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Dec. 11, 2019
Ross, John - Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a Northwest Passage - 1834
Est: $60 - $100
Ross, John (1777-1856) Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a Northwest Passage (1834) Description (FR): Gravures colorées sur papier (x6), tirées de l'ouvrage Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a Northwest Passage, 1834 par le capitaine John Ross, toutes titrées et signées dans la plaque J.Ross, J. C. Armytage Description (EN): Colored etchings on paper (x6), from the book Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a Northwest Passage published in 1834 by Captain John Ross, all titled and signed in the plate J.Ross, J. C. Armytage Dimension (PO): 9" x 12" Dimension (CM): 22.86cm x 30.48cm Rapport de condition: Excellente condition avec couleurs vives, papier plus sombre dans l'ouverture du passe-partout. Condition report: Upon request, We will gladly answer all your inquiries in a detailed manner.
Champagne Auctions
Nov. 29, 2017
John Ross (1777-1856) "A Voyage of Discovery" Leather Bound Book.
Est: $600 - $800
John Ross (1777-1856) "A Voyage of Discovery" Leather Bound Book. Made under the orders of the admiralty in His Majesty's ships Isabella and Alexander, for the Purpose of Exploring Baffin's Bay, and Enquiring into the Probability of a North-West Passage. London: John Murray, Albemarle-Street., 1819. Printed by W. Clowes, Northumberland-Court, Strand, London. Light fraying to edges, foxing and toning to pages, wear to binding. Shipping $35.00 (estimate $600-$800)
Kodner Galleries
Mar. 26, 2017
Admiral Sir John Ross (1777-1856) Personnel Seal
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
and Book with signature and Book Plate, the cylindrical seal depicts a wolfs head, a sled, a globe and a long pennant with the words "Spes Aspera Levat"translates "Hope outweighs Hardship" the book called "Sverigne" which displays signature and book plate. CATALOGUE NOTE: Admiral Sir John Ross, CB, RN (24 June 1777 30 August 1856) was a British naval officer and Arctic explorer. Ross was the son of the Rev. Andrew Ross of Balsarroch, minister of Inch in Wigtownshire, and Elizabeth Corsane, daughter of Robert Corsane, the Provost of Dumfries. In 1786, aged only nine, he joined the Royal Navy as an apprentice. He served in the Mediterranean until 1789 and then in the English Channel. In 1808, he acted as a captain of the Swedish Navy and in 1812 became a Commander. Sir John Ross stands alone among 19th Century British Arctic explorers. He made three expeditions to the Arctic, looking for the Northwest Passage, exploring King William Island, Boothia Peninsula and searching for the lost expedition of Sir John Franklin. TIMELINE: * 1786 joined the Royal Navy at age 9. On the 'Pearl' in the Mediterranean. * 1790 crew on 'Impregnable' * 1805 became a Lieutenant * 1809 made a Swedish Knight due to a brief period of service to the Swedish Admiral * 1812 promoted to Naval Commander and took the helm of a series of ships in the Baltic, North Sea and the White Sea. * 1818 appointed Commander of the ship 'Isabella' - searching for a Northwest Passage through Lancaster South to the Pacific Ocean *1819 publish his book ' A voyage of discovery, made under the orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's ships Isabella and Alexander, for the purpose of exploring Baffin's Bay, and inquiring into the probability of a north-west passage" *1829 Private Expedition, under the sponsorship of his friend Felix Booth *1834 Knighted *1835 Published a book about the expedition, " Narrative of a second voyage in search of a north-west passage, and of a residence in the Arctic regions during the years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833" *1850 took his own private yacht "Mary" to search for Sir John Franklin and his men. Discovered the graves on Beechey Island in 1851. *1850 promoted to Rear Admiral Detailed Information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ross_(Royal_Navy_officer)#Publications PROVENANCE: Sir John Ross (1777 - 1856), then by descent.
