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SIMPSON, Alexander (1811-?). The Life and Travels of Thomas Simpson, the Arctic Discoverer. London: Richard Bentley, 1845.
The first edition, containing a brother's account of the explorer's mysterious death. Thomas Simpson (1808-1840) was second in command of the valuable 1836-39 Hudson's Bay Company expedition to complete the charting of the Northwest Passage. In 1840, while in present-day Minnesota, Simpson purportedly became deranged and murdered two others before killing himself. However his brother believed instead that he was murdered by three other traveling companions, whose affidavits are published here. Arctic Bib. 16116; Chavanne 1290; Lada-Mocarski 123; Sabin 81338; Tourville 4160; Wickersham 384.
Octavo (217 x 138mm). Frontispiece portrait after G.P. Green; folding map (frontis. spotted, neat reinforcement to folds in map, mild toning, few emphasis marks in text). Original blue cloth, spine gilt-lettered (hinges cracked, light chipping to spine ends). Provenance: High Latitude, Bainbridge Island.
The first edition, containing a brother's account of the explorer's mysterious death. Thomas Simpson (1808-1840) was second in command of the valuable 1836-39 Hudson's Bay Company expedition to complete the charting of the Northwest Passage. In 1840, while in present-day Minnesota, Simpson purportedly became deranged and murdered two others before killing himself. However his brother believed instead that he was murdered by three other traveling companions, whose affidavits are published here. Arctic Bib. 16116; Chavanne 1290; Lada-Mocarski 123; Sabin 81338; Tourville 4160; Wickersham 384.
Octavo (217 x 138mm). Frontispiece portrait after G.P. Green; folding map (frontis. spotted, neat reinforcement to folds in map, mild toning, few emphasis marks in text). Original blue cloth, spine gilt-lettered (hinges cracked, light chipping to spine ends). Provenance: High Latitude, Bainbridge Island.