* [LADY FRANKLIN BAY AND GOVERNMENT REPORTS]. A group of 5 works, comprising:
DAVIS, Charles Henry (1807-1877). Narrative of the North Polar Expedition. U.S. Ship 'Polaris'. Captain Charles Francis Hall Commanding. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1876. 8vo. 6 lithographic maps, numerous plates and illustrations. -- HALL, Charles Francis (1821-1871). Narrative of the Second Arctic Expedition. Washington: Government Printing Office, for the U.S. Naval Observatory, 1879. 8vo. Color-printed folding map mounted on linen (as issued), numerous plates, portraits, and illustrations. -- GREELY, Adolphus W. (1844-1935). Three Years of Arctic Service. An Account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-84 and the Attainment of the Farthest North. New York: Charles Scribner's, 1886. 2 volumes, 8vo. 7 maps (3 folding), numerous plates and illustrations. -- SCHLEY, Winfield S. (1839-1911). Report of Winfield S. Schley, Commander, U.S. Navy, commanding Greely Relief Expedition of 1884. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1887. 4to. Frontispiece portrait, 3 route maps, numerous plates. -- GREELY, Adolphus W. (1844-1935). Report of the Proceedings of the United States Expedition to Lady Franklin Bay, Grinnell Land. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1888. 2 volumes, 4to. 6 maps and charts (one folding), numerous plates and illustrations. Modern red cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION. -- Together, 5 works in 7 volumes, all FIRST EDITIONS, all in original publisher's cloth except where indicated, condition generally good.
Estimate $400-600