10th Jan, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

The Roger Casson Collection

 
Lot 12
 

12

Franklin (John) Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819, 20,...

Franklin (John)
Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819, 20, 21, and 22, John Murray, 1823, first edition, first issue, quarto, xvi, 768 pages, thirty plates (eleven coloured), four large folding charts (dated March 1823, one with title variant as usual), errata slip, early owner's name to half title, modern half calf binding

Sold for £750
Estimated at £300 - £500


 

Uncut edges tanned. Some pages with a little light foxing but contents generally clean. Foxing and off-setting to some tissue guards. Crease or repaired tear to G3. Half title possibly once mould stained or dust marked. New end papers.

 


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Auction: The Roger Casson Collection, 10th Jan, 2019

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