Narrative of a voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait, to co-operate with the polar expeditions: performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom … in the years 1825, 26, 27, 28
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, pp. xxvi, [2], 472; [2], iv, 452; complete copy with 23 engraved plates and 3 maps (2 folding, 1 double-p.), plus both half-titles; bound in 20th-century full brown morocco with the gilt supralibros on upper and lower covers of the Marquis of Cunningham, gilt lettering direct, with ornaments on spines, a.e.g.; some rubbing but generally a very good, sound, and clean set. "Beechey's book is one of the most valuable of modern voyages and relates to extensive visits to Pitcairn Island, the Tuamotu Archipelago, the Society Islands, and Tahiti, Alaska, Hawaii, Macao, Okinawa, and the coast of California. His book provides an important account of Monterey and San Francisco before the American conquest … Beechey describes the Eskimos of the north, and relates his meeting with John Adams, last survivor of the mutiny on the Bounty, who gave Beechey a lengthy account" (Hill). Cowan II, p. 42; Ferguson 1418; Hill I, p. 19; Howes B-309; Lada-Mocarski 95; Sabin 4347. Item #61053
Price: $2,500.00
