The Discovery of the North-West Passage by H.M.S. "Investigator", Capt. R. M'Clure, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854
London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1856. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], vi-xix, [2], 2-405, [1] pp. Rebound in later brown cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Illustrated with a frontispiece and with three plates and a folding color map. Illustrated by Commander S. Gurney Cresswell, R.N. Edited by Commander Sherard Osborn from the logs and journals of Capt. Robert Le M. M'Clure. Arctic Bibliography 10563. A first edition of M'Clure's search for the Franklin expedition. With a host of data on arctic weather, and the flora and fauna. Ex-Library. Item #000013677
With a few stamps from the Malta Garrison Library, a few tape ghosts, the folding map mounted on linen, the map has white lines drawn on it. Two of the plates trimmed on their fore-edge.
Price: $300.00