the Arctic and the northern part of North America and Alaska, northernScandinavia, northern Asia, including the Kurile Islands, British America, California, the Polar Seas, Greenland,Baffin's Bay, Hudson Bay, Canada, and Nova Scotia, Kamchatka, the Aleutian Islands, and Nootka Sound.Written as a series of excursions north from Britain and from correspondents with local knowledge such asGeorge Low who contri-buted information on the birds of Orkney as well as upon the researches of Pallas inSiberia and of Joseph Banks in Newfoundland.
It was one of the first major studies of the zoology of the northern hemisphere and was widely acclaimed:French and German editions appeared in 1787 and 1789. Pennant was elected a member of the AmericanPhilosophical Society in 1791 for his contribution to American zoology" (DNB).
107. PERIODICAL. Anonymous. The Illustrated Year -Book of Wonders, Events and Discoveries. Edited by a Popular Writer. London.
Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co. 1850. 16mo. 17cm, xiii, 336p., with 20 engravings, rear ads, in the original blinddecorated green cloth, gilt spine title & decoration, plates damp stained, shaken, good to very good
Contemporary accounts of 1849 including "The Franklin Expedition" (pp. 147-189) with reports on thevarious Franklin Search expeditions until 1849. The chapter includes one plate: the "Erebus" and "Terror" inArctic waters by Whimper.
108. [PERIODICAL]. American Geographical Society. Bulletin.. 1880. No. 4. Arctic Meeting for the Reception of Lieut Schwatka and his Associates of the Franklin Search Party of
1878-‘79-‘80.; Chief Justice Daly's Address...; Admiral Sir Leopold McClintock's Letter...; Address of LieutSchwatka, U.S. Army; Remarks of Dr. Isaac L. Hayes.
Appendix: Thomas F. Barry's Statement...; Joseph Eberling's (Esquimaux Joe) Statement...; Letter of AdmiralSir Leopold McClintock to the British Admiralty; Letter of Dr. John Rae to the British Admiralty; Letter from theBritish Admiralty; Synopsis of the Franklin Search - by Elial F. Hall; Table of English and American FranklinSearch Expeditions. (cover title). New York. Printed for the Society. 1881. 8vo. 24.2cm,pp237-296, 2 folding maps, in the original printed grey wraps, slightly dust worn elsevery good internally fine, very rare 650.00 .. . . . . 487.50
109. [PERIODICAL]. The Canadian Journal. The Arctic Expeditions. In: The Canadian Journal, A Repertory of Industry,
Science, and Art. November 1853. pp.83-87. Toronto. Upper Canada. The CanadianJournal. 1853 folio, 32cm, pp[ii],81-104, full page plate map, double column, printedgreen/grey wraps, fore edge bit frayed else fine 150.00. . . . . . 112.50
This article is credited to the London literary magazine, Athenaeum. It relates tonew intelligence from the Arctic on the return of the steamer "Phoenix" after conveyingstores to the Belcher search squadron - "most interesting and at the same time a verypainful nature". Voluminous dispatches from McClure and Belcher are discussed anda map showing McClure's route is included.
110. [PERIODICAL]. The Canadian Journal. The Arctic Expeditions. In: The Canadian Journal, A Repertory of
Industry, Science, and Art. September 1855. pp.335-336. Toronto. Upper Canada. TheCanadian Journal. 1855. folio, 32cm, pp321-344, double column, printed green/greywraps, yapped fore edge frayed, else fine
100.00. . . . . . . . . . . 75.00This article is credited to the London literary magazine, Athenaeum. This
article describes the return of McClure and the events of his Arctic journey.
111. [PERIODICAL]. THE GRAPHIC. The Arctic Supplement of the Graphic. [London]. The Graphic,
Sept 11, 1875. folio, 42x 31cm, pp249-264, plus double page illustrationinsert; titled "The Arctic Expedition - A Musical Evening on the LowerDeck of the "Alert", plus title vignette, 2 half page illus., half page map & 3full page illustrations, all from engravings, self wraps, very good to finecopy 1 50.00. . . 112.50
112. [PERIODICAL]. Harper's Weekly. [Nares Arctic Expedition] Two Articles in Harper's Weekly. (1). An Arctic Failure. (Nares Expedition). (2). The Arctic Expedition.
(To accompany a double-page illustration of divine service on the discovery ship 'Alert'). In: Harper's Weekly.December 2nd & 9th, 1876. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1876. folio. 41cm, pp976-977 & 991-993, with 3illustrations (1 double-page), wraps, fine 100.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.00
113. [PERIODICAL]. Illustrated London News. Nares Arctic Expedition News of the Arctic Expedition. pp. 426, 441-472, includes 26 illustrations (3
double-page), In: The Illustrated London News, November 4th & 11th, 1876. London. London Illustrated News. 1876. folio. 41cm, iv,641p., Vol. LXIX. July to
December 1876), extensively illustrated, in contemporary half green morocco andpebble cloth boards, marbled endpapers, covers worn, some pelling, hinges broken,internally very good 400.00 .. . . . . . 300.00
A summary account of the Nares Arctic Expedition of 1875-76, "by one of itsofficers", on the return of the H.M.S. Alert and H.M.S. Discovery to England.Graphically illustrated from " a series of photographic sketches, taken on the spot byofficers of the Alert and Discovery".