Aalders Auctions
Sep. 30, 2015
ROSS--HUISH. THE LAST VOYAGE OF... JOHN ROSS TO THE ARCTIC REGIONS. 1856
Est: £300 - £500
FIRST EDITION, 8vo (222 x 138mm.), [2], ii, 716, 44pp., engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved additional title, folding letterpress table, engraved map, 7 engraved plates, original blue-green pebble-grained cloth, yellow endpapers, slipcase, expertly rebacked retaining original spine
Sotheby's
Apr. 13, 2015
ROSS, JOHN. 1777-1856. A Voyage of Discovery, Made under the Ord
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ROSS, JOHN. 1777-1856. A Voyage of Discovery, Made under the Orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's Ships Isabella and Alexander, for the Purpose of Exploring Baffin's Bay, and Inquiring into the Probability of a North-West Passage. London: John Murray, 1819.
Bonhams
Sep. 22, 2014
ROSS, JOHN, SIR. 1777-1856. A Voyage of Discovery,
Est: -
ROSS, JOHN, SIR. 1777-1856. A Voyage of Discovery, Made under the Orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's Ships Isabella and Alexander, for the Purpose of Exploring Baffin's Bay, and Inquiring into the Probability of a North-West Passage London: John Murray, 1819.
Bonhams
Oct. 16, 2013
ROSS, JOHN. 1777-1856. A Voyage of Discovery, Made under the Orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's Ships Isabella and Alexander, for the Purpose of Exploring Baffin's Bay, and Inquiring into the Probability of a North-West Passage. London: John
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ROSS, JOHN. 1777-1856. A Voyage of Discovery, Made under the Orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's Ships Isabella and Alexander, for the Purpose of Exploring Baffin's Bay, and Inquiring into the Probability of a North-West Passage. London: John Murray, 1819.
Bonhams
Jun. 25, 2013
ROSS, JOHN. 1777-1856.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Explanation and Answer to Mr. John Braithwaite's Supplement to Captain Sir John Ross's Narrative of a Second Voyage.... [London]: A. W. Webster, [1835]. 4to (273 x 219 mm). 8pp. Original printed wrappers, title on front. Fine. Sir John Ross's vessel the Victory had supplementary steam power, and during his voyage the engines failed, and the Victory had to be abandoned in the ice of Victoria Harbour. Ross violently attacked his engineers, Braithwaite and Ericsson, over the faulty engines, and Braithwaite answered him in his "Supplement." This pamphlet is Ross's Answer to that supplement, and vituperative exchanges carried on. Ross asked the publisher in a letter to The Times to give this free to anyone who might ask for it, and it was later included with the Appendix volume to Ross' Second Voyage. Sabin 73370 (citing incorrect date).
Bonhams
Jun. 25, 2013
ROSS, SIR JOHN. 1777-1856.
Est: $700 - $1,000
Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions during the years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833. Including the Reports of Commander, now Captain, James Clark Ross ... And The Discovery of the Northern Magnetic Pole [with] Appendix to the Narrative.... London: A. W. Webster, 1835. Together 2 volumes, 4to (315 x 250 mm). [8], xxxiii, [1], 740; xii, 120, cxliv, cii, [2] pp. Large folding colored map, 50 plates of which 21 are colored. Original navy textured cloth decorated in gilt on spine, untrimmed and partially unopened. Early replacement endpapers to first volume, binding quite bright but with large scuff to spine of vol 1 and smaller scuff on rear cover of volume 2, occasional foxing. Provenance: T.W. Tottie (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITIONS, a fine production. "This appendix contains, besides the illustrations of Esquimaux life, forty-four pages of a vocabulary of the language of that people. The first twenty-four pages are descriptive of the general habits of life of the Esquimaux, and pp 25 to 60 are occupied with biographical sketches of representative persons, of both sexes, of whom the plates are portraits" (Field 1321-2). Abbey Travel 636; Sabin 7360.
