Captain Albert H Markham (2 results)

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A charming illustrated monograph of Polar voyages, including a narrative of Captain Phipp's expedition based on the logs of a midshipman. First edition.In a blind-stamped cloth rebind, with renewed endpapers.Illustrated with a frontispiece, full-page map and vignettes throughout. Collated, complete.British explorer and Royal Navy officer Albert Hastings Markham compiled this series of naval narratives, recounting early polar voyages (from the 6th century to 1613) as well as Captain Phipp's 1773 voyage, told through the recovering of a midshipman's journal.Also containing accounts of the expeditions of Buchan, Franklin, Sir Edward Parry, and Sir George Nare. Rebound in later blind-stamped cloth. Externally, lovely, with minimal shelf wear. Bookplate of one Richard Campbell to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are marginally toned, but generally clean, with several institutional ink impressions to the first and last pages, including title. Very Good Indeed. book.

xlvi,(1),347,39 pp. Octavo. Dark green illustrated cloth which is illustrated in white with icebergs to the front and back boards and gold gilt lettering stamped to the spine. Brown coated endpapers. Rebacked with the original spine laid down. Frontispiece. 16 black and white engravings. Single page map. Some wear to the cloth on the boards, with the illustration and gilt having faded a bit and some abrasions to the cloth on the spine. Occasional spot of foxing. A tight and clean copy otherwise. Not in the Arctic Bibliography. This scarce book was inspired by a logbook written by midshipman, Thomas Floyd on Captain Phipp's expedition. Markham was only aware of Phipp's official account and thought the charming logbook should be published. In addition to the Phipp's voyage there is a general history of polar exploration ending with the Nares Expedition. The book seems to have been passed over in the first two volumes of the A.B.