Search Results: the eventful voyage of h m by mcdougall george f

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

London: Longman Brown Green Longmans & Roberts, 1857. AN EXCELLENT COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH. XL, 530 pp. + a folded map and EIGHT COLORED LITHOGRAPHED PLATES (complete). 8vo. Publisher's gilt cloth. All edges gilt. Very minor fding and wear to binding, but still tight. Some foxing, mainly to edges of text pages. PAPER IS WHITE, AND PLATES ARE CLEAN WITH VERY FRESH COLORS. Folding map is almost perfect, with no tears, crinkles, or browning. An unusually pristine copy of a book almost never found in good condition.

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London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longman's, & Roberts. Good with no dust jacket. 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Rebound in red cloth with a black tape spine. The map is present, but one plate (abandonment of the resolute & intrepid) is missing. No sign it was ever there. Contents very good to fine, with no lib marks, and very little foxing. The only library marking I find is the remnants of a bookplate inside the front cover. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 530+ads pages .

8vo modern buckram, publisher’s brown wrappers bound in, illustrated with 8 hand finished tinted lithographed plates, a folding map and wood engravings, 539 [23] pp. Contents somewhat loose in binding, a couple of signatures sprung. Early newspaper clipping pinned in inside wrapper, some foxing at edges, and owner’s signature on title. Under the command of Captain Henry Kellett the ‘Resolute’ was one of a five ship expedition to continue the search for Sir John Franklin. McDougall who was the master on the ‘Resolute’, describes the voyage and the months they spent in the Artic, including commenting on ice conditions, wintering the ship and keeping the crew entertained. Unfortunately after reaching Melville Sound the ship became ice bound and had to be abandoned in May 1854. About a year and a half later the ship was found drifting in the Davis Strait by an American whaling vessel in September of 1855. The appendix of this work includes lots of useful information on temperature, equipment,… Read More