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MCDOUGALL, GEORGE FREDERICK. The Eventful Voyage Of H.M. Discovery Ship "Resolute" . . . in Search of Sir John Franklin. 1857
McDOUGALL, GEORGE FREDERICK. The Eventful Voyage Of H.M. Discovery Ship "Resolute" to the Arctic Regions in Search of Sir John Franklin and the Missing Crews of H.M. Discovery Ships "Erebus" and "Terror," 1852, 1853, 1854. 8 hand-colored lithographed plates; 24 wood-engraved text illustrations; folding engraved map. Half-title. Integral ad leaf at end, followed by publisher's 24-page catalogue dated March 1855. 8vo, original gilt-lettered burgundy cloth, worn, rebacked retaining faded original backstrip, cover corners damaged; scattered foxing, marginally affecting plates. London, 1857
- Notes: first edition. The Resolute sailed with the 5-ship expedition led by Sir Edward Belcher in search of Franklin (see lot 101). Arctic Bibliography 10603; Hill 1124.
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