Exploration and Discovery, 1576-1939, The Library of Franklin Brooke- Hitching, Part 3, K-P

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Lot 840
  • 840

Mangles, James

Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
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Description

  • Papers and Despatches relating to the Arctic Searching Expeditions of 1850-51. Together with a few Brief Remarks as to the probable Course pursued by Sir John Franklin. London: Francis & John Rivington, 1851
  • Paper
FIRST EDITION, 8vo (220 x 139mm.), [vi], 5-16pp., [ii pp., short leaf of unpaginated text - letter from Captain Penny], 17-50pp., 2 coloured maps, original light blue blindstamped cloth, yellow endpapers, slipcase

Provenance

Duke of Northumberland, presentation inscription and bookplate

Literature

Sabin 44251; Staton & Tremaine 3282 (second editions only)

Catalogue Note

PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "For the Duke of Northumberland from James Mangles, Fairfield near Exeter Jany 28-1852", and with a presentation label from the author.