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Narrative of a Voyage To The Pacific And Beering's Strait; To Co-Operate With The Polar Expeditions...in the years 1825, 26, 27, 28. In Two Parts

Narrative of a Voyage To The Pacific And Beering's Strait; To Co-Operate With The Polar Expeditions...in the years 1825, 26, 27, 28. In Two Parts by Beechey, Captain F.W.

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Title
Narrative of a Voyage To The Pacific And Beering's Strait; To Co-Operate With The Polar Expeditions...in the years 1825, 26, 27, 28. In Two Parts
Author
Beechey, Captain F.W.
Seller
The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
London: Henry Colburn And Richard Bentley, 1831. First Edition. Leather bound. Very good. The first edition, "Admiralty Issue," of Narrative Of A Voyage To The Pacific And Beering's Straight by Captain F.W. Beechey, published 1831.. Quarto, [two-parts in one], [2], xxi, [3], [errata], [393] -742pp, [2]. Full green morocco, five raised bands, double gilt-rule covers. Contemporary marbled endpapers, marbled leafends, silk bookmark. Both hinges reinforced with cloth backing, archival restoration to leather. Light wear and bumped corners, solid text block. Sporadic foxing to plates, transference on maps with light foxing along margins. Armorial bookplate of Charles Tebbut on front pastedown. Includes the errata slip, but lacking half-titles. This work is complete, with 23 engraved aquatint plates, three maps (two folding). (Arctic Bibliography, 1227) (Hill, 93) (Howes B-309) (Sabin 4347) (Zamorano, 4) The "Admiralty Issue" of this work preceded the two-volume octavo edition, also published in 1831. From Sabin: "One of the most valuable of modern voyages, containing a most interesting visit to Pitcairn Island, the coast of California, etc." This work by Captain Frederick William Beechey is the published account of HMS Blossom's expedition (1825-1828), undertaken to support British Arctic exploration and to attempt contact with overland parties searching for a Northwest Passage, Beechey surveyed the Pacific coast of North America, the Bering Strait, and the Alaskan littoral, producing important hydrographic observations, coastal charts, and ethnographic notes on Indigenous communities encountered along the way. He also made contact with John Adams, the last survivor of the Bounty mutiny on Pitcairn Island.
Yves Klein (Original catalog for the 1968 exhibition)

Yves Klein (Original catalog for the 1968 exhibition) by [Yves Klein]

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Yves Klein (Original catalog for the 1968 exhibition)
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[Yves Klein]
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Royal Books (United States)
Description
Humlebaeck: Musée d'Art Moderne Louisiana, 1968. Vintage catalog for an exhibition held from February 17 through March 17, 1968, at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark. Text in Danish. Very Good plus in saddle-stapled wrappers.
Roose's Companion and Guide to Washington and Vicinity

Roose's Companion and Guide to Washington and Vicinity

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Roose's Companion and Guide to Washington and Vicinity
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(Washington, DC): Gibsson Bros., printers, 1894. Cheap edition, carefully corrected and revised. 12mo. 64 pp. Illustrated with wood engravings. Original printed red wrappers. Very good.