Title: 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 Author: Ross, John Place: London Publisher: A.W. Webster Date: 1835 Description: [8], xxxiii, [1], 740 pp. Illustrated with 16 steel-engraved plates including frontispiece; 6 color lithographed plates (1 of which is a plan); 3 color mezzotints; 6 maps (1 of which is a large folding hand-colored chart of the Arctic regions). (4to) greatly trimmed to 21.8x21 cm. (8¾x8½"), later black half morocco and cloth, spine gilt, top edge gilt. First Edition. "Narrative and scientific results of expedition to Boothia Peninsula in the Victory, and return by sledge, boat, and the Isabella. Expedition was financed by Felix Booth and led by Sir John Ross with his nephew, James C. Ross second in command and head naturalist" - Arctic Bib. The expedition survived for four winters in the Arctic, during which James Clark Ross discovered the North Magnetic Pole. Arctic Bib. 14866; Field 1321; Hill p.261. Lot Amendments Condition: Spine faded to brown, cloth discolored (reaction to binder's glue?); some light foxing; very good. Item number: 218154
Title: 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 Author: Ross, John Place: London Publisher: A.W. Webster Date: 1835 Description: [8], xxxiii, [1], 740 pp. Illustrated with 16 steel-engraved plates including frontispiece; 6 color lithographed plates (1 of which is a plan); 3 color mezzotints; 6 maps (1 of which is a large folding hand-colored chart of the Arctic regions). (4to) greatly trimmed to 21.8x21 cm. (8¾x8½"), later black half morocco and cloth, spine gilt, top edge gilt. First Edition. "Narrative and scientific results of expedition to Boothia Peninsula in the Victory, and return by sledge, boat, and the Isabella. Expedition was financed by Felix Booth and led by Sir John Ross with his nephew, James C. Ross second in command and head naturalist" - Arctic Bib. The expedition survived for four winters in the Arctic, during which James Clark Ross discovered the North Magnetic Pole. Arctic Bib. 14866; Field 1321; Hill p.261. Lot Amendments Condition: Spine faded to brown, cloth discolored (reaction to binder's glue?); some light foxing; very good. Item number: 218154
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