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BACK, George (1796-1878). Narrative of an Expedition in H.M.S. Terror, Undertaken with a View to Geographical Discovery on the Arctic Shores, in the Years 1836-7. London: John Murray, 1838.
The first edition of Back’s account of his final Arctic voyage. Back was commissioned to complete the survey of the coast between Prince Regent’s Inlet and Turnagain Point but the Terror was beset by ice for nearly a year (August 1837-July 1837), drifting in the pack off northeast Southampton Island. Arctic Bib. 850; Hill 44; Sabin 2617; Ricks p.30; TPL 2033.
Octavo (215 x 133mm). 12 two-tone lithographed plates including the frontispiece, large folding map (light spotting chiefly to ends and plate margins, frontispiece bound a little tight obscuring caption, closed stub tear to map). Contemporary green half calf (rebacked with old spine laid down, corners showing). Provenance: Edmund Larken (armorial bookplate) – Helen R. Kahn, Inc.
The first edition of Back’s account of his final Arctic voyage. Back was commissioned to complete the survey of the coast between Prince Regent’s Inlet and Turnagain Point but the Terror was beset by ice for nearly a year (August 1837-July 1837), drifting in the pack off northeast Southampton Island. Arctic Bib. 850; Hill 44; Sabin 2617; Ricks p.30; TPL 2033.
Octavo (215 x 133mm). 12 two-tone lithographed plates including the frontispiece, large folding map (light spotting chiefly to ends and plate margins, frontispiece bound a little tight obscuring caption, closed stub tear to map). Contemporary green half calf (rebacked with old spine laid down, corners showing). Provenance: Edmund Larken (armorial bookplate) – Helen R. Kahn, Inc.