114. [PERIODICAL]. The Illustrated London News. Franklin Search.A miscellaneous collection of articles extracted from The Illustrated
London News from 1848 to 1881. Illustrated articles on Franklin SearchExpeditions (Kellett, Forsyth, Austin, Ross, Beatson. Belcher, Pullen, Trollope,Inglefield, Belcher, McClure, Rae, McClintock, Nares). London. LondonIllustrated News. 1848-1881. folio. 40cm, over 80 pages, numerous illustrations &maps, loose, generally in very good condition 350.00. . . . 262.50
115. [PERIODICAL]. London Illustrated News. Franklin Arctic Expedition of 1845-48.Photostat Copies of 5 Excerpts from The London Illustrated News.
1845-1851: (1). Departure of the "Erebus" and "Terror" on the Arctic Expedition.(2). Arctic Searching Expedition. (Austin). (3). Portraits of Captain Sir JohnFranklin, and His Crew. (4). Traces of the Franklin Expedition. (5). TheNorth-West Searching Expeditions for Sir John Franklin; Return of CaptainAustin's Expedition. London. The London Illustrated News. [1845-1851]. N.D. folio. 39.5cm, 5p., high gloss laminated photostat leaves mounted on stiff card,bound in dark blue cloth, inner linen hinges, very good to fine
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116. PERIODICAL. Quarterly Journal. SUTHERLAND, P.C. & J.W. Salter [2 Proceedings]: 3. On the Geological and Glacial Phaenomena of the Coasts of Davis' Strait and
Baffin's Bay. By P.C. Sutherland, M.D., Late Surgeon in the Arctic Expeditions. & 4. On Arctic Silurian Fossils. ByJ.W. Salter, Esq., F.G.S. [In: The Quarterly Journal of the Geographical Society. Vol. IX. No.36. November 1, 1853.]pp296-312. & pp312-317. London. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. 1853. 8vo, 22cm, pp259-370,34,original printed blue wraps, fine 50.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.50
117. [PERIODICAL]. - ROYAL Geographical Society, Proceedings of the.. North Polar Expedition : Welcome to the Officers of the ‘Alert' and ‘Discovery';
On the Circumpolar Sea (Capt. Sir G.S. Nares); The Winter Quarters of the ‘Discovery'(Capt. H.F. Stephenson); On Sledge Travelling. (Capt. A.H. Markham); Death ofAdmiral Sir E. Belcher. pp.95- 120; - & - On the Navigation of Smith Sound, as aRoute to the Polar Sea (Capt. Sir G.S. Nares). pp.273-287; - & - ; Presentation of RoyalMedal to Captain Sir George S. Nares, R.N., KC.B. (Sir Rutherford Alcock). pp. 396-401; - & - The Arctic Expedition of 1875-76. (C.R. Markham). Including colour folding map;pp536-555. [In: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society. Vol. XXI. Session1876-77. Nos. 1 to 6].
London. The Society. 1877. 8vo, 20cm 638p., index, in contemporary half calf andmarbled boards, gilt spine titles, black leather label, heraldic book-plate, hinges startingbut holding, edges rubbed, very good 500.00. . . . . . . . 375.00
Contemporary views of Arctic exploration. "It has been said, Arctic service is thefinest nursery for seamen in the world. This should not be accepted literally, for as far asactual seamanship goes, the ships are frozen-up for eleven months out of twelve."(Captain Henry Stephenson). An engraved two-tone map entitled "The Arctic Regions" ,accompanying Clement Markham's article, displays Arctic winter quarters from 1819.
118. PETERSEN, Johan Carl Christian. Den sidste Franklin-Expedition med "Fox", Capt.
M'Clintock, ved Carl Petersen. Tolk ved Pennys, Kanes ogM'Clintocks Expeditioner. Kjobenhavn. (Copenhagen). Fr.Waldikes Forlagsboghandel. 1860. 8vo, 23cm, first edition,[vi],266p., engraved frontis portrait (the author), colourvignette on title-page, 8 tinted lithographed plates, 7 textdrawings, 4 maps (3 folding, one folding sheet containstwo maps, 1 single & 1 double leaf), maps in English withDanish titles, folding facsimile of Franklin's last report,original blind decorated pebbled cloth, rebacked with mostof original spine laid down, small tear in first leaf,occasional light foxing mainly on the plate margins, a finetall copy. - maps differs in this issue.
750.00 . . . 562.50
Text in Danish. - T.P.L. 8844. Sabin 61224. LandeS-1780. Petersen, a Dane living in Greenland and marriedto an Inuit, had served as ice-master on the Franklin searchexpeditions of Penny and Kane. In this account, Petersenjoined the McClintock exped-ition as an interpreter and sleddriver. Text in Danish, this is the only contemporaryedition. A very scarce account.
