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Oct. 21, 2020
BEECHEY, FREDERICK WILLIAM. 1796-1856. 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 Richar...
Est: $700 - $1,000
BEECHEY, FREDERICK WILLIAM. 1796-1856. 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. 4to (285 x 214 mm). 26 engraved or lithographed plates including 3 maps (2 of which are folding), errata leaf. Contemporary green cloth, rebacked. Foxing to plates and infrequently to text margins, boards with shelfwear. FIRST EDITION. Beechey's book 'provides an important account of Monterey and San Francisco before the American conquest ... Beechey described 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. In the course of this voyage Beechey discovered several islands in the Pacific' (Hill). 'Captain Beechey and Sir John Franklin had arrived within fifty leagues of each other, when the latter was compelled by the weather to return. One of the most valuable of modern voyages, containing a most interesting visit to Pitcairn's Island, the coast of California, etc' (Sabin 4347). Cowan II p 42; Hill p 18; Howes B309; Lada-Mocarski 95; Zamorano 80 4. For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Sep. 20, 2016
BEECHEY, FREDERICK WILLIAM. 1796-1856. 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
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
BEECHEY, FREDERICK WILLIAM. 1796-1856. 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. 2 volumes. 4to (274 x 209 mm). xxi, [3] errata, directions to binder, 392; vii, [1] directions to binder, [393]-742, [2]pp publisher's ads. 23 engraved and lithographed plates, 3 maps, 2 folding, errata slip in volume 2. Contemporary calf over marbled boards, spines with gilt-lettered black leather labels. Foxing to plates and occasionally to text margins, but generally quite clean, offset from folding maps, volume 1 with half-title and front flyleaf detached, upper joints cracked, tape repairs to spines, light shelfwear. Provenance: Thomas Peers Williams; Allen L. Chickering (bookplates). FIRST EDITION. "[Beechey's] book provides an important account of Monterey and San Francisco before the American conquest ... Beechey described 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. In the course of this voyage Beechey discovered several islands in the Pacific" (Hill). "Captain Beechey and Sir John Franklin had arrived within fifty leagues of each other, when the latter was compelled by the weather to return. One of the most valuable of modern voyages, containing a most interesting visit to Pitcairn's Island, the coast of California, etc" (Sabin 4347). Cowan II p 42; Hill p 18; Howes B309; Lada-Mocarski 95; Zamorano 80 4.
Bonhams
Feb. 09, 2015
BEECHEY, FREDERICK WILLIAM. 1796-1856. Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and
Est: -
BEECHEY, FREDERICK WILLIAM. 1796-1856. 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.
Bonhams
Jun. 25, 2013
BEECHEY, FREDERICK WILLIAM. 1796-1856.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
A Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole, performed in His Majesty's Ships Dorothea and Trent, under the Command of Captain David Buchan, R. N., 1818; to which is added a Summary of all the Early Attempts to reach the Pacific by way of the Pole. London: Richard Bentley, 1843. 8vo (223 x 139 mm). ix, [1], 351, [1] pp. Half-title. 6 plates (two folding) plus a folding chart in a pouch in front cover. Original cloth lettered in gilt. Spine sunned, some wear, staining, tape repair to the two folding plates. FIRST EDITION. "Lt. Beechey first served as second-in-command to John Franklin aboard HMS Trent in 1818 when David Buchan in HMS Dorothea and Franklin attempted to sail across the North Pole to Asia, a voyage frustrated by icepack. This book is the standard account, written much later in Beechey's distinguished career" (Books on Ice 2.11). Beechey accompanied Sir William Parry's expedition in 1819. Hill p 19; Sabin 4349.
Bonhams
Jun. 25, 2013
BEECHEY, FREDERICK WILLIAM. 1796-1856.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
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: Richard Bentley, 1831. 2 volumes. 8vo (222 x 135 mm). xxvi, [2], 472; iv, 452 pp. 1 double page and 2 large folding maps, 4 double page and 19 plates [i.e. 23]. Original publishers blue cloth lettered in gilt. Some plates browned, repaired tear to frontispiece map. Provenance: G. & N. Ingleton (bookplate). FIRST OCTAVO EDITION, very attractive copy of this desirable work with early descriptions of San Francisco Bay in addition to polar material. Hill p 18; Howes B309; Sabin 4347.
