Lot 279: SIR JOHN ROSS (1777-1856)

Narrative of a Second Voyage in search of a North-West Passage, and of a residence in the arctic regions during the years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833. London: C. Whiting for A.W. Webster, 1835. Large 4o (317 x 252mm.) 31 plates and maps (comprising: 6 maps (5 lithographic, 1 of these printed in 2 colours, 1 folding, engraved and hand-coloured), 25 plates (3 colour-printed mezzotints with touches of hand-colouring, 6 hand-coloured lithographs, 16 uncoloured engravings)). (Some spotting.) Original dark blue cloth, spine blocked in gilt (neat repairs to spine, inner hinges repaired). Large paper copy of the first edition, without the supplementary 'Appendix' volume. Abbey Travel II, 636; Sabin 73381. [ With :] Sir John FRANKLIN (1786-1847). Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819, 20, 21, and 22. London: William Clowes for John Murray, 1823. 4o (273 x 212mm.) 16-line errata slip at end of text, 34 engraved maps and plates (comprising: 4 folding maps, 30 plates (including 10 hand-coloured aquatints)). (Tears and creases to folding maps.) Contemporary calf (neatly rebacked to style). Provenance : John Clowes (early signature)--Broughton (book label). First edition. Cf. Abbey Travel II, 635; NMM I, p.273; Sabin 25624. (2).