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[RICHARDSON, Sir John (1787-1865), his copy]. SNOW, W[illiam.] Parker (1817-1895). Voyage of the Prince Albert in Search of Sir John Franklin: A Narrative of Every-Day Life in the Arctic Seas. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851. 8vo. Illustrated with 4 color lithograph plates and folding color map. xvi, [1]-416, [32, publisher's catalog]. Publisher's full blue cloth, boards and spine decoratively ruled in blind, front board and spine stamped in gilt, publisher's patterned endleaves with ads on pastedowns (spine toned, corners bumped, rear joint starting, front hinge cracked, rear hinge starting, bookseller's ticket on rp., some toning to text, a few gutters overopened, plates foxed, some occasional foxing to text, skewed). Good. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY SNOW ON THE TITLE-PAGE TO EXPLORER AND FRIEND OF FRANKLIN, SIR JOHN RICHARDSON: “Sir John Richardson With The Author's respects". With the bookplate of Richardson's son, Col. John Booth Richardson of the Royal Artillery, on the ffep. An excellent association copy. “Though the Prince Albert crew discovered traces of the Franklin expedition's first winter encampment on Beechey Island, upon their empty-handed return, Snow was convinced that Forsyth had sabotaged the success of the search by his refusal to go on or to pursue Snow's foretold route. For years afterwards, Snow persistently but vainly petitioned the Admiralty to send him out again in command of any vessel, however small…" (Hill). Hill 1598. Sabin 85560.