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London: A.W. Webster. 1835. First edition. First edition. Quarto. Publisher's original moire blue cloth with titles in gilt to the spine. Page edges untrimmed. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, large folding map (coloured in outline) and 30 plates (8 of which are hand-coloured) and charts. viii, xxxiv, 740pp. Original Remnant & Edmonds binder's notice tipped-in at the front free endpaper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a little wear to the head of the spine, some scattered marking to the boards and minor bumping to the corners. The contents with a little looseness at the gutter of the frontispiece, some occasional light scattered foxing (a little heavier to a few of the black and white plates) and a touch of offsetting to the map, are otherwise in very good order, clean throughout and remain free from any previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. An attractive copy in entirely original condition. The first edition of Sir John Ross's wonderfully…
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Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North- West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions during the years 1829-33. Including the reports of Commander James Clark Ross and the Discovery of the Northern Magnetic Pole
by ROSS, Captain Sir John
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London. A.W. Webster. 1835. Hardcover. 4to, 28.5cm, xxxiii,[1],740p., complete with 6 maps (1 folding coloured), and 25 engraved plates (including 8 coloured lithographs, 3 mezzotints, & 16 steel engraved), rebound in blue cloth with gilt titles, some foxing, a very good copy. (Ar) T.P.L. 1808. A.B. 14866 & 14863. Lande 1426. Sabin 73381. Waterston p61. The magnetic pole was discovered during Ross's 1829 voyage, and important geological and zoological data collected. Ross reports in careful detail the means of surviving Arctic winters; he was intent on salvaging his reputation, damaged by his failure to recognize, in 1818, the possibility of moving through Lancaster Sound. Although the long period when his ships were out of touch with home necessitated the dispatch of search parties, this later voyage did bring him fame. (Waterson).
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NARRATIVE OF A SECOND VOYAGE IN SEARCH OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions during the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833. Including the Reports of Commander, now Captain, James Clark Ross... and the Discovery of the Northern Magnetic Pole.
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NARRATIVE OF A SECOND VOYAGE IN SEARCH OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions during the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833. Including the Reports of Commander, now Captain, James Clark Ross... and the Discovery of the Northern Magnetic Pole.
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London: A.W. Webster. 1835. First edition. First edition. Author's presentation copy. Quarto. Publisher's original moire blue cloth with titles in gilt to the spine. Page edges untrimmed. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, large folding map (coloured in outline) and 30 plates (eight of which are hand-coloured) and charts. viii, xxxiv, 740pp. Contained within a custom made matching blue cloth slipcase. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with two small dents to the upper board. Recased, with the original spine neatly relaid; the corners strengthened and repaired. The contents, with some occasional light scattered foxing, are otherwise in very good order, clean throughout and remain free from any previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Inscribed in black ink to the head of the title page "To Ralph Abercrombie Esquire with the author's compliments". "As a result of the failure of his voyage in 1818, the Admiralty refused to support John Ross in a second…
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