10th Jan, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

The Roger Casson Collection

 
Lot 7
 

7

Parry (William Edward) Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage...

Parry (William Edward)
Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; Performed in the Years 1821-22-23 in his Majesty's ships Fury and Hecla ..., John Murray, 1824, [with]
Appendix to Captain Parry's Journal .., John Murray, 1825,
two volumes, first edition, quarto, frontis, thirty plates and plans, four large folding charts, four folding coastal profiles, Appendix with a further two plates, contemporary armorial calf gilt (some restoration to joints)

Sold for £750
Estimated at £400 - £600


 

Journal - offsetting from frontis to the title page. Other plates offset to plate guards. Pages generally clean. Staining to the very outer edges of preliminaries and final blanks. Taped endpaper hinges. Taped repairs to the joints. Appendix - offsetting from first plate to final page otherwise contents clean. rear endpaper hinge tapes. front hinge split and shaky. Taped repair to rear joint. Front joint cracked with glue residue. Wear to head of spine.

 


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Auction: The Roger Casson Collection, 10th Jan, 2019

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