A JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO THE ARCTIC REGIONS, IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS HECLA AND GRIPER, IN THE YEARS 1819 & 182
by Fisher, Alexande
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About This Item
London, 1821. [iii]-xi,320pp. plus two maps (one folding), with in-text illustrations. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt, gilt leather label. Minor rubbing to boards, light wear to edges and spine ends. Contemporary ownership inscription on titlepage, 20th-century bookplate on front pastedown. Light scattered foxing, slightly heavier to maps. About very good. Fisher was the assistant surgeon aboard the Hecla during this first of Parry's Arctic expeditions. "This voyage was for the discovery of the North West Passage, and penetrated through Barrow's Strait as far as Melville Island" - Lande. The maps are "A Chart of the Discoveries of H.M.S. Hecla & Griper...being on a Voyage to Discover a N.W. Passage" and "A Map of the Route of the Expedition across Melville Island." "Fisher gives especially useful remarks on natural history, and ice conditions" - ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY. ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY 5022. TPL 1193. LANDE 1170. SABIN 24453. HILL 605
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- Title
- A JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO THE ARCTIC REGIONS, IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS HECLA AND GRIPER, IN THE YEARS 1819 & 182
- Author
- Fisher, Alexande
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1821
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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