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New York: George P. Putnam, 1852. 12mo. pp. 1 p.l., [5]-216. several text illus. modern cloth

Edinburgh And London : William Blackwood And Sons, MDCCCLXV [ 1865 ] .. New Edition. A very good tight binding. 8vo. 7.25" x 5.0" x 1.75" . pp.xvi../pp.283/[3pp.]/pp.287-535 . Maroon cloth over bevelled boards. Spine with gilt titles. Hinges carefully strengthened. Original dark green endpapers. Small lable to recto of rear board: "Bound By Burn 37 & 38 Kirby St.". 'Contents" and Half-title inserted after title-page. Clean text and illustrations. Second half title inserted after p.283 - "A Cruise In Japanese Waters". Third half title inserted after p.485 - "The Fight On The Peiho In 1859". With one folding map: "Map Of The Straits Of Malacca...". carefully repaired without loss. VG. N.B.: Also issued as Vol.III of the author's Narratives of voyage and adventure, with the same imprint (see extra title leaf at end). N.B.B.: The first and second works were originally published in 1857 and 1859 respectively; the third first appeared in 'Blackwood's Magazine' (1860?).

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852. 1st. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4 NICE CHROMOLITHOGRAPHIC PLATES First UK edition. 4-1/4 x 7-1/2 inches. vii, (3), 320 pp, Full brown tan calf, gilt-ruled boards and edges, raised bands with gilt decorations in the panels, red morocco label, (small piece missing in label, slightly effecting type) marbled edges and endpapers. Over all very good copy. Internally age toned paper and some spotting on borders of plates.4 chromolithograph plates entitled "Cape Hotham", "Breaking through the ice", "Resolute winter quarters" and "Sledge travelling", all drawn by Lieutenant Osborn and lithographed by M & N Hanhart, and 7 engraved illustrations in text. Engraved folding map (190 x 600 mm) coloured with blue in outlines "shewing the track of H.M.S. Pioneer, in search of Sir John Franklin, 1851-1852" by Trelawney Saunders. TPL 3193 An account of Osborn's search for Franklin in Baffin Bay and Lancaster Sound, and wintering experiences at Griffith Island. Informative… Read More

Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood And Sons, 1865. Second Enlarged Edition (first: 1852). Osborn commanded the Pioneer, one of the tenders to Resolute and Assistance of the Franklin search expedition under Captain Horatio T.Austin in 1850-51. His narrative relates the voyage by Baffin Bay, Lancaster Sound, and Barrow Strait, and the party’s wintering at Griffiths Island, and provides details on the West Greenland Esquimaux, ice and weather conditions, sledge journeys, &c. Osborn explored the west coast of Prince of Wales Island in the spring sledge journeys of 1851, and on the return voyage, sailed a considerable distance into Jones Sound. This edition was the first to include an account of the career, last voyage, and fate of Franklin (pp. 259-334). Arctic Bib. 12899. Sabin 57760. TPL 3194. cfGagnon I 2594. 8vo. pp. x, 334. folding lithographed map with partial colour. several text maps. original blind-stamped cloth (slight fraying to extremities, lacking front flyleaf)

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover in a Custom Box. Very Good/No Dust Jacket As Issued. Original plum cloth stamped in blind and gilt, all edges gilt. Rebacked with faded original spine laid down, New endpapers Text block over-opened in two placed places. Small bookplate upper corner of front paste-down. Housed in a custom Clam-shell box. First Edition, First Printing. 12mo; 183 x 113mm, 7.5 inches tall. 320 pages. 4 color lithographed plates including frontispiece; Folding partly hand colored map, with the appendix. These were left out of the U.S. Edition along with the appendix. Includes Custom Clamshell box.. The expedition proved that Franklin's ships had not been lost in Baffin's Bay. Much of the success of the voyage was due to the steam tenders, which, opened new prospects for Arctic navigation. Osborn was a commander on Horatio Austin's Franklin Search Expedition in command of the Pioneer. He includes an account of the… Read More