119. PETERSEN, CarlErindringer Fra Polarlandene. Optegnede af Carl Petersen. Tolf ved
Pennys og Kanes Norderpeditioner, 1850-1855. Udgivne af Lauritz B. Deichmann,... Med Traesnit og Kort over en Deel af Baffainsbay eg Smiths-Sund. Kjobenhavn.P.G. Philipsens. 1857. 12mo, 18.5cm, The First Edition, ii,162,(2)p., ads., engravedfrontis map, 2 text illus., in the original printed yellow wraps with title repeated inpublisher's frame borders on the upper cover, unopened, some foxing, wrapsslightly dust worn, a very good to fine copy of the very scarce first and onlyedition 1,500.00 .. . . . 1125.00
Arctic Biblio. 13386. Sabin 61223. Not in T.P.L. The titles reads:Reminiscences from the Polar Regions...
The author was on both the Penny and Kane expeditions. This book containhis account of the Penny Franklin serach expedition of 1850-51, and the SecondGrinnell expedition of 1853-55, and Sonntagès Diary, Aug. 26 - Nov. 1855, from theKane Expeiditon. His second book "Den Sidste Franklin-Expedition" is quite a bitmore common.
120. PEYSTER, J. Watts de The Dutch at the North Pole and The Dutch in Maine. A Paper read
before the New York Historical Society, 3d March, 1857. New York. Printed for theSociety. 1857. tall8vo, 24cm, 80,[1](errata slip),p., notes, vignette on upper coveroriginal printed yellow wraps, unopened & uncut, fragile, very good to fine
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The scion of an old Dutch American family writes of Dutch involvement inArctic expeditions-‘The English have endeavored to rob the Dutch of the honor oftheir discoveries...". General Peyster writes of Henry Hudson, Dutch whalers, JanCornelius Ryp, Willem Barents, and Jan Cornelius Heemskerke and theirsignificance in Arctic exploration.
121. [PHILATELIC]. British Post Office. British Mint Stamps. British Polar Explorers. 4 colour stamps each 1.5x 1cm, portraits of Sir Martin Frobisher, Henry Hudson,
James Clark Ross, Robert Falcon Scott. In descriptive booklet. Edinburgh. British Post Office Philatelic Bureau.1972. designed by Marjorie Saynor and printed in photogravure by Harrison & Sons, pack number 39, issued 16February, 1972. 50.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.50
BEAUTIFUL HAND COLOUR LITHOGRAPH PRINT 122. [PRINT]. - [LEBRETON. (Artist)].
Voyage a la Recherche de Sir John Franklin. No.14. (Bi-lingual titles). Le Prince Albert de la Baie de l'Ereuset du Terror au John Franklin hiverna en 1845 et 1846. Le North Star d l' escadrille du Ce Belchers hisse à sa corned' Artimon les pavillon Fracais et Anglais réunis en lèhonneiur du L' Bellot de la Marine Imple. The PrinceAlbert, C. Kennedy, starts from Erebus and Terror Bay where Sir John Franklin had wintered in 1845; 1846. TheNorth Star of Sir Ed. Co Belchers squardon hosits the French and English flags, in the honour of LieutenantBellot. Dess par feu Bellot L' de Vaisseau de la Marine Imp. [The small type of these titles just under the image forthe English equivalent is not legible].
Paris. Wild Edit, rue de la Banque, 15 près Bourse. & London. E. Ganbart & Co. 25 Berners St, Oxd. St. Nd.[1852/3?]. 47x 69cm, (14.4"x 27"), hand colour lithograph, a beautiful colour print, very rare
No listing or references located. In 1851, Kennedy was chosen by Lady Jane Franklin to lead the second private expedition to search for her
husband, Sir John Franklin, whose ships had vanished into the Canadian Arctic six years earlier. Kennedy's shipthe Prince Albert, was equipped with a crew of seventeen men. His second in command was Joseph Rene Bellot,a lieutenant of the French Navy. The expedition set sail from Aberdeen, Scotland in the spring of 1851 and bySeptember had penetrated Lancaster Sound and Prince Regent Inlet, eventually establishing winter quarters atBatty Bay. In February of 1852, Kennedy and his men set out on a remarkable 1,100 mile sledge journey westwardto the Boothia region. Although no traces of Franklin were found, the expedition is noted for the discovery ofBellot Strait, a narrow channel marking the northernmost extremity of continental North America. See DCB.
In 185, Bellot volunteered to accompany William Kennedy on the Prince Albert in search of Sir JohnFranklin, and he sailed again to the Arctic regions in 1853. While on Inglefield's second expedition, he wastravelling to bring dispatches to Sir Edward Belcher, when he fell into a crevasse in the ice near Cape Bowdenand drowned.
