Lot 501
  • 501

Franklin, John--[Kay, Mary Anne]

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • A Brave Man and his Belongings: being some passages in the life of Sir John Franklin… First discoverer of the north-west passage. London: S. Taylor, 1874
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, 8vo (184 x 125mm.), [4], 62, vi pp., original blue cloth lettered in gilt, slipcase

Very rare. Mary Anne Kay, the author of this work, was the sister of Franklin’s first wife Eleanor Anne Porden.

Condition

A good copy
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