Discovery and Adventure in the Polar Seas and Regions. with a Narrative of the Recent Expeditions in Search of Sir John Franklin.

520 pp. Blue cloth, gilt titles and decorations on spine, blind-stamped decorations on boards. Includes three-panel fold-out chart of the polar seas, engraved plates. Arctic Bibliography 9944: "Later editions of the authors' Narratives of Discovery and Adventure, 1830 were published under slightly different titles... Contains chapters on the climate of polar regions, the animal and vegetable life, ancient voyages to the North, voyages in search of Northeast and Northwest Passages and the North Pole, with concluding chapters on the northern whale fishery and arctic geology. Chronicle of broad scope and appeal, intended 'to exhibit a complete and connected view of successive voyages to the arctic regions,' to time of publication... From the 1850's the work continued to appear with further changes as Discovery and Adventure in the Polar Seas and Regions."