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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book is a thrilling account of adventure and discovery in the Arctic. The author, an officer in the British navy, describes his harrowing journey to reach the remote outpost of Repulse Bay in northern Canada. His narrative offers a vivid portrayal of the natural beauty and treacherous conditions of the Arctic region and provides valuable insights into the history of exploration and scientific inquiry. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in Arctic studies and adventure literature.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This short work, featuring a number of attractive engravings, traces an abortive expedition to the Canadian Arctic. George Francis Lyon (1795-1832), naval officer and explorer, had accompanied William Parry on a previous expedition in search of the North-West Passage. In 1824 Lyon was instructed to return to Repulse Bay and to explore the mainland. Unfavourable weather conditions forced Lyon to turn back after a few months, and he published this account of the experience the following year. Lyon's text is notable for his descriptions of encounters with Inuit, with whom he spent a great deal of time. The book also includes the text of the official instructions issued by the Admiralty. Chronicling the 1821-3 expedition with Parry, The Private Journal of Captain G. F. Lyon (1824) is also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection, along with his Journal of a Residence and Tour in the Republic of Mexico (1828).

Leather Bound. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. 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.

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).

Zustand: Good. 8vo. Three Quarter Bound, Red Morocco on Marbled Boards. 198 pp. Letterpress. Chart & engravings. Contemporary binding, professionally restored.

First edition. 21 cm; xvi, 198, [2] pages, and [7] leaves of copper-engraved plates, folding map. Bound in contemporary green polished calf over marbled boards, ruled in gilt, by Henry Young. Gilt tooling on spine. Color faded from spine and from top edge of upper board. Fine condition. References: Arctic Bib. 10530; Lande 1292; Sabin 42851. Narrative of search for the Northwest Passage through the Hudson Bay; observations on Southampton Island, Eskimos, tides, and compass variations. George Francis Lyon, one of Barrow's favorites, had made a name for himself in the exploration of Africa before serving as commander of the HMS Hecla during William Edward Parry's second Arctic voyage. Thereafter, in the spring of 1824 Lyon was given command of the sluggish and cranky HMS Griper, with orders to winter in Repulse Bay, in northwest Hudson Bay, and then cross Melville Peninsula to explore the northern coast of mainland America. Ice conditions were difficult, however, and he was unable to even reach Repulse Bay, and had to return home that same Fall. He was never given another naval command.

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. 8vo. (22 x 13.5 cm). pp.xvi+198+[2]. Smartly bound in contemporary brown calf, sides ruled in blind and gilt, spine with raised bands and gilt-decorated compartments, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers and edges. Folding chart, 7 engraved plates, diagrams, charts, and illustrations to the text. From the library of the Chateau de Sancerre, with their stamp to flyleaf. An excellent copy in a handsome binding. First edition detailing Lyon's attempt to reach the North West Passage through Hudson Bay on the HMS Griper. The voyage proved unsuccessful in finding the passage due to poor weather conditions. The work also describes the Inuit of the Southampton Islands and the author's scientific findings. George Francis Lyon (1795-1832) had made a name for himself accompanying Joseph Ritchie's scientific expedition in Africa. Lyon organized a publication of their findings on his return to London in 1820. He then accompanied Parry's attempt on the northwest passage on the Hecla in 1823, publishing The private journal of Captain G. F. Lyon the following year. Lyon was then promoted captain and appointed the Griper. "Lyon's instructions were to reach Repulse Bay by whatever route he judged best, and from it to examine the coast of the mainland westward to the point where John Franklin's voyage had ended its survey. He sailed on 6 June, but the season proved unfavourable, and he returned to England in November." The route that he chose, "for reasons that never became clear" (Howgego), took them south of Southampton Island, approaching Repulse Bay through Roes Welcome Sound, and required "navigating a labyrinth of treacherous shoals". Foul weather and high winds forced Lyon to return, incurring the wrath of Sir John Barrow at the Admiralty, as a result of which he was never offered another commission.

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.

First edition detailing Lyon's attempt to reach the North West Passage through Hudson Bay on the HMS Griper. The voyage proved unsuccessful in finding the passage due to poor weather conditions. The work also describes the Inuit of the Southampton Islands and the author's scientific findings. George Francis Lyon (1795-1832) had made a name for himself accompanying Joseph Ritchie's scientific expedition in Africa. Lyon organized a publication of their findings on his return to London in 1820. He then accompanied Parry's attempt on the northwest passage on the Hecla in 1823, publishing The private journal of Captain G. F. Lyon the following year. Lyon was then promoted captain and appointed the Griper. "Lyon's instructions were to reach Repulse Bay by whatever route he judged best, and from it to examine the coast of the mainland westward to the point where John Franklin's voyage had ended its survey. He sailed on 6 June, but the season proved unfavourable, and he returned to England in November." The route that he chose, "for reasons that never became clear" (Howgego), took them south of Southampton Island, approaching Repulse Bay through Roes Welcome Sound, and required "navigating a labyrinth of treacherous shoals". Foul weather and high winds forced Lyon to return, incurring the wrath of Sir John Barrow at the Admiralty, as a result of which he was never offered another commission. Provenance: a) George Treweeke Scobell (1785-1869), the midshipman aboard HMS St Albans, with his engraved bookplate on the front pastedown. b) L. Harrison Matthews (1901-1986) with his ink signature on the front free endpaper. Matthews was a British zoologist of marine mammals. Arctic Bibliography 10530; Hill 1055; Howgego II L52; Sabin 42851. Octavo (207 x 130 mm). Folding chart frontispiece, 7 engraved plates, diagrams, charts, and illustrations to the text. Contemporary dark blue half calf by W. Pearce of Bristol, spine with four gilt decorated low raised bands, decorative gilt panels to compartments, dark red label, leather sides and corners edged with a blind scrolling roll, Spanish on Italian marbled sides and edges. Judiciously recoloured in places, a few patches of skinning, spine ends and corners with small chips, a little foxing and offsetting, chart with old tissue paper repair to verso, "View of Terra Nivea" with old offset mark, plate of heads slightly shaved at head, p. 128 numbered as p. 182, small ink marks to pp. 198 and final leaf. A very good copy.

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).