123. [RAE, John]. John Rae's Correspondence With The Hudson's Bay CompanyOn Arctic Exploration, 1844-1855. Edited by E.E. Rich, with anintroduction by J.M. Wordie & R.J. Cyriax. Hudson's Bay RecordSociety, No. 16. London. 1953. 24cm, cvi,401p. limited edition, thisbeing #1222, frontis portrait, one plate & 3 maps, (2 folding), originalblue cloth, slight fading on the spine (titles clear), else fine
2 50.00. . . 187.50
"An expert boatman, swimmer and climber, Rae qualified as asurgeon in 1833, entered the HBC and was posted to Moose Factory.In 1846-47 he explored the coast west from Fury and Hecla Straightto Boothia Isthmus, and in 1848 he accompanied Sir John Richardson a search for Sir John Franklin. In 1851, with the same purpose, hesearched the western, southern and eastern shores of Victoria Island;much was original discovery. From an 1853-54 exploration hebrought back the first authentic tidings of the Franklin disaster. ...
124. [RAE, John]. RICHARDS, Robert L. Dr John Rae. Whitby. Caedmon of Whitby. [1985]. 21cm, xii,231p. with 16 plates,
1 map, bibliography, index, blue cloth, gilt titles, a fine copy in fine jacket 150.00 .. . . . . . . 112.50
In the early 19th century many graduates of the Edinburgh Medical School gainedexperience as ship's surgeon for a single voyage. John Rae was no exception and hisvoyage... to Canada led to a life-long connection with the HBC. Rare was selected for hissurveying expeditions because of his powers of endurance, ‘either walking, boating orstarving'. In all of these Rae proved his worth and his walking feats have becomelegendary covering as he did many thousand of miles in extremely low temperaturesover the roughest of terrain. (Jacket).
125. RAWNSLEY, William Franklin (Edited by )The Life, Diaries and Correspondence of Jane Lady Franklin. London.
Erskine MacDonald. 1923. 8vo, 22cm, first edition, 232p., plus 12 plates and afolding map, blue cloth, gilt spine and cover titles, very good to fine, MayFluhmann's Copy with her signature and bookplate, very rare
400.00. . . . 300.00
126. [RICHARDSON, John]. C. Stuart Houston (edited)Arctic Ordeal. The Journal of John Richardson, Surgeon Naturalist with Franklin, 1820-1822. Edited by
C. Stuart Houston, Illustrated by H. Albert Hochbaum, Appendices by John W. Thomson (Lichenology) andWalter O. Kupsch (Geology), Foreword by W. Gillies Ross. Kingston and Montreal. McGill-Queen's UniversityPress. 1985. 4to. 27.5cm, first printing, 349p., with 8 maps, tables, notes, bibliography, index, blue cloth, fine copyfine jacket 50.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.50
SABINE'S REMARKS WITH: ROSS' REPLY127. ROSS, Captain John
An Explanation of Captain Sabine's Remarks on theLate Voyage of Discovery to Baffin's Bay. London. John Murray.1819. 8vo. 21cm, the first edition, 53,[2]p., table and advertisementpage for A Second Edition of A Voyage of Discovery, with halftitle
T.P.L. 1151. Sabin 73371. Lande s1994. Casey I-1064. Not inA.B. An answer to the charges made by Captain Sabine that Rosshad plagiarized his papers in his publication "Voyage ofDiscovery", 1819. After this voyage, 1818, on which Parry wassecond in command, Ross reported that both Hones and LancasterSounds were closed bays, for which mistake he was severelycriticized.
Together With:SABINE, Captain EdwardRemarks on The Account of The Late Voyage of
Discovery to Baffin's Bay, published by Captain J. Ross. London.Printed by Richard and Arthur Taylor... for John Booth. 1819. 8vo. 21cm, third edition, 40p., bound together inhalf calf, plain spine with gilt panel rules, marbled boards, gilt stamped private library label on both boards, verygood to fine, very rare 9,000.00.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,750.00
Not in A.B. 1-2. Lande S2007. Cf. T.P.L. 1154. (2nd ed). Casey I-1065. Sabine, the scientist recommended bythe Royal Society to accompany Ross, questioned his statements about Lancaster Sound and accused him ofpublishing Sabine's tables, etc. without acknowledgment.
128. ROSS, Sir John Autograph Document, Signed. "List of things stolen from 16 Br. Gates (?) July 1839."[Docket, ms]. a
handwritten list, in another hand, apparently in Swedish, listing of stolen gold, silver and china items along withvalue and Signed by Sir John Ross. A penciled note under Ross's signature states "Sir John Ross, the Arcticnavigator, while consul at Stockholm." Stockholm. 1939. 1 page, on rag watermark paper, 18x 20cm, with msdocket, with 3 perpendicular folds, one short closed tear on one fold expertly repaired very good
Sir John Ross was British Consul to Stockholm from 1839-1846. The list is in diffi-cult to decipher andappears to be in Swedish.
