Author: ANON [ FRANKLIN ]; CAPT MACKEY
Title: Arctic Travels or an Account of Several Land Expeditions to Determine the Geography of the Northern Part of the American Continent
Description: 1831. Hardcover. Book, First edn thus, London, for CJG & F Rivington (SPCK), 1831. 12mo, 9 x 14 cm, iv-173p, 1p ad. 4 woodcut illus. Sl wear, VG in old marbled boards, rebacked in 1/4 cloth, hinges strengthened. The original Binders small stamp is also present on the endpaper 'Smith & Son, Binders, 15 Albion Buildings, Bartholomew Close, July, 1835'. A nice item in dialogue form. Scarce early report of Franklin's search for the Northwest Passage. Only 2 copies on COPAC. Very Good.

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