Ɵ FRANKLIN, John. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, 1819[-]22. single volume, first edition, 4 folding maps, 30 plates (of which 11 hand-coloured), extra-illustrated with the 11 coloured plates also in uncoloured state, nineteenth century half calf, 4to, 1823. 'One of the most terrible journeys on record, many of the party dying from cold, hunger or murder. The distance travelled was some 5,500 miles, and Franklin's narrative at once became a classic of travel literature' (The Hill collection of Pacific voyages, 2004).