A Brief Narrative of an Unsuccessful Attempt to reach Repulse Bay, Through Sir Thomas Rowe's "Welcome", in his Majesty's Ship Griper in the Year MDCCCXXIV

Lyon, Capt. George Francis

Published by John Murray, London, UK, 1825

About this Item

Lyon (1796-1832) was an English officer in the Royal Navy and explorer of Africa and the Arctic. Lyon is best remembered for the entertaining journals he kept and for the pencil drawings he completed in the Arctic. This volumes is his narrative of the 1824 expedition aboard the poorly performing HMS Griper and the subsequent failure to find the fabled Northwest Passage. Includes a folding map and 7*engraved plates. xvi+198pp. Rebound in contemporary calf boards with the original spine relaid. Gilt boarder to boards. Spine has four raised bands, gilt decoration and a black morocco title plate. Light rubbing to edges of boards. Marbled page edges. Spotted, library bookplate of Newtown Church library to front pastedown Ink ownership inscription of Irene Bevan to front free endpaper verso. Upper edge of folding map opposite title page is stained to margin. Foxing to title page.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Brief Narrative of an Unsuccessful Attempt to reach Repulse Bay, Through Sir Thomas Rowe's "Welcome", in his Majesty's Ship Griper in the Year MDCCCXXIV
• Publisher: John Murray, London, UK
• Publication Date: 1825
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather Bound
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket Issued
• Seller catalogs:
  • Exploration & Travel