Hooper Lieut (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Later edition. 8vo. [5], vi-xv, [2], 2-417, [5] pp. Orange cloth with black lettering on the spine. Illustrated with a few full-page illustrations and plates in black and white, also with a folding map in the rear of the volume. A facsimile of the 1853 London edition.

Leather Bound. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Dark leather shows wear at edges and sides of spine with some leather missing. Top, front corner is bent and creased. Spine is faded with fading also to the leather title band. Beautiful script gift inscription to a young man for constant good behavior. The fold out map is present as are all the plates and illustrations. SEE PHOTOS.

Hardback. Condition: Good. 1st Edition: xvi, 417pp, illustrated, 11 illustrations of which 4 lithographic plates (3 tinted), 1 coloured folding map. [MISSING the lithographic frontispiece] . Rebound, contemporary half leather with bluse marbled boards, gilt ruling and titling to spine. A rare and very important book on the expedition led by T.E.L. Moore on the Brigg Plover in search of Sir John Franklin. The expedition, in which Hooper participated as a marine officer, was forced to winter in Providence-Bay, where Hooper could gather an enormous wealth of useful information on the Tuski. When the ship was free of ice, Hooper joined Pullen's boat expedition along the arctic north coast of America to the Mackenzie River and Cape Bathurst. In summer 1850 the expedition crossed the northenmost part of Canada and returned to England. - Henze II, 622/23. The book also contains information on the culture of the North Alaska Esquimaux and the Tuski. Hooper travelled aboard the Plover as Acting mate with the British Naval Franklin Search Expedition from Plymouth (1848-52) under Captain T.E.L. Moore. The expedition was sent by the Admiralty to serve as a search and supply ship for John Franklin's Northwest Passage Expedition (1845-48) and to assist with Henry Kellett's ship Herald of the British Naval Franklin Search Expedition (1848-50). The Plover over-wintered in 1848-49 in a small bay on the Siberian coastline near a Chukchi village, and enjoyed excellent relations with the Natives. Hooper's detailed descriptions of the customs, dwellings, clothing and beliefs of the Chukchis and adjacent North Alaskan Eskimos are complemented in his narrative by colour plates illustrative of the people and their ways of life. The following spring, W.J.S. Pullen and Hooper embarked on a coastal exploration of the region between Wainwright Inlet and Mackenzie River for traces of the Franklin Expedition. [AB 7395]. Covers heavily worn, front hinge beginning to split, some leather missing from corners and spine. Previous owners signature on fep, pages age toned,p415 split in hinge, some minor foxing but overall a nice clean copy. Good. PLEASE NOTE: This book will incur extra postage and insurance charges. Please contact us for a quote. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2323. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

First edition. 8vo. xvi, 417, (1) pp. Recent dark blue half calf over marbled boards, gilt lettered to two panels and decorated to the others. Frontispiece and 3 plates, all tinted lithographs plus a black and white lithographic plate, 5 illustrations in the text, a black and white full page map and a folding colour map. Repairs to the edge of the frontispiece and also to the map, a few spots here and there, else very good.