VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY IN THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC SEAS, AND ROUND THE WORLD: BEING PERSONAL NARRATIVES OF ATTEMPTS TO REACH THE NORTH AND SOUTH POLES; AND OF AN OPEN-BOAT EXPEDITION UP THE WELLINGTON CHANNEL IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.
McCormick, Robert
Published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, London, 1884
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Two volumes. xx,432; xii,412pp., plus sixty- six plates and maps (six folding). Half title in second volume. 20th-century three-quarter speckled calf and cloth, spines gilt, gilt leather labels, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. Minimal wear to boards. Bookplate of Alfred Edward Moxon (possibly a member of the English Moxon publishing family) on front pastedown of first volume. Text somewhat toned, as usual, minor foxing. Splits along folds of map in second volume expertly repaired. Very good. An important work by McCormick, the surgeon during Ross' 1839-43 Antarctic expedition, taken from his own diaries written during the expedition, and published at his own expense at age eighty-four. The work also includes McCormick's experiences with John Franklin, first as surgeon on Peary's 1827 attempt to reach the North Pole and during his own voyage to Wellington Channel in search of Franklin in 1852-53, which includes McCormick's boat expedition. "In addition, he includes some plans for reaching the poles and preservation of health in the polar regions, an autobiography, plus correspondence and miscellany. Included are numerous outstanding illustrations based on McCormick's own pencil sketches, including five panoramas from the Ross expedition.Very scarce" - Rosove. "McCormick served under Parry and Ross, and took a prominent part in the Franklin search expedition of 1852-3. This personal narrative covers all these as well as his other voyages" - Scribner. A rare work, as McCormick financed the publishing himself, resulting in an initial print run of only 750 copies. This is an early issue, without the 16pp. "Memorandums" that was added later. ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY 10582. ROSOVE 221. TPL 3093. SPENCE 747. TAURUS 10. SCRIBNER 101:1288. Seller Inventory # WRCAM55324
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Title: VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY IN THE ARCTIC AND ...
Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, London
Publication Date: 1884
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Voyages of Discovery the Arctic and Antarctic Seas, and Round the World: Being Personal Narratives of Attempts to Reach the North and South Poles; of an Open-Boat Expedition up Wellington Channel in Search of Sir John Franklin, and Her Majesty's Ships "Erebus" and "Terror", in Her Majesty's Boat "Forlorn Hope", under the command of the author, to which are added an Autobiography, Appendix, Portraits, Maps and numerous Illustrations, by Deputy Inspector-General R. M`Cormick. Chief Medical Officer, Naturalist, and Geologist to the Expeditions. In Two Volumes
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sm4to, 24.7cm, The First Edition, in 2 volumes, xx,432 & xii,412pp., plus 37 tinted lithographed plates (inc.5 folding, mainly views but including portraits) plus 5 tinted litho. maps (1 folding), plus 24 plates from engravings and 43 text illustrations from engravings, in contemporary half blue black morocco grain calf, gilt ruled raised bands, double crushed crimson and green morocco labels, blue/green marbled boards and matched endpapers, top edges gilt, two bookplates (1 engrave armorial plate for William E. Kelley & 1 Ex-Libris - James Douglas), expertly (nearly invisible) rebacked, a fine set attractively bound. (cgc). Arctic Bib. 10582. Spence 747. Taurus 10; Rosove 221.A1, first edition, pp262-264. (See below). - Of considerable Antarctic interest as well as Arctic. McCormick was with James Clark Ross' 1839-43 Antarctic expedition in Erebus' and Terror', and here gives the only first hand-published narrative of that expedition other than that of Ross. He had earlier been with Parry's fourth expedition toward the north pole, 1827, and was later with Belcher's 1852-54 Franklin search expedition, and gives a lengthy account of both. Only 750 sets were produced and apparently many were lost. The large lithographed panoramas of the great ice barrier in the Ross Sea and the coastline of Victoria Land [McCormick] convey the sense of awed wonder experienced by all aboard Ross' ships when the true enormity of the Antarctic continent revealed itself for the first time" Comments first edition. McCormick served as the surgeon during Ross' 1839-43 Antarctic expedition and, although written many years later, his narrative of that remarkable expedition is an important source as it draws from his own diaries penned at the time. The work also covers his other polar expeditions: the first as the surgeon on Parry's 1827 attempt to reach the North Pole and the other on a 1852-53 Franklin search expedition under his own command. As publication was arranged and paid for by McCormick himself, only 750 sets were produced according to Rosove. He also identifies 7 variant issues, the present set being variant E. M'Cormick was 84 when these memories were published and after five years less than 375 copies had sold. Variants in these attractive cloth bindings indicate that binding work was done in batches. Had a remainders been issued there would have been a number of fine copies on the market over the years, when in fact the reverse has been the case and one can safely assume the unbound sheets were destroyed. Sets in leather bindings would have been from the publishers. Truly fine set would be extremely rare. We have only four records of this title (cat57-274), however, one was sold to Bert Plimer and years later appeared in the Plimer Catalogue 218. Our first copy came from the fabulous May Fluman collection we bought in c.1979. Also one them, in the very attractive pictorial blue cloth had call numbers on the spines. So really two sets previously. Seller Inventory # 42303
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VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY IN THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC SEAS, AND ROUND THE WORLD: BEING PERSONAL NARRATIVES OF ATTEMPTS TO REACH THE NORTH AND SOUTH POLES; AND OF AN OPEN-BOAT EXPEDITION UP THE WELLINGTON CHANNEL IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.
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London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1884., 1884
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Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
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Two volumes. xx,432; xii,412pp., plus sixty-six plates and maps (six folding). Half title in second volume. 20th-century three-quarter speckled calf and cloth, spines gilt, gilt leather labels, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. Minimal wear to boards. Bookplate of Alfred Edward Moxon (possibly a member of the English Moxon publishing family) on front pastedown of first volume. Tanning and minor foxing. Splits along folds of map in second volume expertly repaired. Very good. An important work by McCormick, the surgeon during Ross' 1839-43 Antarctic expedition, taken from his own diaries written during the expedition, and published at his own expense at age eighty-four. The work also includes McCormick's experiences with John Franklin, first as surgeon on Peary's 1827 attempt to reach the North Pole and during his own voyage to Wellington Channel in search of Franklin in 1852-53, which includes McCormick's boat expedition. "In addition, he includes some plans for reaching the poles and preservation of health in the polar regions, an autobiography, plus correspondence and miscellany. Included are numerous outstanding illustrations based on McCormick's own pencil sketches, including five panoramas from the Ross expedition.Very scarce" - Rosove. "McCormick served under Parry and Ross, and took a prominent part in the Franklin search expedition of 1852-3. This personal narrative covers all these as well as his other voyages" - Scribner. A rare work, as McCormick financed the publishing himself, resulting in an initial print run of only 750 copies. This is an early issue, without the 16pp. "Memorandums" that were added later. Alfred Edward Moxon ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY 10582. ROSOVE 221. TPL 3093. SPENCE 747. TAURUS 10. SCRIBNER 101:1288. Seller Inventory # 55324
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