Parry Captain (21 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. contemporary half-leather over marbled boards, leather label, ruled in gilt, spine chipped at head and a trifle rubbed, ex Bellfleld Library (Buchanan Bequest) with their occasional stamp and label to front pastedown, good. forty-one pages; also contains a review of 'The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan' by James Morier and much more; keywords: literary criticism;

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink on half title page: "Mary Marshall, from the author, April 1881". VOLUME 1 ONLY (of 2 volume set). Good red octavo hardcovers. Spine browned. Foxing to preliminaries and last few pages. Some chipping to head/tail 0f spine. Some discolouration to some interior pages. This is Volume 1 of two volumes. rear endpapers worn exposing interior cloth - but overall sound. 312pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Red covers illustrated with gold, black and orange. Covers and spine are faded, worn and lightly marked. Corners are bumped and rubbed, wear to spine ends. Contains all 12 listed colour plates including the frontis 'Splitting the Herd' and many more black and white illustrations. Occasional smudges and light foxing, paper is a little darkened. Binding at index page has been reinforced with tape, tape remains and has caused some brown marks to paper edge. Binding is sound. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 08120124038. All our books are sent by tracked mail. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 832 pages (complete). A resolute binder of editions of "Chums" for 1924. A paper for boys with adventure stories, school and rugby stories, articles on how to make things, heroes, thrilling true tales. This is sound, heavy. It is much worn all about from storage and aging. The edges are worn from handling and storage. The boards are valiant but sound and are effective (for emotion and purpose). Within, the initial pages have wear. The contents have tanning and foxing from age. However, the pages are clear, generous, vividly conceived, energetic. Despite the wear and aging the pages still exude youthfulness and vigour, a glint in the eye. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. The second voyage [first part]. The third volume only of the five volume set. pp.vii.312. Plates. Pages uncut. Folding map.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. brown publisher's cloth; this is the facsimile editionof the original first edition published by John Murray in 1824; all plates, maps, charts, fold-out maps present and in excellent condition; spine square; hinges tight; previous owner's signature and date on f.f.e.p.; 571 pp followed by the fold-out maps; errata page on verso of p. 571; a handsome volume.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. two volumes, original cloth, spines bumped with minor chipping and a trifle sunned, covers marked, publisher's catalogue volume II, ownership signature at head of titlepage volume I, minor spotting, good. scarce; first edition; 312 and 295 pages.

Cloth. Condition: Good. None (illustrator). First edition. A smart signed complete two volume set of My Journey Around the World. A first edition complete two volume set.Signed by the author to the half title page of volume one, with the authors love, 1880.These volumes give a fascinating insight into the travels of Captain S. H. Jones-Parry who kept a diary as he travelled around the world via Ceylon, New Zealand, Australia, Torres Straits, China, Japan and the United States.With sixteen pages of publisher adverts to the rear of volume two. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart with some fading to the spine. Some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and some marks to the boards. With bookplates to both pastedowns for Meredith of Pentre Bychan. Signed by the author to the half title page. Rear hinge of volume one starting but remains firm. Internally, firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages. Good. signed by author. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 5 volumes, contemporary half red leather and marbled boards, gilt, a little rubbed at the edges, bookplate of William Wriothesley Wingfield, all plates and folding map present, paper browned, marginal worming to some pages in volume 4, an uncommon set Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. . . . . 8vo, hardcover. No dj. Vg condition. Original binding, cloth spine over boards. Spine edges and boards rubbed, contents free of writing or marking. Binding square and tight. Frontis. foldout map present and intact. 232 pp. America, Exploration, History, North,

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Quarto, 27 cm. Contemporary leather boards, rebacked on modern leather spine. [2] (xxx) 571 pp. Important note, defective copy: Many of the engraved plates and folding maps are missing. Lacking engraved frontispiece. Most of the single page maps present. 4 folding views of the coastline present at the rear. Sabin 58864; Field 1184. Arctic Bibliography 13142. Sold with all faults.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. IMPORTANT ASSOCIATION COPY PRESENTED TO CHARLES RAINIER "FROM HIS AFFECTIONATE MOTHER, NOV. 28TH, 1846. Captain Rainier's Bookplate. First Edition. Quarto. Hardback. Contemporary Diced Calf (rebacked leather / recased) Complete with Folding Charts & plates. Rainier Family inscriptions to front free-endpaper. xxx + 571pps. + A SUPPLEMENT TO THE APPENDIX OF CAPTAIN PARRY'S VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE, IN THE YEARS 1819 - 20, CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE SUBJECTS OF NATURAL HISTORY. London, John Murray. 1824. pps. clxxxiii - cccx + 6 plates. Marbled endpapers & foredges. (some mild foxing / soiling throughout) Superb ! Mount Rainier in Washington, U.S.A. was named after the family!