THE FIRST EDITION, WITH THE APPENDIX - LARGE PAPER ISSUE129. ROSS, Captain Sir John
Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, and of a Residence inthe Arctic Regions during the years 1829-33. Including the reports of Commander James Clark Rossand the Discovery of the Northern Magnetic Pole. London. A.W. Webster. 1835. folio. 32x 24cm,,xxxiii,[1],740p. with 6 maps (1 folding coloured), and 25 engraved plates (including 8 colouredlithographs, 3 mezzotints, & 16 steel engraved):, in the original dark blue mottled cloth, expertlyrestored, clean text, plates relatively clean, (less than the normal foxing), very good to fine copy ofthe scarce first edition, Large Paper Issue (The regular edition would be about 28cm tall), unopened
T.P.L. 1808. A.B. 14866 & 14863. Lande 1426. Sabin 73381. Owing to the mistaken contentionof the first voyage, Ross was not offered another command and this expedition was privatelyfinanced. It resulted in the discovery of King William Sound and the extensive survey of BoothiaPeninsula, and the discovery of the magnetic pole by James Clark Ross. The dietary importance offresh meat and oil in the particular climate was first ascertained on this voyage so that all but threemen survived four winters and the loss of the Victory.
Together with:Appendix to the Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, and of a
Residence in the Arctic Regions, during the years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833.... London. A.W.Webster. 1835. 4to. Large Paper issue, 325cm, first edition, xii,120,cxliv, cii,pp. errata. with 20engraved & lithographed plates (inc. 12 in colour and an engraved frontis portrait of Ross), in theoriginal dark blue mottled cloth, expertly restored, with six letters neatly cut out of the title page,otherwise very good to fine clean copy, uncut and unopened two volumes...
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The scarce second voyage appendix is rarely found on its own. T.P.L. 1808. A.B. 14866. Lande 1426. Sabin73381. Includes: Account of the objects in the several departments of natural history, seen and discovered duringthe present expedition; Zoology, Birds, Fish, by James Clark Ross; Salmons, by John Richardson; Insects, by JohnCurtis; Marine invertebrate animals, by J.C. Ross; etc. etc.
130. ROSS, Sir John Relation du Second Voyage fait a la recherche D'un Passage au
Nord-Ouest. Par sir John Ross, Capitaine de la marine royale, chevalier de l'ordredu bain, etc. Et De Sa Residence Dans Les Regions Arctiques Pendant Les Annees1829 a 1833. Contentante le rapport de capitaine de la marine royale sir JamesClark Ross et les observations relative a la decouverte du Ple Nord. OurageTraduit sous les Yeux de L‘Auteur, Par A.-J.-B. Defauconpret. Bruxelles. Wouterset Co. 1844. thick8vo, 23cm, in 2 volumes, 279 & 296pp., large rear engravedfolding map, in the original printed light yellow wraps with titles repeated on theupper covers in publisher's decorated frame borders, uncut and unopened, a fineset in black cloth clam shell box with black leather label
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The first French edition was Paris, 1835.
THE RARE ROSS - BRAITHWAITE PAMPHLETS BOUND TOGETHERQUOTE: OH' THAT MINE ENEMY WOULD WRITE A BOOK!, SIR JOHN ROSS, 1777-1856.
131. [ROSS, Captain Sir John]. BRAITHWAITE, John Supplement to Captain Sir John Ross's Narrative of A Second Voyage in the Victory, in Search of a
North-West Passage, containing The Suppressed Facts, necessary to a proper understanding of the causes of thefailure of the Steam Machinery of the Victory, and a just appreciation of Captain Sir John Ross's character as anofficer and a man of science.
Bound Together With:Explanation and Answer to Mr. Braithwatie's Supplement.
London. Chapman and Hall. 1835. 4to. 27.cm, first edition, ii,18 & 8p., bound in quarter tan calf and marbledboards, fine, very rare, wraps not present in this copy 7,500.00.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,625.00
T.P.L. 7368. A.B. 2074. Sabin. Not in Lande. Braithwaite and Ericsson were the patentees of the boilers used on the ship Victory. Braithwaite refutes
Ross's charges in his Narrative of a Second Voyage that the chief blame for the failure of his expedition could beplaced on the manufacturers of the steam engines on the "Victory".
T.P.L. 7385. Lande 1427. Smith. A.B. 14862. Sabin.The Ross pamphlet contains a point by point refutation of John Braithwaite's "Supplement to Captain Sir
John Ross's narrative of the second voyage, etc., 1835".Note - Complete caption titles: Explanation and Answer to Mr. Braithwaite's Supplement to Captain Sir
John Ross's Narrative of a Second Voyage in the Victory, in Search of a North-West Passage. (To The Editor of"The Times". Nov. 13, 1835. Sir. I observe that Mr. John Braithwaite has published a pamphlet which heunwarrantably designates "A Supplement to Captain John Ross's Narrative of his late Voyage", &c., but which isonly a supercilious attempt to exculpate himself. As it is not my intention to enter into any controversy, I request,through your widely circulated journal, to acquaint Mr. Braithwaite, my Friends who desire it, and my numerousSubscribers, that they may have, gratis, a complete refutation of every assertion he has made, by applying at theOffice of the Publication of my Works, No. 156, Regent Street. I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, John Ross,Captain, R.N. (Completed from the wraps, not present in this copy).