Bonhams
Jun. 25, 2013
BEECHEY, FREDERICK WILLIAM. 1796-1856.
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
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. 2 parts in one volume. 4to (272 x 200 mm). xxi, [1 errata], [iii]-vii, [1], 742 pp, errata slip. Preliminaries of second part bound at front, bound without second part title. 23 engraved and lithographed plates, 3 maps (2 folding). Period calf, edges marbled. Foxing and offsetting to some plates, skillfully rebacked. FIRST EDITION, THE LARGE-PAPER ADMIRALITY EDITION. "[Beechey's] book provides an important account of Monterey and San Francisco before the American conquest ... Beechey described 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. In the course of this voyage Beechey discovered several islands in the Pacific" (Hill). "Captain Beechey and Sir John Franklin had arrived within fifty leagues of each other, when the latter was compelled by the weather to return. One of the most valuable of modern voyages, containing a most interesting visit to Pitcairn's Island, the coast of California, etc" (Sabin 4347). Hill p 18; Howes B309.
Bonhams
Jun. 25, 2013
BEECHEY, FREDERICK WILLIAM. 1796-1856.
Est: $800 - $1,200
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.... Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1832. 8vo. vi, [2], 493 pp. Engraved folding map laid in. Original red cloth over boards, printed paper spine label. Uncut, light foxing, repaired tear and signature to f.f.e.p., spine sunned and creased, wear to boards. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Includes early accounts of Monterey and San Francisco before the American Conquest, but also Alaska, Hawaii, Pitcairn Island, Macao, Okinawa, the Society Islands, Tahiti, etc. Hill considers this one of the most valuable of modern voyages. The map supplied from earlier London edition. Forbes 803; Hill p 19 (London ed); Howes B309; Sabin 4347; Zamorano 80 4 (London ed).
Bonhams
Jun. 25, 2013
BEECHEY (FREDERICK WILLIAM)
Est: £600 - £800
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, 2 vol., first octavo edition, 23 engraved plates (4 double-page), 3 engraved maps, without half-titles, 4 text leaves with tears repaired at end of volume one, spotting, blue half calf, red morocco spine labels, slightly rubbed [cf. Hill 93; O'Reilly-Reitman 849; Sabin 4347; TPL 849], 8vo, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831
Bonhams
Jun. 19, 2013
BEECHEY (FREDERICK WILLIAM)
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait, to co-operate with the Polar Expeditions: performed in H.M.S. Blossom... in the Years 1825, 26, 27, 28, 2 parts in one vol., FIRST EDITION, half-title, 23 engraved plates, 3 engraved maps (2 folding), errata slip, without advertisement leaf, fore-margins of half-title strengthened with archival tape, some light dampstaining to plates, short tear repaired touching image of one plate, early half calf, rubbed [Forbes 772; Hill 93; Howes B309; Sabin 4347], 4to (273 x 202mm.), Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831
Bonhams
Jan. 16, 2013
Beechey, Frederick William
Est: £150 - £250
Beechey, Frederick William Narrative of a voyage to the Pacific... London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, 23 engraved plates, 3 maps (2 folding), contemporary quarter calf, upper cover of volume 2 detached, some parts of spines lacking, joints split, rubbed, RCSI library stamps, occasional foxing, a few tears to maps and plates (2)
Lyon & Turnbull
Jul. 16, 2011
Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage, William Edward Parry (1790-1855), London: John Murray, 1821, xxix + 31...
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage, William Edward Parry (1790-1855), London: John Murray, 1821, xxix + 310 plus appendix of 179pp. with folding charts, etching and aquatint illustrations by William Bury Westall, A.R.A. (1781-1850) from sketches by Lieutenant Frederick William Beechey (1796-1856), contemporary full calf with blind stamping and gilt ruling, marbled end papers; bookplate of John Bacon Sawrey Morritt of Rokeby Park inside front cover, small signature bookplate of William Rhinelander pasted on front and etching 'The Habits of the Esquimaux' pasted on back of t.p.
