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London: A. W. Webster, 1835. xxxiii,(1)740;xii,120,cxliv,cii,(1) pp. Quarto.(26 X 33.5 cm.) Large paper copy. Bound in the original moire patterned blue cloth. Gilt title on spine. Top edge dust soiled. Corners renewed. Top of spine a bit bumped. Original patterned endpapers with bookplate removed from front pastedown. Narrative volume: 25 plates (9 handcoloured) and five charts (2 folding including large folding coloured map at end) Appendix volume: steel engraved portrait of Ross (frontispiece) and 19 plates (12 handcoloured). Bound in blue moire boards. Gilt title on spine to match first volume. A bit bumped and rubbed. Overall a nice clean untrimmed copy in original binding, with only occasional minor foxing and with the original plate tissues. AB 14866. Narrative and scientific results of a private expedition sponsored by Felix Booth under Sir John Ross to discover a northwest passage by way of Baffin Bay, Lancaster Sound and Prince Regent Inlet. He made his way to Boothia… Read More