Northern Regions: or Uncle Richard's Relation of Captain Parry's Voyages for the Discovery of a North-West Passage: and Franklin's and Cochrane's Overland Journeys to Other Parts of the World
New York: William Burgess, 1832. Hardcover. 16mo., (7 1/4" x 5 1/4"), Pp. xii, 228. Half-title engraving is the title page from 1827 first edition. Illustrated with 12 engravings by V. Balch. Plate at page 120 bound upside down. Quarter leather over marbled boards, red leather title label lettered in gilt on spine. Wear to corners and edges, scattered foxing, some rubbing to spine, tape reinforcement on verso of half-title, top corners of some illustrations clipped. Good+. Item #12355
Published to educate young readers about Arctic exploration in the early 19th century. Covers the three voyages of Captain Parry’s search for the Northwest Passage and the overland journeys of 19th-century British explorers, Sir John Franklin and John Dundas Cochraine.
Price: $100.00