Skinner
May. 01, 2010
Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage, William Edward Parry (1790-1855), London: John Murray, 1821, xxix + 310 p
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage, William Edward Parry (1790-1855), London: John Murray, 1821, xxix + 310 plus appendix of 179pp. with folding charts, etching and aquatint illustrations by William Bury Westall, A.R.A. (1781-1850) from sketches by Lieutenant Frederick William Beechey (1796-1856), contemporary full calf with blind stamping and gilt ruling, marbled end papers; bookplate of John Bacon Sawrey Morritt of Rokeby Park inside front cover, small signature bookplate of William Rhinelander pasted on front and etching 'The Habits of the Esquimaux' pasted on back of t.p.
Skinner
Dec. 11, 2009
BEECHEY, FREDERICK WILLIAM
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
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 2 volumes, 4to (10 3/4 x 8 3/8 in.; 273 x 212 mm). Three engraved maps (2 folding), 23 engraved or lithographed plates; one folding map with mended tear, some spotting and offsetting, lacking half-titles and errata slip. Contemporary diced calf with gilt-ruled border, marbled edges; rebacked, a few scrapes and stains.
Sotheby's
Dec. 09, 2009
BEECHEY, Frederick William (1796-1856). 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
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
BEECHEY, Frederick William (1796-1856). 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. 2 parts in one volume, 4υo (275 x 213 mm). 3 engraved maps, 2 folding, and 23 plates, half-titles and errata slip. (Some spotting and occasional offsetting.) 19th-century calf (upper cover detached). FIRST EDITION OF BEECHEY'S MOST FAMOUS VOYAGE. Travelling to the Bering Strait and beyond, Beechey's expedition was supposed to have met up with Sir John Franklin and Captain Parry, who were expected to arrive from the East. Franklin came within 50 leagues of Beechey's camp, but was forced to turn back on account of bad weather. This narrative remains one of "... the most valuable of modern voyages..." (Hill 93) and provides accounts of visits to Pitcairn Island (where Beechey interviewed John Adams, the last surviving member of the mutiny on the Bounty), Tahiti, Alaska, Hawaii, Macao, Okinawa, and the coast of California. Arctic Bibliography 1227; Field 105; Hill 93; Howes B-309; Lada-Mocarski 95; Sabin 4347; Wickersham 6541.
Christie's
Oct. 19, 2009
BEECHEY, FREDERICK WILLIAM. 1796-1856.
Est: $500 - $700
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.... Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1832. vi, [2], xi, [-xii], [-13], 14-493, [24] pp. 8vo (238 x 147 mm). Original purple cloth over boards, printed paper spine label, uncut. Some scattered foxing, several leaves toned, spine repaired with original cloth laid down, spine label worn, shelfwear to boards. First American edition. "One of the most valuable of modern voyages, containing a most interesting visit to Pitcairn's Island, the coast of California" and twice to Hawaii" (Sabin 4347). Forbes 803; Hill p 349. Provenance: Paul & Harriet Billingsly (bookplate).
Bonhams
Jun. 10, 2009
BEECHEY, FREDERICK WILLIAM. 1796-1856.
Est: $700 - $900
Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait. London: Henry Colburn, 1831. 2 volumes. xxviii, 472; [2], iv, 452 pp. 3 engraved maps and 23 plates. 8vo (225 x 140 mm). Period speckled calf. A few plates lightly browned, rebacked, rubbed. Second edition. Provenance: bookplates of J.C. Mansel-Pleydell (1817–1902, natural historian and antiquary) and H.L. Shapiro.
Bonhams
Jun. 03, 2009
BEECHEY, Frederick William (1796-1856). Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait . London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831.
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
BEECHEY, Frederick William (1796-1856). Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. 2 volumes, 4° (266 x 210mm). With half-titles, erratum slip, and leaf of ads in vol. II. 3 engraved maps, 2 of these folding, and 23 engraved and lithographic plates. (Some spotting, offsetting on folding maps, a very few marginal tears with neat, old repairs.) Contemporary diced russia, marbled edges (light wear). FIRST EDITION OF BEECHEY'S FAMOUS VOYAGE, relating visits to Pitcairn Island, the Tuamotus, Tahiti, Alaska, and the coasts of China and California, with an important account of Monterey and San Francisco. In the Arctic Beechey charted the coastline from Cape Prince of Wales to Point Barrow, and on Pitcairn Island he interviewed John Adams, last surviving mutineer of the Bounty. Arctic Bibliography 1227; Hill, p.19; Sabin 4347. (2)
Christie's
Apr. 06, 2009
BEECHEY, FREDERICK WILLIAM. 1796-1856.
