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HarperCollins, London, 1992 first edition, 265 p., 23 cm. Very good/ very good - price clipped, minor toning of top edge. The story of the fictional character Jack Aubrey is in command of the ship and the story centers on the stowaway Clarissa Harvill (later Oakes), a young convict from the penal settlement at New South Wales. Clarissa spreads ill-will among the crew as a result of her liaisons with several of the ship's officers.

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York | London, 1934 first edition xii, 301 p. , charts of courses on end papers and photographs. Very good, minor discolouration to boards and slight foxing. The story of the schooner 'Elfie M. Morrissey' under the command of Captain Bob Bartlett, and her trips to Greenland, Alaska and the Canadian Arctic from 1925-33. Foreword by Lawrence Perry. In 1924, after his expeditions with Peary and Stefansson, he purchased the Effie M. Morrissey. Bartlett sailed the schooner North on numerous voyages and expeditions. Included are chapters on his voyages to Labrador, north Greenland, Foxe Channel, Bering Strait, East Greenland - 'the land of the Eskimos', and back to north Greenland to erect the Peary Memorial Pillar.