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[FRANKLIN, Sir John (1786-1847), subject]. Further Papers Relative to the Recent Arctic Expeditions in Search of Sir John Franklin, and the Crews of H. M. S. “Erebus" and “Terror."... London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1855. 4to. Illustrated with 18 folding maps and 11 single-page maps and plates and numerous intertextual maps, diagrams, and elevations. iv, 1-958 pp. Publisher's printed wrappers (wrappers loose, tattered and soiled, text in several pieces, text toned, with occasional tears, chips, maps torn, tattered). Fair. THE RARE FIRST EDITION OF THE LARGEST “BLUE BOOK" OFFICIAL REPORTS ON THE SEARCH FOR FRANKLIN. It contains dozens of reports and accounts of the various expeditions, but mostly Belcher's 1852-54 expedition. Arctic Bibliography 45245.