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
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. 2 volumes. [iii]-xxi, [1], [2], 392; [iii]-vii, [1], 393-742 pp. Errata slip. 3 engraved maps (2 folding) and 23 engraved plates. 4to (262 x 200 mm). Later quarter morocco, spines gilt. Foxing to plates and ends, one plate trimmed to margins and relaid on new sheet (another plate slightly short, apparently supplied), a little soiling to first title-page, spines sunned. First edition. Beechey intended to meet Sir John Franklin and Captain Parry but Franklin was forced to turn back by adverse weather conditions. Forbes 772; Hill 93; Howes B-309; Sabin 4347. See illustration.
Bonhams
Apr. 30, 2008
BEECHEY, Frederick William (1796-1856). The Zoology of Captain Beechey's Voyage ... performed in Her Majesty's Ship Blossom ... in the Years 1825-28 . London: Henry G. Bohn, 1839.
Est: £5,000 - £8,000
BEECHEY, Frederick William (1796-1856). The Zoology of Captain Beechey's Voyage ... performed in Her Majesty's Ship Blossom ... in the Years 1825-28. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1839. 4° (271 x 205mm). 44 hand-coloured engraved plates after E. Lear, G.B. and J.D.C. Sowerby and J.C. Zeitter, most by Zeitter, and 3 geological maps on 4 sheets, one folding. (Lacks half-title, some cropping of plate numerals, plate VII shaved at foot, some spotting of text, heavy on N3-4.) Contemporary calf gilt, marbled endpapers and edges, stamp of J. Hatchard and Son on front endpaper (upper joints a little rubbed). AN IMPORTANT INVESTIGATIVE WORK NOTED FOR THE HIGH QUALITY OF ITS PLATES, the 2 plates of mammals and 12 of birds drawn by Edward Lear. The collections and notes, made during the Blosssom's 4-year voyage to the Pacific and Bering's Strait, were written up by John Richardson (mammalia), Nicholas A. Vigors (birds), George T. Lay and Edward T. Bennett (fishes), Richard Owen (crustacea), the dilatory John Edward Gray (reptiles and shells) and William Buckland (geology). A separate volume of botany was edited by Richard Hooker. According to Beechey's introduction, it was Gray who had caused a publication delay of eight years, and the ship's surgeon and naturalist, Mr. Collie, and E.T. Bennett had both died before the Zoology appeared. Hill notes that the names of two South American mammals, Beechey's marmot and Collie's squirrel, commemorate the visit of the Blossom. Anker 517: 'describes several new species'; BM/NH I, 122; Fine Bird Books (1990) 77; Hawaian National Bibliography II, 1176; Hill 96; Lada-Mocarski 105: 'much scientific data about Alaska'; Nissen IVB 961, ZBI 285; Sabin 71032; Wood p. 229; Zimmer 51.
Christie's
Apr. 16, 2007
BEECHEY, Frederick William (1796-1856). 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
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
BEECHEY, Frederick William (1796-1856). 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. 2 volumes, 4 o (273 x 212 mm). 3 engraved maps, 2 folding, and 23 plates (one folding map with repaired tear, some spotting and occasional offsetting). (Lacking half-titles and errata slip.) Contemporary diced calf (rebacked to match). FIRST EDITION OF BEECHEY'S MOST FAMOUS VOYAGE. Travelling to the Bering Strait and beyond, Beechey's expedition was supposed to have met up with Sir John Franklin and Captain Parry, who were expected to arrive from the East. Franklin came within 50 leagues of Beechey's camp, but was forced to turn back on account of bad weather. This narrative remains one of "...the most valuable of modern voyages..." (Hill 93) and provides accounts of visits to Pitcairn Island, where Beechey interviewed John Adams (the last surviving member of the mutiny on the Bounty ), Tahiti, Alaska, Hawaii, Macao, Okinawa, and the coast of California. Arctic Bibliography 1227; Field 105; Hill 93; Howes B-309; Lada-Mocarski 95; Sabin 4347; Streeter sale VI: 3517; Wickersham 6541. (2)
Christie's
Sep. 21, 2005
FREDERICK WILLIAM BEECHEY (1796-1856)
Est: £2,500 - £3,500
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: Thomas Davison for Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. 2 volumes in 1, 4° (266 x 210mm). 3 engraved maps, 2 folding, and 23 engraved, lithographed or woodcut plates, errata slip in vol. II, without half-title in vol. II. (Folding maps lightly browned, light scattered spotting to some plates, plate facing p.188 with some offsetting.) Contemporary calf gilt, spine gilt, sides tooled in blind and gilt-ruled, marbled edges (rebacked preserving the original spine, front joint starting, extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Bernard Gore Brett (armorial bookplate) -- Greene & Co. (small ticket). FIRST EDITION OF BEECHEY'S MOST FAMOUS VOYAGE. The Admiralty relief voyage to Point Barrow, Alaska, was meant to meet Sir John Franklin's overland expedition on its westward progress through the North-West Passage, although the two missed their rendezvous by a mere 160 miles. Yet Beechey's account is one of the most valuable of modern voyages and relates visits to Pitcairn Island, the Tuamotus, Tahiti, Alaska, and the coasts of China and California, with an important account of Monterey and San Francisco. In the Arctic he charted the coastline from Cape Prince of Wales to Point Barrow, and on Pitcairn Island he interviewed John Adams, last surviving mutineer of the Bounty. Arctic Bibliography 1227; Hill, p. 19; Sabin 4347.
