Franklin Capt John (9 results)

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Muy bien. Idioma inglés. Cuatro Volúmenes. Dimensiones: 14x10 - ( 255, 268, 265, 269 pp.) Encuadernación en plena piel de la editorial, cantos dorados. Incluye grabados y un mapa plegado.

Hardcover. Condition: See Description. 1st Edition. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of The Polar Sea, in the Years 1819, 20, 21, and 22, with An Appendix on Various Subjects Relating to Science and Natural History, Franklin, Capt. John. Published by John Murray, London, UK, 1823. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; xvi., 768pp. with 30 plates, 11 of which are hand-coloured or aquatints, 4 folding maps at rear. Black cloth boards with red spine label. Front board is detached. Half-title and frontispiece detached in one section with one additional detached page in later section. Contents have light scattered foxing, light damp staining to two plates and to a few pages upper edge; toning to maps. The first edition, first issue describing Sir John Franklin's first voyage to explore the north coast of the American continent east of the Coppermine River. Covering 5,500 miles and lasting for three years, the journey was one of unimaginable hardship, with many men in Franklin's party dying of starvation, exposure, and murder. Franklin returned to London in 1822 a hero, and this narrative at once became a classic of travel literature.

Leather Bound. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The Coppermine Expedition of 1819 to 1822 had as its goal the exploration of the northern coast of Canada and was funded by the Royal Navy as part of it's search for the Northwest Passage the expedition was plagued by a cobination of bad-luck, poor planning and poor choice of allies as well as worse than usual weather leaving the expedition continually close to starvation. The expedition, led by Franklin, also included George Back and John Richardson, both of whom would become significant Arctic explorers in their own right. The desperate retreat soon after making the coast, across uncharted territory in a state of starvation, left eleven of the twenty strong party dead before the survivors were rescued by native people of the Yellowknife tribe. Franklin was much criticized for haphazard planning and failure to adapt to the circumstances he faced, but in Britain he was received as a hero. Includes 30*plates, 11 of which are hand-coloured or aquatints with the remaining 19 being b/w and four folding maps inside of rear board all present. Tipped in errata slip at page 768. xvi+768pp. Fully bound in calf with red title plate in Morocco to spine and gilt decoration. Boards have been rebound with original tree-calf covering boards laid on to the new board covering. Corners bumped and scuffed to varying degrees, boards have light shelf-wear and some marking. Lower board has several gouge marks present, upper bard as single small gouge but several indentations to surface (see pictures). Spine which has six raised bands is entirely replaced and in very good condition. Marble to endpapers and page edges. Front fixed endpaper has label to lower edge with typed "Broughton". Contemporaneous name written on title page. Text block is tight and in excellent condition. Foxing throughout but largely light, greater to title pages and maps. Maps have been poorly folded and are somewhat creased, foxed and have some loss to margins. Book is very heavy, 2.8kg, additional postage likely.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, iv, 399 pgs, 2 large folding maps. Contemporary 1/2 black leather over marbled paper covered boards. Stated second edition. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Shelf rubbing on edges and cover; interior is clean and tight. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: Second volume only of a valuable set that describes an overland trip across Canada from Hudson's Bay to the mouth of the Coppermine River and along the Arctic coast. A valuable fur trade source book as much of he traversed territory was in the fire lands of the HBC and North West Company. Franklin provides a wealth of information on fur trade logistics, trading with various tribes and other details of interest, The Franklin Expedition suffered greatly and some members died of Malnutrition and exposure. The narrative is based on a diary. The two present maps are: 1) Route Of The Expedition From Isle De La Crosse To Fort Providence. Measures 9"x19.5". 2) A Chart of the Discoveries & Route of the Northern Land Expedition under the Command of Captain Franklin, R.N. in the Years 1820 & 1821. Measures 18.75" x 31". Both maps age toned, but without tears and are suitable for framing.

A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions. First edition. 4 folding maps (2 on a single folding sheet), folding facsimile letter and 14 plates. 8vo. Contemporary green calf, spine richly gilt, lightly rubbed. xxvii, [i], 403, [1ad]pp. London, John Murray, Following the return of Rae with the first news of the possible fate of Sir John Franklin, Lady Franklin set about putting together a search expedition, purchasing and fitting out the Fox largely at her own expense. McClintock and the other officers who took part offered their services gratis, and their return to England in 1859 with the evidence of Franklin's death and the fate of the ships and their crew, guaranteed his knighthood in the following year. Sabin 43043, Hill p. 483; Arctic Bibliography 10555.