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Second Edition. 2nd Edition, 1821: Full Title: Journal of a voyage for the discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific performed in the years 1819-20, in his Majesty's ships Hecla and Griper. With an appendix, containing the scientific and other observations. Published by Authority of the Lord Commissioners of The Admiralty. xxix, folding chart, 310 pages, Appendicies i-clxxix -, illlustrated, 20 plates plus charts, folding maps, all as called for. (Plate XIII as frontispiece rather than facing page 97). Leather covers with paper label to spine. Front cover detached, Previous Armorial owners bookplate on verso front cover, price in ink on title page, repair to chart of Baffins Bay, this chart has also been poorly folded, prelims and Age toning, foxing to pages as expected. Parry was given command of the Hecla and Griper for his first expedition of 1819, sailing up Baffin Bay and through Lancaster Sound and Barrow Strait to the south side of Melville Island, encountering much less heavy ice than anticipated. The expedition over-wintered at Winter Harbour, on the south side of Melville Island. Freeze-up delayed Parry until August of 1820, but he was still able to continue west to Dundas Peninsula and south to Banks Island before turning to head home to England. Parry's voyage was to be recognised as one of the most important in the history of Arctic exploration. He proved that Lancaster Sound opened a passage to the west, he charted a vast area of the unknown Arctic and proved that it was possible to spend the winter north of the Arctic Circle without being in grave danger. He was also the first to reach 110 degrees west longitude, which earned him and his crew a cash reward of £5,000. [AB 13145]. The Journal, based on Parry's reports, appeared in 1821, after the rights had been bought by the publisher John Murray for the stunning amount of a 1000 guineas. In the same year this second, corrected, edition was published, followed by German, Dutch and French translations. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; 19th century; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2668. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

Quarter leather. 1st edition. 1st edition, quarto. pp. [8], xxx, [2], 571, [1]; 30 engraved plates incl. frontis., 26 after Captain Lyon, 4 folding views of elevations after J. Bushnan, 9 maps (4 folding) after Bushnan and Lyon, other illustrations in text, scattered foxing mainly to prelims with off-setting to plates, upper cnr p.207 repaired. The folding views (4) and folding maps (4) have had conservation work and are now supplied separately in folder. The journal finely bound in quarter leather, marbled bds., gilt tooled spine, housed in slip-case with the map folder. Parry's journal of the second of his three attempts to discover the northwest passage. He sailed through the Hudson Strait into the Foxe Basin and reached the Fury and Hecla Strait (named after his ships) between Baffin Island and the Melville Peninsula. Besides journal entries, the narrative contains an explanation of technical terms, charts from the meteorological tables, tide tables, and chapters on the Eskimo culture and language. Sabin 58864; Field 1184.

Condition: Good. 4to. Three Quarter Bound, Red Morocco on Marbled Boards. 229 pp. Folded Map following text, engraved maps throughout, engraving facing title page. Letterpress. Contemporary binding, professionally restored.