Christie's
Jun. 18, 2004
BEECHEY, FREDERICK WILLIAM
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait... in His Majesty's Ship Blossom. London: Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley, 1831 2 volumes in one, 4to (10 1/4 x 8 1/8 in.; 260 x 206 mm). 3 engraved maps (2 folding), 23 engraved or lithographed plates, errata slip tipped in vol. 2, numerous tables in appendix, 2 pages of publisher's advertisements inserted at the end; some marginal browning to plates. Modern half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt, leather lettering piece, edges and endpapers plain.
Sotheby's
Apr. 07, 2004
BEECHEY, Frederick William (1796-1856) - Sir John RICHARDSON (1787-1865), Sir Richard OWEN
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
BEECHEY, Frederick William (1796-1856) - Sir John RICHARDSON (1787-1865), Sir Richard OWEN (1804-1892) and others. The Zoology of Captain Beechey's Voyage; compiled from the collections and notes made by Captain Beechey, the officers and naturalist of the expedition, during a voyage to the Pacific and Behring's Straits performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom... in the Years 1825, 26, 27, and 28. London: Howlett & Son for Henry G. Bohn, 1839. 4° (270 x 215mm). 44 hand-coloured engraved plates after Edward Lear, J.D.C. Sowerby, J.C. Zeitter; by T.Landseer and Zeitter, 2 hand-coloured engraved maps after Belcher, one folding sheet with a hand-coloured engraved map on one third and a series of five hand-coloured engraved geological sectional views on the other two thirds, both after Belcher. (Plate 7 shaved with slight loss, text leaves N1-2 spotted.) Contemporary blue half morocco gilt bound for Philip, Prince of the Belgians, the spine in five compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second the fourth with a crowned 'Ph' in gilt surrounded by a border of small tools and fillets, the other compartments with repeat decoration of small tools and fillets (light scuffing to extremities). Provenance: Philip, Prince of the Belgians, Count of Flanders (1837-1905, binding). A FINE COPY WITH A ROYAL PROVENANCE OF THE FIRST EDITION OF 'AN IMPORTANT RECORD' (Lada-Mocarski). Prince Philip was the second son of Leopold I, cousin to Queen Victoria and father of Albert I, King of the Belgians. 'Beechey's expedition to the North Pacific, through the Bering Strait and as far as Point Barrow, had as its objective to meet Franklin and Perry and to convey them to safety after their Polar expeditions. Beechey's voyage was productive of much scientific data... and [the present work] is an important record of these achievements' (Lada-Mocarski). The text for the various sections in this work was provided by a number of the most eminent men in the fields: John Richardson (Mammalia, with 2 plates after Edward Lear), N.A. Vigors (Ornithology, with 12 plates after Edward Lear), G.T. Lay and E.T. Bennett (Fishes, with 9 plates), Richard Owen (Crustacea, with 5 plates), John Edward Gray (Reptiles, with 4 plates and Shells, with 12 plates). Despite Gray being given as the author of the last two sections, his connection with this work was not without its problems, in an extraordinary outburst Beechey writes in the introduction 'I wish I could with sincerity have included with the above-mentioned names that of Mr. J.E. Gray, who undertook to describe the shells, but the publication has suffered so much delay in consequence of his having been connected with it, that it is a matter of the greatest regret that I ever acceded to his offer to engage in it'. Anker 517; BM(NH) I,p.122; Fine Bird Books (1990) p.77; Hawaian National Bibliography II,1176; Lada-Mocarski 105; Nissen VB 961; Sabin 71032; Wood p.229; Zimmer p.51.