132. [ROSS]. Portrait. by J.L. Mitchell, Profilist.SIR JOHN ROSS. A portrait, in profile, (Silhouette) of Sir John
Ross. 9x 8cm. In dark brown (ink or gouache) with minimal highlighting,on white back ground, under curved bubble glass, in metal frame (16.5x15cm) with gilt decoration & edging and ring for hanging. Captioned "SirJohn Ross". On rear is a slip with Ross's signature. A plate gives name ofartist: "J.L. Mitchell, 17 Union Street, Bath. Profilist.". some slight wear onthe glass otherwise fine 4 ,000.00. . . 3,000.00
Although not dated, the portrait would have been made after Ross'sknighthood in 1834 following his second Arctic expedition.
133. [ROSS, John - Periodical. Review]. Quarterly ReviewA Voyage of Discovery, made under the order of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's Ships
Isabella and Alexander, for the purpose of exploring Baffin's Bay, and inquiring into theprobability of a North-West Passage. By John Ross, Captain. 4to, pp438, Thirty-two colouredPlates, Maps, Charts, &c. London. 1819. Art. XI. pp213-262.
IN: The Quarterly Review. - Vol. XX!. January & April. London. John Murary. 1819. 8vo,21cm, iv,578p., in contemporary half black calf, wide gilt decorated raised bands, gilt ruled andblind decorations in the panels, double crimson crushed morocco labels, gilt titles, cloth boards,fine copy in attractive binding - Day 2553. 350.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262.50
134. [ROSS, John - Periodical. Review]. Quarterly Review.I. - 1. "Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a Northwest Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic
Regions, during the Years 1929-30-31-32-33. By Sir John Ross, C.B., K.S.A., K.C.S., &c. &c., Captain in the RoyalNavy. 2. - The Late Voyage of Captain Sir John Ross, R.N., to the Arctic Regions, for the Discovery of aNorth-west Passage; performed in the Years 1829-30-31-32-33. From authentic Information and originalDocuments, transmitted by William Light, Purser's Stewart to the Expedition. By Robert Huish, author of the‘Memoirs of the Princess Charlotte,' ‘Treatise on Bees,' &c. &c. 3. - Report from a Select Committee of the Houseof Commons, on the Expedition to the Arctic Seas, commanded by Captain John Ross, R.N." pp1-39.
IN: The Quarterly Review. No. CVII. Published in July, 1835. London. John Murray. 1835. 8vo, 294,plusnumerous preliminary and rear ads, book catalogues, in the original printed wraps, back cover unhinged, somecracking on spine, else a very good copy - Not found in Day. 250.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187.50
135. [ROSS] - [Periodical]. Contains: 1). Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a Northwest Passage, and of a Residence in the
Arctic Regions... by Sir John Ross. 2). The Last Voyage of Captain Sir John Ros... By Robert Huish. 3). Reportfrom the Select Committee... on the Expedition to the Arctic Seas, commanded by Captain John Ross. 1834...pp1-39. London. The Quarterly Review. No. CVIL. Published July, 1835. London. John Murray. original printedwraps, fine 100.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.00
136. SCHLEY, W.S. Report of Winfield S. Schley, commander, U.S. Navy,
commanding Greely Relief Expedition of 1884. Washington. GPO.1887. 4to. 29cm, 75p., plus 33 full-page plates and 3 maps, reboundin light brown fine grain book linen, gilt cover titles, a fine copythus, Author's Signed Presentation Copy
3 50.00. . . . 262.50
A.B. 18385. "Official report of the finding and rescue of theseven survivors of the ill-fated Lady Franklin Bay expedition ledby Greely".
137. [SCHWATKA, Frederick] The Search For Franklin. A Narrative of the American Expedition
under Lieutenant Schwatka, 1878 to 1880. With Illustrations, from engravingsdesigned by the artist of the expedition. London. T. Nelson & Sons. 1899.12mo, 17.5cm, 127p., map & 8 plates from engravings, pictorial decoratedblue cloth, very good to fine copy 85.00. . . . 63.75
138. [SCHWATKA]. Johnson, Robert E., & Others. Schwatka. The Life of Frederick Schwatka (1849-1892), M.D., Arctic Explorer, Cavalry Officer. A
Precis. Montpelier, Vermont. Horn of the Moon Enterprises. 1984. 8vo, 26 plus 13 pages of reproductions ofillustrations and maps, stiff printed wraps, a fine copy, as new
139. SCORESBY, William Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale-Fishery: including Researches and Discoveries on
the Eastern Coast of West Greenland, made in the summer of 1822, in the ship Baffin of Liverpool.Edinburgh. Printed for Archibald Constable & London, Hurst Robinson. 1823. 8vo. 20.5cm, (trimmed),The First Edition. xliii,472p., with 2 engraved folding maps & 7 engraved plates [2 folding], severaldiagrams in the text, bound in quarter polished tan brown calf, blind ruled raised bands and blinddecorations in the panels, light green leather label, blind decorated borders on the boards, marbledboards, endpapers and edges, some light foxing or toning but less than usual, a fine copy attract-ivelybound 1,250.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 937.50
A.B. 15614. Sabin 78171. Hill p270. Scoresby's regular whaling voyages to the Greenland fisherygradually came to involve exploration and the study of the natural history of the Arctic regions. He waslargely encouraged in the latter regard through his correspondence with Joseph Banks. This work is anaccount of his 1822 voyage, which combined several weeks whaling with the exploration of the ScoresbySound region (on this voyage he named Scoresby Land and Scoresby Sound) and approximately eighthundred miles of the East Greenland coast, searching for Esquimaux settlements and making scientificobservations. He describes ice and weather conditions, optical phenomena, and ruins of Esquimauxdwellings and their burial places. Appended is a list of rock specimens by W.J. Jameson, an annotated listof 45 species of plants by Sir W.H. Hooker, a list of animals, a meteorological table and extracts from thejournals of two other whalers. "He gave a complete picture of its lands and waters, observing everythingwith the meticulous eye of an inspired scientist. And all the while he was harvesting a fortune in blubberand bone". Mirsky. `To The North'.
