Journal Of a Voyage For the Discovery Of a North-West Passage From the Atlantic To the Pacific

Second UK edition of Parry's 1819-20 Northwest passage expedition. Issued 1821 from same plates as first edition except for typographical corrections (see Arctic Bibliography #13145). Condition is good or better. 19th century full leather binding, marbled endpapers. The primary condition issue is that the front hinge is starting. Front corners of boards are rubbed; stain on back board. The interior… Read more about this item

London: John Murray. G : in good condition. Front hinge weak. Cover rubbed and scuffed. Some pages slightly browning, especially on pages opposite plates. 1821. First Edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards. 280mm x 220mm (11" x 9"). 310pp. 20 b/w plates (4 fold-out). Twenty plates as called for, including six maps with four folding, and the "General… Read more about this item

xxix+310pp+clxxix+[2 add] pages with the twenty plates called for, including six maps (4 folding, and the plate "Cutting into Winter Harbour" inserted as frontispiece rather than after page 97), tables and appendixes. Lacks Errata slip. Quarto (11 3/4" x 9 1/2") bound with original boards and new spine with gilt lettering. Second edition. William Edward Parry was born in Bath, England.… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1821. Second Edition. 4to (10 3/4x8 1/4), period marbled boards, rebacked with calf spine, spine label, illustrated with 14 aquatint or engraved plates, 6 charts & maps (4 of them folding), [8], xxix, [3], 310, [2], clxxix, [1], + [1] ad pp. Lacks errata slip present in the first edition, minor wear to old boards, light… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1821 Second edition; 1824. xxix,(2),310,clxxix,(9),cccx pp. Quarto (22 X 27.8 cm.) Bound in 20th century half black morocco and black pebbled cloth. Spine ruled in 5 compartments. Gilt title. All edges with original marbling. New marbled endpapers. Fourteen plates including coastal views and six maps (four folding). Plus six black… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1821. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio. Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage From the Atlantic to the Pacific; Performed in the Years 1819-20, in his Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper, Under the Orders of William Edward Parry, R.N., F.R.S., and Commander of the Expedition. With an Appendix Containing the Scientific and… Read more about this item

London John Murray. 1821. 4to. 27cm, Second Edition, xxix,[1]310,clxxix[2]p., two pages of publisher's ads., with 20 engraved plates and maps (inc. 4 folding maps & 5 plates of landfalls), in full contemporary tree calf, crushed morocco label, gilt decorated panel borders, watered wave decorated dark blue-green endpapers, publishers stained yellow edges, some slight edge wear on the boards but… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1821. First edition. Hardcover. Near Very Good. 4to. [9], ii-xxix, [4], 2-310, [5], iv-clxxix, [1] pp. Recent full brown morocco with the spine in five compartments, a silver border and gilt lettering on the spine; all edges marbled. Recent marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with a frontispiece (a fold-out map), and with seventeen additional plates… Read more about this item

London, John Murray, 1821.4to. Later half calf with old boards, spine gilt with black title-label. With 6 engraved charts (4 folding), 5 lithographed profils and 9 aquatint plates by W. Westall after Beechey. (8),XXIX,310,CLXXIX pp.First edition published the same year. - The first (and most succesful) of Parry's four voyages under his own command. It was one of the… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1831. Book. Illus. by W. Westell. Very Good. Half Leather. Second Edition. Quarto. Half red leather, gilt with raised bands, sunned and dampstained, but it has not penetrated, but holding together remarkably well. Gilt edges with criss cross design. Binding tight with marbled endpapers. Ownership signature on the title page, along with small second owner's name stamped.… Read more about this item

[8], XXIX, 310, [2], CLXXIX pp.Second, corrected edition of Parry's account of his voyage in search of the Northwest Passage. Having sailed to the Arctic under John Ross, Parry believed that Lancaster Sound could provide the opening to the western sea. Equipped with two ships, the Hecla and the Gripper, he set out to confirm his suspicion in 1819.… Read more about this item

Pages xxix, 310, clxxix, 132.4to Bound in full polished calf with gilt decorations on boards. Expertly rebacked with matching leather and leather spine labels. Inner hinges repaired retaining original end papers. Edges lightly trimmed. 1st edition with errata slip tipped in at end of appendix. With 20 charts & illustrations as called for. Bound in at… Read more about this item

New York: GREENWOOD PRESS, 1968. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. Hardcover. 11 1/4X 9''. with maps and charts. Complete. Glue stains to gutters, minor toning to pages.

London, John Murray, 1821, First edition. . later half calf & marbled boards, raised bands, gilt title lettering on red leather spine labels, decorated in compartments, very light foxing to few leaves, old small repair to stub of map, a fine, clean & unmarked copy in handsome binding, wide margins. 4to [29 x 23.5 cm]; [viii], [i, errata], xxix,… Read more about this item

1821. London, John Murray, 1821. 4to. Contemp. full mottled calf. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Hinges repaired. Repairs to upper compartment. Spine rubbed, corners bumped. Inner hinges strenghtened. Front free endpaper missing. (8),XXIX,310,CLXXIX pp. With 9 (of 20) engraved plates, but the 3 folded maps and charts are present. Title-page and the first few leaves frayed in outer… Read more about this item

London:: John Murray,, 1821.. Frontispiece and 13 engraved plates; 6 maps (4 folding). . modern quarter morocco and boards.. Very attractive: a very few minor spots of foxing; some light offsetting of plates.. 4to,.

London: John Murray. Printed by W. Clowes. , 1821; 1824. Interiors generally clean and crisp. Chart of the Northern Shore of Hudson’s Straight partially cut along fold. Vol I without the tipped in errata slip. Chart of a Part of the Western Coast of Baffin Bay torn near gutter.. Binding: Recent half calf over marbled paper boards, vol… Read more about this item

New York: Greenwood Press, Publishers, 1968. 310 pages + appendices in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with plates, fold-out plates, tables and figures throughout. Page edges are lightly smudged. Bound in brown cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Lightly worn and bumped around the edges. Lightly scuffed on the boards. 1st Greenwood Press Reprint edition VG+.… Read more about this item

Cambridge University Press, 2011-12-01. 1. Paperback. Used:Good.

Hardback. New.