Hardcover. John Murray January 1821 Binding: Hardcover Parry , sir william edward 1790 - 1855 Journal of a Voyage forthe Discovery of a North - West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific . 1821 . bearing the armorial book plate of Edward Duke 6 engraved maps of which 4 are folding , 9 aquatint plates and 5 etched plates . Bound in contemporary one quarter leather with marbled boards , the front board is detached and needs to be reattached by a book binder. First edition. Along with : Journal of a Second Voyage 1821 - 1822 - 23 . published in 1824 . Armorial book plate of Sir John Throckmorton on front pastedown . 14 engraved plates , 11 aquatint plates , 6 engraved maps and 3 lithographed maps . Bound in contemporary tan leather with a coat of arms in gilt on the front board. $NRP.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. xxx, [2], 571 p. 27 cm. 27 b&w plates (including frontispiece and one plate unrelated to the book), 13 maps (9 of which fold out, 8 of them at rear). Also some b&w in-text illustrations. Rebound in quarter leather with marbled paper boards. Newer endpapers with bookplate residue on front pastedown. Slight wrinkling to pages. Title continues: "Performed in the Years 1821-22-23, in His Majesty's Ships Fury and Hecla, Under the orders of Captain William Edward Parry, R.N., F.R.S., and Commander of the Expedition." Captain Parry's second voyage to the Arctic failed to discover a passage to the Pacific, but he managed to chart and explore a considerable area of the Arctic, previously unknown, stretching from Southampton Island north to Baffin Island. In addition, the almost continual contact with the Inuit of Melville Peninsula yielded a wealth of information on their culture, way of life, and language which was included in this published version of Parry's journal of the voyage. TPL 1295. Field 1184. Arctic Bib. 13142.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Marbled paper over boards, half bound in leather, title tooled in gilt onto six compartment spine, all edges trimmed, leather headbands, 4to (10-1/2 x 8 inches [26.7 x 20.4 cm]) pp. (8), xxx, (2), 571, errata, 4 fold-out charts and 4 numbered fold-out views "Appearances of Lands" bound at rear, 31 plates [inc. frontis], 5 of which are maps. Maps and plates are not included in pagination, whereas all tables are. Collated, complete and tightly bound. Stain to spine leather, rubbing to boards, light offset and browning to some foldout maps and views, occasional foxing to tissue guards and pages. Crack in front hinge near the binders twine used to sew down front endpaper - as per book binding methods of the time where ".until the early years of the nineteenth century all endpapers, were sewn on, and never merely tipped on with paste as they sometimes are today." [Middleton, 4th edition, p. 108-111]. Sent by the Admiralty to search for a passage along the west coast of Foxe Basin, Parry sailed north of Southampton Island instead of south, the route preferred by previous navigators, and thus became the first to sail through Frozen Strait and confirmed Middleton's discovery of Repulse Bay. In late Aug. having found no passage through Repulse Bay, he explored the coast northward, sailing as far as Ross Bay. In Feb. 1822, Eskimos visited their winter quarters on Winter Island and spent much of the winter in the expedition's company, enabling Parry and his men to make detailed observations on their customs and language. After leaving their winter quarters, they explored farther north equipped with Eskimo maps (ESKIMAUX CHART No 1, No 2 & No 3, facing p. 197, 198 and 252) and found the entrance to Fury and Hecla Strait. Ice prevented their passing through it, but overland journeys confirmed that it led westward to a sea. Parry returned to winter quarters and attempted to sail through Fury and Hecla Strait the following summer. Unsuccessful in this attempt, and fearing scurvy, he then returned home. Ref. Lande, 1385; Cooke/Holland, p 147; Sabin 58864.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. Type: Book 571 pp., bound in the original fawn calf skin leather on spine and corners with marbles paper covered boards, edges of leather blind-stamped, 5 raised bands on gilt-stamped spine, marbbled endpapers and edges. Illustrated with a tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece, 30 engraved plates and plans all by E. Finden after G. Lyon, 4 engraved folding plates of coastal profiles by J. Walker after J. Bushnan, 4 engraved folding maps by J. Walker after J. Bushnan et al., illustrations, diagrams, and letterpress tables in the text (scuffed edges bdg with worn through leather on corners boards, ex-libris paper plate inner front board, some occasional foxing throughout and on frontispice and title page, absolutely clean and tight copy) Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request. Photo scan available. Shipments to USA, USPS via Canada Post Express; FREE OF CUSTOMS OR DUTY CHARGE.