140. SCORESBY, WilliamThe 1806 Log Book Concerning the Arctic Voyage of Captain William
Scoresby. Kept by William Scoresby, junior. Forward by J.G. Graham. Whitby.Caedmon of Whitby, Publishers. 1981. 4to, 25.5cm, [iii], & 37 leaves (printed onone side), facsimile of the original journal, in black cloth, paper spine label, fine
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The journal records the day-to-day incidents of the voyage of a typicalwooden sailing ship of 291 tons engaged in the commercial enterprise of theGreenland whale fishery. ... Foreword.
141. SCORESBY, W[illiam].The Franklin Expedition: or, Considerations on Measures for the Discovery
and Relief of our absent adventures in the Arctic Regions. London. Longman,Brown, Green, and Longmans. 1850. 8vo. 22.5cm, the First Edition, 99,[1]p., ad.,appendix, with 2 large rear folding maps, in the original blind decorated blue greencloth, gilt cover titles, spine sunned else a fine clean sound copy, very rare
12,000.00.. . . . . 9,000.00
Provenance: Beekman Pool's copy with his bookplate loosely inserted.A.B. 15613. T.P.L. 5417. Sabin 78170. The book contains a general discussion by
Scoresby about the search for Franklin, partic-ularly about the ice conditions of Ba nBay. It includes a table of dates for ships' passages of the middle ice of Ba n Bay,1616- 1849. It was originally printed in the Morning Herald but because of thesilence from the Franklin expedition and the general clamor for search parties, thepublisher decided to issue it as a book. Lady Franklin was untiring in her search todiscover news of the fate of her husband. When she felt the admiralty was laggingin their efforts, she sponsored Captain McClintock's expedition in 1857 and it was hewho was the first to discover the remains of the Franklin expedition.
A rare Franklin search item. Parts of Scoresby's essay were originally publishedin the Morning Herald in December 1849. Popular interest in Franklin's fate madepossible this separate, expanded publication
142. [SCORESBY]. by Tom & Cordelia StampWilliam Scoresby. Arctic Scientist. Caedmon of Whitby Press. n.d. [1975]. 21.5cm, 253p. with portraits,
illustrations and plates, blue cloth, fine in fine jacket 25.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.75
143. SPUFFORD, Francis I May Be Some Time. Ice and the English Imagination. London. Faber and Faber. 1996. 8vo, 21.5cm, the
A cultural history of British obsession with polar exploration. The author studies the expeditions of Cook,Franklin, Ross, and Scott as well as contemporary literature particularly that of Dickens.
144. STEFANSSON, Vilhjalmur Ultima Thule. Further Mysteries of the Arctic. With illustrations by Alexander Popini. New York.
Macmillan Co. 1940. 8vo, 21cm, first edition, 383p., with 17 maps and illustrations, bibliography, index,illustrated endpapers, blue cloth, spine and cover titles stamped in silver, slight damp stain on the bottom edge,good to very good in similar jacket, Author's Signed Presentation Copy, dated Dec. 6th, 1940
145. TAYLOR, Andrew Geographical Discovery and Exploration in the Queen Elizabeth
Islands. Ottawa. Dept. of Mines.. 1955. 25cm, vii,172p., with 43 plates, maps &illustrations, extensive bibliography, original full maroon cloth, gilt spine andcover titles, fine copy - the hardcover issue is scarce 75.00. . . . . . . . . 56.25
Only a small number of copies of the hardcover would have beenproduced. A.B. 42763. An excellent summary of explorations in the CanadianArctic Islands north of Melville and Lancaster Sounds and west of Greenland.