Christie's
Sep. 26, 2002
Frederick William BEECHEY (1796-1856)
Est: $4,680 - $7,800
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 under the command of... Beechey... in the years 1825, 26, 27, 28. London: Thomas Davison for Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. 2 volumes, 4o (272 x 213mm.). 26 maps and plates (comprising: 23 plates [11 engraved, 2 wood-engraved, 6 aquatint, and 4 lithographs]) and 3 folding maps. (Lacking publishers' advertisements at the end of vol.II, some browning to plates). Contemporary calf gilt, covers with double-fillet borders, spines in six compartments with fasle raised bands, red morocco lettering pieces in the second and fourth, the others with gilt double-fillet borders (some light scuffing to covers). FIRST EDITION, a good copy of 'one of the most valuable of modern voyages' (Hill). 'Captain Beechey, near Point Barrow, Alaska, and Sir John Franklin had arrived within fifty leagues of each other when the latter was compelled by weather to return. Beechey's book... relates to extensive visits to Pitcairn Island, the Tuamotu Archipelago, the Scoiety Islands and Tahiti, Alaska, Hawaii, Macao, Okinawa, and the coast of California. His book gives an important account of Monterey and San Francisco before the American conquest and gives his impression of the Missionaries in San Francisco. 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. In the course of this voyage, Beechey discovered several islands in the Pacific' (Hill). Hill p.19; Sabin 4347; cf.Spence 111 (8o edition).
Christie's
May. 09, 2002
Frederick William Beechey (1796-1856)
Est: $1,160 - $1,740
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: Samuel Bentley for Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. 2 volumes, 8o (214 x 135mm). Half-titles. 3 engraved maps, 2 folding, 1 double-page, 23 plates (4 double-page lithographs, 6 aquatints, 2 wood-engravings, 11 engravings). (Plates spotted.) Contemporary green half calf gilt (scuffed, spines discoloured). Provenance : John Bonee (signatures); Santa Barbara Mission Archive Library (bookplates). Second edition of 'one of the most valuable of modern voyages' (Hill). 'Captain Beechey, near Point Barrow, Alaska, and Sir John Franklin had arrived within fifty leagues of each other when the latter was compelled by weather to turn back. Beechey's book... 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 and gives his impressions of the missionaries in San Francisco. 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 p.19). Arctic Bibliography I,1228; cf.Hill I,p.19 (the 4o first edition); Sabin 4347. [ With :] F.W.BEECHEY. A Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole, performed in His Majesty's Ships Dorothea and Trent... 1818. London: Richard Bentley, 1843. 8o (220 x 140mm). 1 folding lithographic map, 6 plates (3 lithographs, 2 folding, 2 engravings and 1 wood-engraving). (Plates browned, the map and folding plates with small tears.) Contemporary blue cloth (rebacked and cornered, modern endpapers). First edition of an account of this abortive attempt to reach the Bering Strait via the North Pole. The second part consists of an account of earlier voyages. Arctic Bibliography I,1230; Hill I,p.19; Sabin 4349. (3).
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May. 09, 2002
Lieut. Frederick William Beechey, R.N. (1796-1856)
Est: $1,450 - $2,175
H.M.S. Ships Hecla and Griper in Winter Harbour 1819; and Crews of the H.M.S. Hecla and Griper cutting into Winter Harbour Sept. 24 1819 with inscriptions as titles on the mount and with further inscriptions on the reverse of the mounts black wash heightened with white, unframed 5 1/8 x 6 1/8in. (13 x 20.5cm.) (2) ENGRAVED by W. Westall, A.R.A. in W.E. Parry, R.N., F.R.S., Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Pasage....performed in the years 1819-20, in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper etc., London, 1821, plates XIII and XIV.
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