lyon captain (17 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. 8vo. pp. xvii, [1 leaf], 297, [1]. 1 plate. folding map. numerous text illus. (many full-page). quarter cloth. paper slipcase. Limited to 1950 numbered copies, Signed by the Illustrator. Signed by Author(s).

2nd revised edition. 7 plates. (all called for). Lacks map. From the library of Downside Abbey. Library cloth with red leather spine. Internally clean and tidy with slight darkening. Very good condition apart from the lack of map.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. First edition. 8vo. [5], vi-xi, [2], 2-468 pp. Half later red sheep over marbled paper boards with the spine in six compartments, gilt lettering and gilt decorations on the spine; all edges speckled red. Later brown endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with a frontispiece and with six plates. Lacks the map called for in the list of illustrations. Arctic Bibliography 10531. The plates are bright and beautiful and capture tender moments of daily life for the Inuit people of southern Baffin Island and the Melville Peninsula. An informative record of the second Parry expedition. The joints and corners of the binding quite rubbed, scattered, light pencil underlining in the text.

Three-Quarter Leather. Zustand: Good+. New Edition. xi, 468 p. 23 cm. Folding map has small tears. Six plates depicting Inuit life. Rebound in half brown leather with marbled boards, new endpapers. Light offsetting from plates. Small tears, stains and some foxing. Ink signature on a front endpaper. A seminal document recording Parry's first Arctic Expedition. Describes Eskimaux (Inuit), Arctic animal life, etc. Arctic Bib. 10531, Field 961, Hill p. 186, Lande 1291, Sabin 42583, TPL 1290.

pp. xvi, 198, (i) List of Plates, (i) Imprint. Folding engraved map by J. WALKER at the front, 6 engraved plates by EDWARD FINDEN, after drawings by Lyon, 1 plate of geometrical diagrams. New half calf and cloth boards, plates somewhat offset to text, one small marginal mark affecting a few leaves, one leaf with a brown mark, occasional foxing of the plates, overall a very good copy with the signature of WM. TAYLOR 1825 on title. *With a detailed Abstract of the Days' Works, and a Botanical Appendix [pp.87-198] by Professor [WILLIAM JACKSON] HOOKER. The William Taylor who has signed the title-page could be one of the two such-named crew members of Cook's final voyage. He was still living in 1825, though I have not been able to verify the signature. SEE - The Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy' (Occasional Publication of the Navy Records Society: 1994) by Syrett and DiNardo. ALSO - William Taylor (1) - 'Biographia Navalis John Charnock AND for William Taylor (2) - 'Naval Biographical Dictionary': O'Byrne (3 vols.,London: 1849).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. xvi, 198 p. 22 cm. Fold-out frontispiece map. 6 plates. Table and diagram in appendix. Half green leather with marbled paper boards. Respined with gilt trim and a burgundy spine label. Worn edges. Armorial bookplate and identification labels on endpapers. Ink stamps of former owner on front endpaper and 7 other pages within. Offsetting to pages from plates. Dampstains to plate opposite p. 14. Lyon's official report of his important expedition, most of which concerns his relations with the Inuit, with whom he was on excellent terms. Also a narrative of his voyage, a description of Southampton Island and its natives, notes on tides in Roes Welcome Sound and on compass variation. Arctic bibliography 10530. TPL 1324. Field 962. Sabin 42851. Decker 22:265. Hill 1055.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. xvi, 198 p. 22 cm. Fold-out map at front. 7 engraved plates. Half leather with green marbled boards. Rebacked with original spine laid on. Corners darkened. Nautical bookplate on front pastedown along with plate for Louisa Dorothea Hopetoun. Foxing to first pages and map. Some offsetting from plates. Lyon's official report of his important expedition, most of which concerns his relations with the Inuit, with whom he was on excellent terms. Also a narrative of his voyage, a description of Southampton Island and its natives, notes on tides in Roes Welcome Sound and on compass variation. Arctic bibliography 10530. TPL 1324. Field 962. Sabin 42851. Decker 22:265. Hill 1055.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. 8vo. [3], iv-xvi, [1], 2-198, [6] pp. Half later green calf over marbled boards with the spine in six compartments, gilt lettering and gilt anchors on the spine, two red morocco labels lettered in gilt on the spine; top edge gilt. Later marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Binding done by J. MacDonald of New York. Illustrated with a fold-out map and with seven plates, drawn by Lyon himself and then engraved. Arctic Bibliography 10530. Field 962. Hill 1055. Lyon's official report provides information on the Inuit peoples of Southampton Island (the island is just north of Hudson Bay), including their engineering techniques for boatbuilding, burial customs, and the report contains an anatomical plate. Lyon's attempt to reach the Northwest passage was ultimately a failure. The corners gently rubbed through, the joints and the gutters are neatly strengthened, a small corner dampspot on a few plates.

First edition. First edition. [8], 323, [1] ; [4], 304 pp. Printed by Richard Taylor. 2 vols. 8vo. Captain Lyon set out for Mexico in January 1826 as one of the Commissioners of the Real del Monte Mining Company, and on his way back from New York was wrecked at Holyhead and lost all his papers. This work contains an account of his personal adventures throughout Mexico during 8 months and his comments on the mining industry there. Sabin 42852; Hill, p. 186 Original grey boards, with paper labels with price "Two Vols. 16s.". Uncut. Signed by Thomas Thistlethwayte (of Southwick Park Hants.) on title-page and his stamp on front pastedown. Neat repairs at heads of spine. Some rubbing to extremities [8], 323, [1] ; [4], 304 pp. Printed by Richard Taylor. 2 vols. 8vo.

Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto (8" x 10-1/2") bound in full polished calf leather by Casa Calero Madrid with gilt-lettered spine with four raised bands, all edges marbled; xii, 382, [1] pages. Complete with large folding engraved map and 17 hand-colored lithographic plates after Lyon, by M. Gauci, G. Harley, or D. Dighton. Lyon, disguised as a Muslim, left Tripoli to discover the source of the Niger river. The hand-colored plates depict scenes and traditional Libyan clothes. ABBEY TRAVEL, 404. Title page and dedication page with dampstaining and restoration; plates with fine contemporary coloring, one with a closed tear to margin not affecting the image. Hinges starting, covers still firm; rubbing and fading to spine. Very Good.

First edition. First edition. [8], 323, [1] ; [4], 304 pp. 2 vols. 8vol. Sabin 42852 Original boards, pink paper spines, with paper labels with price "Two Vols. 16s." 3/4 inch nick at head of spine of Vol. I and loss at middle o0f spine in Vol. II, otherwise very nice, uncut. Bookplates of John Torr Harmer [8], 323, [1] ; [4], 304 pp. 2 vols. 8vol.

First edition. 8vo, xi, 198, [i] pp., engraved folding map, 6 engraved plates, uncut in original drab boards, rebacked with calf, new endpapers, a very good example. Lyon's official account of a search for a Northwest Passage by Hudson Bay. The narrative of the voyage as far as Wager Inlet and Repulse Bay also contains information about Southampton Island and the Eskimos of the region, with whom Lyon was on excellent terms. With a botanical appendix by Sir J. D. Hooker. Arctic Bibliography 10530; Hill 1055; Sabin 42851.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 8vo. pp. xi, [1], 468. lacking half-title. folding engraved map, 7 plates (incl. frontis.), & 2 text illus. of musical notation. Uncut in original bds., rebacked(some light foxing to & offsetting from plates). Second Edition (first: 1824) of this account of the second Parry expedition to the Canadian Arctic in 1821-23, on which Lyon served as second in command. The narrative is rich in descriptive detail, especially concerning Esquimaux life on southern Baffin Island and Melville Peninsula. The Fury and Hecla sailed through Hudson and Frozen Straits and explored Repulse Bay, Lyon Inlet, Fury and Hecla Strait, Winter and Igloolik Islands. Arctic Bib. 10531. Field 961. Sabin 42853. cfSmith 6166. cfHill p. 186. cfLande 1291. cfTPL 1289.

London, John Murray, 1828. Two volumes, 8vo. Contemporary half-calf over marbled boards, spines ornamented in gilt, contrasting lettering-pieces (re-backed); pp. viii, 323 (advertisement to verso); iv, 304; one lettering-piece chipped, extremities a little rubbed, internally very clean and resh. First edition. Captain Lyon set out for Mexico in January 1826, as one of the commissioners of the Real del Monte Mining Company, and on the way back from New York was wrecked at Holyhead and lost all his papers. This work contains an account of his personal adventures throughout Mexico during eight months. 'His journal provides a wealth of detail on mining an mining revenues as well as sophisticated observations on general social and economic conditions' (Griffin 3561).

Two volumes bound in one, second and first editions respectively. 8vo. xii, 468; xvi, 198, (2) pp. Later half calf over marbled boards, twin gilt lettered black labels. Frontispieces, 6 and 7 plates respectively plus a folding map in each work. The first edition of the first work appeared the year before.

8vo. pp. xvi, 198, [2]. folding engraved map (frontis.), 7 engraved plates, & 2 text illus. A fine copy in modern half calf (plates offset). First Edition of Lyon's narrative of his voyage in the Griper in 1824 in quest of the north-west passage by way of Hudson's Bay. Lyon managed to penetrate into Roes Welcome midway between Wager Inlet and Repulse Bay, before he was driven back by bad weather. He here enumerates the difficulties encountered and provides interesting observations on the Esquimaux of the Southampton Islands, immediately north of Hudson's Bay. The appendix to the narrative includes botanical researches by W.J.Hooker (describing fifty-three species, mostly from the Southampton Islands), and notes by E.N.Kendall on the magnetic errors of the crew's compasses. The plates were engraved by Edward Finden after drawings by Lyon and Kendall. Arctic Bib. 10530. Field 962. Hill p. 186. Lande 1292. Sabin 42851. TPL 1324.

London: John Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1825. Edition originale. Un volume in-8: 14 x 21,5 cm. xvi pp. [Preface, Original Instructions], 198 pp. [1], avec une carte dépliante et sept gravures hors-texte. Reliure contemporaine en demi-maroquin noir, plats recouverts de papier marbré, dos lisse aux fleurons et filets dorés, pièce de titre en maroquin olive, lettres en capitales dorées. Ex-libris manuscrit en début d'ouvrage. Papier uniformément roussi, quelques salissures éparses, des mouillures discrètes en bas des gravures, sinon livre complet de toutes ses illustrations et en bon état, très élégant dans sa reliure. Après avoir participé au deuxième voyage de Parry (en 1821-1823), le capitaine Lyon (1796-1832) reçoit en 1824 le commandement du HMS Griper avec pour mission de poursuivre l'exploration du Passage du Nord-Ouest, dans le cercle arctique. Les instructions de l'Amirauté portaient qu'il devait atteindre Repulse Bay par la route qu'il jugerait la meilleure, avant d'explorer la côte le plus loin possible, au moins aussi loin que les expéditions précédentes. Mais terriblement malmené par les vents, pris dans les glaces, le navire fut obligé de renoncer à sa mission et de rentrer en Angleterre, en piteux état et non sans avoir perdu ses ancres. L'ouvrage, paru en 1825, vise à dédouaner son auteur de toute responsabilité dans l'échec, mais il décrit aussi parfaitement la géographie des lieux, ainsi que la vie des populations indigènes (les Inuits). (Arctic Bibliography, II, p. 1571, No 10530).