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Authors:
William Edward Parry
Title: Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole in Boats Fitted for the Purpose and Attached to His Majesty's Ship Hecla in the Year MDCCCXXVII, Under the Command of Captain William Edward Parry, RN, FRS. Volume 5
Price: $3000.00
Isbn: 978-1-58180-016-6 (N/A)
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Publisher: John Murray London 1828
Size: 4to
Condition: Binding Copy: Good/Fair
Notes: Edition: First Edition Inscribed: No inscription
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Reference: 1105 · 001230 · 1105
  Binding Copy. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. brown Morocco Binding intact, title label lettered in gold, A frontispiece "The boats off Walden Island, in a snow storm Aug 12 1827", engraved by Edward Finden, 2 engraved maps of the Port of Hammerfest in Lapland and Treurenburg Bay, Spitsbergen, by J.&C. Walker, 3 engraved plates of the departure of the boats from Hecla Cove, boats being hauled up for the night and hummocks of ice, by Edward Finden, and one large folding map (615 x 620 mm), pasted on cloth, of the northern coast of Spitzbergen, drawn by R.H. Foott and engraved by J.&C. Walker. (1), XXII, (2), 229, (1) pp. First edition of this narrative of an attempt to reach the North Pole by sledge-boat, by Sir William Edward Parry (1790-1855). Very good reading copy despite yellowing, Map in rear is torn, however all pages are intact.
 
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