Journal Of a Voyage To the Northern Whale-Fishery

Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1823. First edition. 22 cm; xliii, 472 pages, [6] leaves of plates : illustrations (some folded), 2 folded maps, plan. Bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, tooled in blind, titled in gilt on leather label. Marbled edges. Tissue guards. Armorial bookplate of Lord Blantyre (probably Robert Walter Stuart, 1777-1830). … Read more about this item

1823. Edinburgh, Archibald Constable and Co., 1823. Cont. hcalf. Neathly rebacked preserving original gilt titlelabel. Endpapers renewed. XLIII (content-leaves bound at end),472 pp., 8 engraved plates (2 of these are large folded maps). Plates with some brownspots causing a little offsetting to nearby leaves. First edition.

Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co. G : in good condition. Rebound with new eps. Staining throughout to lower edge. Repair to top corner of title page and to fore and lower edge of final leaf. Tears to to plates I, VII and VIII. Some offsetting. Contents firm. 1823. First Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 140mm… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co, 1823. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, xliii, 471 pages. In Very Good condition. Rebound in half dark brown leather and brown cloth boards, with banded spine and black spine label gilt lettering. Text block has moderate age-toning to deckled edges, light plus shelf wear to bottom edge, occasional light foxing to pages interiorly (more significant… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1823. First edition, 1823-01-01. Leather Bound. Very Good. Edinburgh : Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. ; London : Hurst, Robinson and Co., Cheapside, 1823. xliii, [1], 472 p., 8 leaves of plates : plates (some fold.), maps (some fold.) ; 22 cm. Professionally re-bound. Fully bound in modern calf skin leather. Gilt… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Printed For Archibald Constable And Co., Edinburgh & Hurst, Robinson & Co., London, 1823. First Edition. Scoresby’s regular whaling voyages to the Greenland fishery gradually came to involve exploration and the study of the natural history of the Arctic regions; he was largely encouraged in the latter regard through his correspondence with Joseph Banks. This work is an… Read more about this item

Whitby, Yorks: Caedmon of Whitby, 1980. Facsimile reprint of the 1823 edition. Octavo (22cm). Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; xliii,472pp; eight inserted leaves of plates, including two folding maps. Fine in a Near-Fine jacket with three titles on rear flap crossed out by the publisher. A well-produced reprint on good paper of this important and early account of Arctic exploration. From… Read more about this item

Edinburgh:: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co.,, 1823.. First edition.. old half calf over marbled boards.. Armorial bookplate; foxing to the maps and some scattered age-toning to the text and plates; joints cracked with some chipping at the extremities of the spine, which is rubbed. The boards are securely attached by cords.. 8vo,. Two folding maps… Read more about this item

Caedmon of Whitby. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very good copy of this reprint of the 1823 edition in jacket (minor wear to jacket).

Archibald Constable. Good. 1823. Hardcover. First edition, Constable, 1823. Original grey paper covered boards, paper spine label. Spine with surface splits, all edge worn and rubbed, corners spungy. All plates present, front map with 3 inch tear through unprinted area. Plates lightly foxed. Book plate of Thos Marshall. .

Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1823. 8 1/2" x 5 1/4." 472pp. plus six plates and two folded maps. Marbled paper over boards, decorated leather with title over spine. Boards present, but both detached. Generous page spotting. Larger folding map with a closed tear. Overall fair only. A rough copy of an important arctic exploration work. Appears to be… Read more about this item

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale-Fishery: Including Researches and Discoveries on the Eastern Coast of West Greenland, Made in the Summer of.

Paperback / softback. New. First published in 1823, this work recounts the 1822 penultimate journey to the Arctic regions of scientist and clergyman William Scoresby (1789-1857), during which he charted and named a section of the Greenland coast. The book also includes descriptions of Scoresby's scientific observations made on the trip.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale-fishery; including researches and discoveries in the Eastern coast of West Greenland, made in the summer of the year 1822, in the ship Baffin, etc..

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.