4to, pp. [8], xxix, [1], 310, clxxix (appendix), [1], [2] ads; 6 maps (3 folding, 1 double-page and folding), 14 engraved and aquatint plates; tables throughout; bound with: A Supplement to the Appendix of Captain Parry's Voyage . containing an Account of the Subjects of Natural History, London: John Murray, 1824, pp. [9], clxxxiv-cccx; 6 engraved composite plates (slightly spotted), tables throughout. "Parry reached Lancaster Sound in July, sailed through and explored and named Barrow Strait, Prince Regent Inlet and Wellington Channel . He reached 110 degrees west, earning a reward offered by Parliament to the first ship's company that should attain that meridian. He also discovered Melville Island and other of the Parry Islands. After being frozen in for ten months, the ships were released on August 20, 1820 . on his arrival in England he was commissioned commander and elected to Royal Society . he charted hundreds of miles of coastline in the Canadian Arctic and collected valuable data on Arctic natural history. Many of the fine plates are from sketches by Frederick William Beechey" (Hill). Arctic Bibliography 13145. Hill 225; Lande 1751; Sabin 58860; TPL 1206. Uniformly bound with: Journal of a second voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; performed in the years 1821-22-23, in His Majesty's ships Fury and Hecla, under the orders of Captain William Edward Parry. London: John Murray, 1824. First edition, 4to, pp. [8], xxx, [2], 571, [1]; 30 engraved plates (including 4 folding views of elevations after J. Bushnan), 9 engraved maps (4 folding) after Bushnan and Lyon, other illustrations in text; bound with: Appendix to Captain Parry's Journal of a Second Voyage. London: John Murray, 1825, pp. [7], 4-432; numerous tables (1 folding), 2 engraved plates. Parry's journal of the second of his three attempts to discover the northwest passage. He sailed through the Hudson Strait into the Fox Basin and reached the Fury and Hecla Strait (named after his ships) between Baffin Island and the Melville Peninsula. Besides journal entries, the narrative contains an explanation of technical terms, charts from the meteorological tables, tide tables, and chapters on the Eskimo culture and language. "Throughout the whole of this splendid work, the characteristics of the Esquimaux.absorb the attention of the writer. The last seventy-nine pages are entirely devoted to the subject of the aborigines of the Arctic lands, under the sub-title of 'Some Further Account of the Esquimaux of Melville Peninsula,' fourteen of which are occupied with a vocabulary, in double columns. Twenty-two [copperplates] are illustrative of the 'Domestic Life of the Esquimaux'. The work is in truth a splendid treatise on aboriginal life, rather than a narrative of scientific discoveries" (Field). Arctic Bibliography 13142; Field 1184; Hill 225; Sabin 58864; TPL 1295. Uniformly bound with: Journal of a third voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; performed in the years 1824-25, in His Majesty's ships Fury and Hecla, under the orders of Captain William Edward Parry. London: John Murray, 1826. First edition, 4to, pp. vii, [4], x-xxvii, [1], 186, [2], 151, [1]; 4 engraved maps (1 folding), 7 engraved plates (1 folding). "Parry set out again in May, 1824, but was obliged to abandon the Fury; he returned to England in the Hecla, having accomplished little . However, Parry did discover and name the Fury and Hecla Strait and he collected additional scientific information about the Arctic region of North America. The appendix contains an important record of the scientific observations and material upon the natural history of the Arctic regions" (Hill). Arctic Bibliography 13144; Hill 1313; Sabin 58867; TPL 1362. Three volumes uniformly bound in 19th-century half red morocco over red cloth-covered boards, gilt-decorated spines in 6 compartments, gilt-lettered direct in 2; ex-James J. Hill Library, minimally marked, with old stickers neatly removed from the spines, library bookplates, discreet perforated stamps in the bottom blank margins of the titles, and a small rubberstamp on the last page of text in each volume; the whole lightly rubbed and scuffed; all else very good and sound. "The immediate achievements of [Parry's three] voyages were the charting of hundreds of miles of coastline in the Canadian Arctic archipelago and the collecting of valuable data on Arctic natural history" (Hill).

First edition. 4to. (viii), xxx, (ii), 571, (1) pp. Contemporary full russia, spine with raised bands gilt lettered to one panel, blindstamped decoration with a central gilt boss to the others, blindstamped and gilt decorated borders to the boards, endpapers and all edges marbled, armorial bookplate to the front pastedown featuring a falcon and the handwritten name "Malt [or Matt] Bell". Frontispiece, 25 plates and 5 maps plus 4 folding maps and 4 folding views of coastline at the end. Repairs to the joints and head of the spine with some general darkening to the leather, wear with loss to the surface of the lower corner of the upper board plus a little to the lower board, else very good.