An Account Of a Voyage To Spitzbergen

London and Edinburgh: J Mawman and David Brown, 1815 A fair copy of this important work in newer quarter leather binding. John Laing was ship's surgeon on The Resolution, which sailed from Whitby via Lerwick in the Shetland Isles to the North Sea whale fisheries at Spitzbergen in 1806/7. The book is based on his notes at the time and… Read more about this item

K Book Editions, 1973. 1973 reprint. hardcover. 173pp, blue cloth, exlibrary, number to spine, a couple of small ink stamps but very clean internally, slight lean to spine, new endpapers, Good+ in VG- dw with scuffing to spine due to label removal. A facsimile of the 1815 First Edition.. Results of the author's voyages in the Greenland Sea… Read more about this item

Allerthorpe, York: K Books. (1815) c.1973. Octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, pp 173. N.d. (1973). Previous owner's signature. Very good condition in like d.j. Facsimile edition of the 1815 edition. Account of the author's experiences on a whaling voyage to Spitzbergen. Facsimile Edition.

K Book Editions, 1973. 1973 reprint. hardcover. 173pp, original blue cloth, VG in VG dw with small stain to base of spine. A facsimile of the 1815 First Edition.. Results of the author's voyages in the Greenland Sea as ship surgeon on whalers in 1806-7. Appendix contains an historical account of whale fisheries; important observations on variation of… Read more about this item

K Book Editions, 1973. 1973 reprint. hardcover. 173pp, original blue cloth, VG in VG dw. A facsimile of the 1815 First Edition.. Results of the author's voyages in the Greenland Sea as ship surgeon on whalers in 1806-7. Appendix contains an historical account of whale fisheries; important observations on variation of the compass; extracts from Mr Scoresby's paper… Read more about this item

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