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STEPHENS, John Lloyd (1805-1852). Incidents of Travel in Yucatan. London: John Murray, 1843. 2 volumes, 8° (220 x 140mm). 70 engraved maps and plans, including two folding frontispieces, and folding map of Yucatan, engraved illustrations. (Frontispieces and map mounted on linen, some heavy spotting.) Contemporary polished calf gilt, elegantly tooled spines with red and green morocco labels, marbled edges. Provenance: Sir Henry Hope Edwardes, 10th Baronet (1829-1900; bookplate). Second edition. Sabin 91297.

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STEPHENS, John Lloyd (1805-1852). Incidents of Travel in Yucatan. London: John Murray, 1843. 2 volumes, 8° (220 x 140mm). 70 engraved maps and plans, including two folding frontispieces, and folding map of Yucatan, engraved illustrations. (Frontispieces and map mounted on linen, some heavy spotting.) Contemporary polished calf gilt, elegantly tooled spines with red and green morocco labels, marbled edges. Provenance: Sir Henry Hope Edwardes, 10th Baronet (1829-1900; bookplate). Second edition. Sabin 91297.

M’CLINTOCK, Francis Leopold (1819-1907). The Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions. London: John Murray, 1859. 8° (220 x 142mm.) One wood-engraved and 2 lithographic folding maps, one of these hand-coloured in outline, 15 wood-engraved plates, folding lithographic facsimile on India paper. (Occasional light spotting, mainly marginal.) Contemporary calf gilt by F. Bedford, elegantly tooled spine with red morocco label, marbled edges. Provenance: Sir Henry Hope Edwardes, 10th Baronet (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Arctic Bibliography 10555; Sabin 43043.