146. TILLOTSON, John Adventures in the Ice: A Comprehensive Summary of Arctic Exploration, Discovery,
and Adventure. Including Experiences of Captain Penny, the Veteran Whaler, Now FirstPublished. London. James Hogg & Son. [1869]. 16mo, 16.5cm, first edition, [xi],284, 4p.,publisher's ads., with 4 portrait plates with tissue guards, 14 text illustrations (somefull-page), original purple cloth, gilt decorated title on upper board, bevelled boards,scattered light foxing, hinges bit shaken, spine sunned, good to very good
150.00 .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.50
A scarce history of Arctic exploration from Cabot to the Franklin Search. The portraitsare of Franklin, Kane, Hayes and Penny. An Appendix is entitled: "Eenoolooapik, the firstEsquimaux who visited this Country: an Account of his Visit, and Return to his Arctic Home."The 1880 Virtue edition is sub-titled "a book for boys" and this copy has an inscription:"London Orphan Asylum, Reward for proficiency & good conduct given by the Rev. J.Haskell, July 1869. To A. Pars."
147. TYTLER, Patrick Fraser Historical View of the Progress of Discovery on the
More Northern Coasts of America,... With Descriptive Sketchesof the Natural History of the North American Regions, by JamesWilson... with an appendix containing Remarks on a late memoirof Sebastian Cabot, with a vindication of Richard Hakluyt.Edinburgh & London. Oliver & Boyd; and Simpkin & Marshall.1832. 16mo, 16.5cm, first edition, 444p., with folding engravedfrontis map & 8 engraved plates, engraved vignette title-page, inthe original publisher's wavy grain (ie satin, moire) brown clothwith paper label, "Edinburgh Cabinet Library" at head of thelabel, a fine copy, somewhat unusual in this condition
Tourville. Alaska Bibliography. 4599. T.P.L. 1751. Progress of discovery on the more northern coasts ofAmerica.
148. WALTER, L. EdnaJohn Franklin. "Men of Courage" series - Book Six. Illustrated by W.S. Stanley. London. Newnes
Education Publishing. 1952. 12mo, 18cm, first edition, 47p., many line drawn text illustrations, decorated andprinted limp linen over card stock, a fine copy - May Fluhmann's copy with her signature on the free fly
149. WATT, J., E.J. Freeman, & W.F. Bynum, (editors) Starving Sailors. The influence of nutrition upon naval and maritime history. Greenwich. National
Maritime Museum. 1981. 8vo, 21cm, 212p., numerous illustrations (some colour plates), notes, illustrated wraps,fine ~ Arctic essays are: Doctors abroad. Medicine and nineteenth-century Arctic exploration. (R.E. Johnson); Bywant beleaguered. Sir John Franklin (1786-1847) in the Canadian Arctic. (R.E. Johnson); Nutritional Aspects of theBritish Arctic (Nares) expedition of 1875-76 and its predecessors. (A Savours & M. Deacon).
150. WILLIAMS, GlyndwrThe British Search for the Northwest Passage in the
Eighteenth Century. The Royal Commonwealth Society ImperialStudies, No. XXIV. London. By Longmans. 1962. 8vo. 22cm,xvi,306p., with 14 maps, appendices, bibliography, index, a finecopy in fine jacket - A scarce book. 125.00. . . . 93.75
151. WOODWARD, Frances J. Portrait of Jane. A Life of Lady Franklin. London.
Hodder and Stoughton. 1951. 8vo, 22.5cm, 382p. with 8 plates andportraits, rear endpaper mapped, a near fine copy in very goodjacket 1 00.00. . . . 75.00
152. WRIGHT, NoelNew Light on Franklin. Ipswich and London. W. S. Cowell Ltd. 1949. 12mo,
18.5cm, first (sole) edition, x,[11]-125p., with 7 text illustrations, in the original bluecloth, titles stamped in dark blue on the upper cover, plain spine faded, good tovery good copy, rare
350.00. . . . . . . . . 262.50
Association copy: with May Fluhmann's bookplate on the front endpaper withthe author's unsigned presentation on the free fly "The Society of Antiquaries, Withthe author's compliments, 22.9.49"
Not in AB. Privately printed and not for sale to the public. Wright laterexpanded book and published it as "Quest for Franklin", 1959. May Fluhmann wasan Arctic author and collector; she was particularly interested in Franklin. There is ashort bio of her collection on Amicus.
153. [YOUNG, Sir Allen William] . Periodical. The Search for John Franklin. (From the Private Journal of an Officer of the "Fox").
pp..(96)- 121, engraved plate, folded map In: The Cornhill Magazine. January to June, 1860. Volume I. London. Smith, Elder
and Co. 1860. thick8vo, 21.5cm, first issue, , in contemporary half dark green half calf withmarbled boards, crushed crimson morocco label, small impressed dealer's stamp on frontendpapers, May Fluhmann's Copy with her signature and bookplate, a very good copy,scarce 350.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262.50
Allen William Young (1827-1915) served as Sailing Master of "Fox" under McClintockduring 1857-59. A detailed contemporary account of the expedition with engraved map: "AChart showing the Tracks of the Yacht Fox despatched by Lady Franklin under thecommand of Capt. McClintock, R.N., in search of H.M. Ships Erebus & Terror 1857 to 1859".Allen is noted for making many sledging journeys on the expedition and tracing around400 miles of unexplored Arctic coastline.
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