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Sir William Edward Parry (1790-1855)
Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage... performed in the years 1819-20, in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper.. [A Supplement to the Appendix of Captain Parry's Voyage...]. London: John Murray, 1821[-1824]. 2 'works' in one volume, 4° (272 x 210mm). Small format errata slip at end of first work, half-title to the second work. 26 engraved plates, charts or maps (including 9 aquatint plates and 4 folding maps or charts). (Occasional light browning or offsetting, first folding map torn and repaired.) Contemporary diced calf (rebacked, old spine laid down). First editions. Arctic Bibliography 13145 (both works); Sabin 58860 & 58861.
[With:] four other works, one edited by Edward Sabine (The North Georgia Gazette, and Winter Chronicle, London, 1821, 4°) and three by William Parry, variously bound, all first editions (Journal of a Second voyage, London, 1824, 4°; Journal of a Third voyage, London, 1826, 4°; Narrative of an attempt to reach the North Pole, London, 1828). (5)
Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage... performed in the years 1819-20, in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper.. [A Supplement to the Appendix of Captain Parry's Voyage...]. London: John Murray, 1821[-1824]. 2 'works' in one volume, 4° (272 x 210mm). Small format errata slip at end of first work, half-title to the second work. 26 engraved plates, charts or maps (including 9 aquatint plates and 4 folding maps or charts). (Occasional light browning or offsetting, first folding map torn and repaired.) Contemporary diced calf (rebacked, old spine laid down). First editions. Arctic Bibliography 13145 (both works); Sabin 58860 & 58861.
[With:] four other works, one edited by Edward Sabine (The North Georgia Gazette, and Winter Chronicle, London, 1821, 4°) and three by William Parry, variously bound, all first editions (Journal of a Second voyage, London, 1824, 4°; Journal of a Third voyage, London, 1826, 4°; Narrative of an attempt to reach the North Pole, London, 1828). (5)
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