First edition, first issue of the narrative of Franklin's first expedition of 1819-22. Two issues were published of this first edition, both in 1823; the first collates 768 pages and has the folding maps dated March 1823, as in this copy. The bookplate on the front pastedown is that of Henry Thomas Liddell, 1st Earl Ravensworth. Liddell was a Tory politician who argued in favor of Catholic Emancipation in the late 19th century. Franklin, along with naturalist Dr. John Richardson, was appointed to lead an expedition overland from Hudson Bay to east of the mouth of the Copper-Mine River for the purposes of establishing the latitudes and longitudes of the northern coast of America, developing a correct geographical description of the country, and searching for a northwest passage. Franklin's narrative includes a great deal of detail regarding the country, indigenous people, the murder of Robert Hood, and the disappointment of failing to find a passage. Franklin's second expedition would be somewhat more successful, but the complete loss of his third and final expedition would launch decades of similarly dangerous recovery attempts. Sabin calls the appendix valuable in its contribution to the knowledge of natural history in the area, including nearly one hundred pages of scientific details regarding the Aurora Borealis. The handsome plates include illustrations of the native peoples, landscapes, flora and fauna, ships at sea, and more. "'The views of Arctic scenery with which these volumes are both illustrated and embellished, are of extreme beauty.' - QUARTERLY REVIEW" - Sabin. "Franklin's Narrative is of interest not only as a document of human courage and endurance, but also for its depiction of the Indians - Cree, Dog-Rib, and Chipewyan - on whom the survival of the expedition at least depended. Of note is Dr. Richardson's detailed account of the Cree, whom he observed daily during his winter's stay at Cumberland House" - Wagner-Camp. WAGNER-CAMP 23:1. FIELD 560. HILL 635. GRAFF 1406. LANDE 1181. PEEL 80. PILLING, PROOF-SHEETS 1326. SABIN 25624. TPL 1248. ABBEY 635. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 47. Half title. Quarto. Contemporary calf, ruled and tooled in gilt, expertly rebacked to style in matching gilt calf, gilt leather label. Minor shelf wear, bookplate on front pastedown (see below). Light scattered foxing, some offsetting from plates. A very good, attractive copy.

This work is mainly devoted to the accounts of Richardson and Franklin during their explorations of the Mackenzie River region of the Canadian Northwest, although it contains a brief narrative of the explorations of Thomas Drummond in the Canadian Rockies. The plates, which are fine engravings by Finden after drawings and sketches by Lieut. Kendall and Capt. Back, depict the Mackenzie Basin and the Arctic Ocean. "The beauty of the typography is rivaled by that of the engravings, each of which is a splendid specimen of art. Nine of these illustrations represent some incident in the intercourse of the explorers with the Esquimaux" - Field. The handsome maps include "Route of the Expedition A.D. 1825, from Fort William to the Saskatchewan River."; "Route of the Expedition from York Factory to Cumberland House.in 1819 & 1820"; "Route of the Expedition from Isle a la Crosse to Fort Providence, in 1819 & 1820"; "Route of the Land Arctic Expedition.from Great Slave Lake to Great Bear Lake River."; and "The Discoveries of the Expedition.Near the mouth of the Mackenzie River, and on the Sea Coast East & West." The Streeter copy was bought by Goodspeed's for $175 in 1969, acting as agents for Frank Streeter. At his sale in 2007 it went to an online bidder for $5040. A handsome copy of an important book in the history of Canadian exploration. WAGNER-CAMP 35:1. ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY 5198. FIELD 561. GRAFF 1407. LANDE 1182. PEEL 88. SABIN 25628. STREETER SALE 3699. Thick quarto. Modern half tan morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt leather label. Modern endpapers. Old and almost invisible institutional blind stamp on titlepage and dedication leaf. Occasional light offsetting from plates, else quite clean internally. Near fine.

First Edition. First edition, 4to, pp. [iii]-xxiv, [xxi]-xxiv, 320, clvii, [2]; lacking the half-title and leaf of ads; 31 engraved plates, 6 folding maps including one outlined in blue; plates a little spotted in the margins and the map showing the route of the expedition neatly backed in linen, but still a nice enough copy in contemporary diced and blindstamped calf, neatly rebacked, red morocco label on spine. "Record of an expedition overland in northwestern Canada to the Mackenzie delta, thence to explore the unknown northern coast" (Arctic Bibliography). The team made it as far as Return Point, Alaska, charting on the way Great Bear Lake, the northwestern coast, with John Richardson exploring the Coppermine River. "The beauty of the typography is rivaled by that of the engravings, each of which is a splendid specimen of art (Field)." Arctic Bibliography 5198; Field 561; Sabin 26228.

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860. 8vo. Orig. cloth (recased). (xxiv, 376pp.). With frontisp., title-vignette, full-page plates, and maps most of which are fold. First American edition. Light stain to margin of some pages; tape repairs to one fold. map and facs.