IN QUEST OF THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE
PARRY, William Edward, Sir.
Journals of the first, second and third voyages for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, in 1819-20-21-22-23-24-25, in His Majesty’s ships Hecla, Griper and Fury ... Five volumes. With plates ...
London, John Murray, 1828.
Five volumes, 12mo, pp. v, [1], vi, 283, [1] (signature C misbound at p. 160); v, [1], 270, [2]; vii, [1], 312; vii, [1], 295, [1]; v, [1], 330; with 5 frontispieces, 5 plates, and 1 folding map; some foxing to vol. 1 title and frontispiece and occasionally elsewhere, vol. 3 title neatly repaired at gutter, toning to some quires; overall a very nice uncut set in original red cloth boards, printed spine labels with price (20s); spines sunned, some rubbing to labels.
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Journals of the first, second and third voyages for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, in 1819-20-21-22-23-24-25, in His Majesty’s ships Hecla, Griper and Fury ... Five volumes. With plates ...
First collected edition of Parry’s Arctic voyages in quest of the Northwest Passage, ‘a neat and convenient abridgement’ (Laughton, in DNB).
A sixth volume appeared the following year. John Murray’s series of ‘Modern Discoveries’, in which this was issued, attempted to present in a convenient format a compendious version of the original texts which would appeal to the general reader, omitting some technical information but preserving ‘every fact and transaction of importance’ (see advertisement in vol. I). The attractive plates include a portrait of Parry, images of the Hecla, Griper, and Fury, and scenes of Eskimos dancing, building an igloo, and sledging.
Sabin 58869.
