Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions During the Years 1829...1833. Including the Reports of... the Discovery of the Northern Magnetic Pole.
1835 · London
by Ross, John.
London: A. W. Webster, 1835. Large 4to. (8), xxxii, (1), 740 pp. Color and b/w plates, charts, fldg map.
First edition, Large Paper Issue. During this expedition, which lasted through four Arctic winters, Ross discovered the north magnetic pole. "As a result of the failure of his voyage in 1818, the Admiralty refused to support John Ross in a second expedition. It was not until 1829 that the assistance of Felix Booth... enabled him to set out in the small paddle-steamer Victory." - Hill 1490. Abbey 636. Sabin 73381. Arctic Bib. 14866. Lande 1426. A tall (12 1/2 inches), wide-margined copy. Rebound in half calf over marbled boards with leather spine label and gilt rules on backstrip. The frontispiece and most of the b/w plates show some foxing, as usual. Text pages are clean. The folding color map shows some offsetting. The color lithographs are in excellent condition, clean and bright. (Inventory #: 40622)
First edition, Large Paper Issue. During this expedition, which lasted through four Arctic winters, Ross discovered the north magnetic pole. "As a result of the failure of his voyage in 1818, the Admiralty refused to support John Ross in a second expedition. It was not until 1829 that the assistance of Felix Booth... enabled him to set out in the small paddle-steamer Victory." - Hill 1490. Abbey 636. Sabin 73381. Arctic Bib. 14866. Lande 1426. A tall (12 1/2 inches), wide-margined copy. Rebound in half calf over marbled boards with leather spine label and gilt rules on backstrip. The frontispiece and most of the b/w plates show some foxing, as usual. Text pages are clean. The folding color map shows some offsetting. The color lithographs are in excellent condition, clean and bright. (Inventory #: 40622)
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