Bonhams
Jun. 25, 2013
ROSS, JOHN. 1777-1856.
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
A Voyage of Discovery, Made under the Orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's Ships Isabella and Alexander, for the Purpose of Exploring Baffin's Bay, and Inquiring into the Probability of a North-West Passage. London: John Murray, 1819. 4to (270 x 205 mm). [6], errata slip, 14, [2], xxxix, 17-252, [2], cxliv pp ("Official Instructions" pp 1-14 bound before the Introduction). 31 charts, maps and plates, several folding and several hand colored. Contemporary calf gilt with green label, rebacked with original spine laid down. Occasional offsetting. Provenance: Kimbolton Castle (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Includes a "Comparative List of the Northern and Southern Eskimaux Language," as well as a list of "Words the Same in Both Dialects" (pp 122-23). "Ross's expedition had some notable achievements including the confirmation of William Baffin's description of Baffin's Bay exactly two hundred years earlier ... His encounter with a previously unknown group of native people whom he referred to as 'Arctic Highlanders' was memorably drawn by Sackheuse and known through its reproduction in Ross's volume ... In effect Ross began a new era in Arctic research" (Books on Ice 2.5). Abbey Travel 634; Field 1320; Sabin 73376.
Bonhams
Apr. 16, 2012
ROSS, JOHN. 1777-1856. A Voyage of Discovery, Made under the Orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's Ships Isabella and Alexander, for the Purpose of Exploring Baffin's Bay, and Inquiring into the Probability of a North-West Passage. London: John
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
A Voyage of Discovery, Made under the Orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's Ships Isabella and Alexander, for the Purpose of Exploring Baffin's Bay, and Inquiring into the Probability of a North-West Passage. London: John Murray, 1819. 4to (267 x 205 mm). [4], errata slip, [xxxix], [1], 252, [2], cxliv. Engraved folding frontispiece chart and 31 plates (several folding and several colored). Period calf-backed marbled boards, raised bands, gilt spines, marbled endpapers. Several plates foxed, a few creases from misfolds, some offsetting to folding plates and to title, bindings rubbed, edgewear. FIRST EDITION. Includes a "Comparative List of the Northern and Southern Eskimaux Language," as well as a list of "Words the Same in Both Dialects" (pp 122-23). Abbey Travel 634; Field 1320; Pilling 3385; Sabin 73376.
Bonhams
May. 21, 2011
A Historic 19th C English Sterling and Silverplated Coffee and Tea Service
Est: $7,500 - $15,000
A Historic 19th C English Sterling and Silverplated Coffee and Tea Service with the Crest of Admiral Sir James Clark Ross, 1800-1862, nephew of Admiral Sir John Ross, 1777-1856, both Arctic and Antarctic explorers, the set to include a Sheffield silver plated hot water urn by William Hutton & Sons Ltd., the urn having a chased floral design to the bulbous body and hinged cover, with the family crest to one side with the motto "arctaeos numine fines", and to the other side a crest symbolizing his Arctic expedition on the Enterprise to rescue the failed Sir John Franklin Arctic Expedition, the crest having a flag flying from an ice floe and the motto "spes aspera levat", with the W. M. Hutton & Sons mark to the bottom of a scallop shell foot of the openwork stand (missing the burner), part of front lock missing, break in openwork to back of base, and is being sold with a four piece M 19th C sterling coffee and tea service, all with London marks for 1839-1841 and with the maker's mark of Charles Fox, the four pieces heavily repousseed in a floral pattern and with fruit finials to the two pots, each piece also having the Ross family crest to one side and to the other side a cartouche engraved "To Captain James Clark Ross, RN from his Old Messmates and Attached Friends Captain F.R.M Crozier, RN & Captain E.I Bird, RN", and all resting on a silverplated tray. Kettle and stand 15 1/2" high, coffee pot 10" high, total weight of sterling pieces 89.2 standard or 81.3 troy oz. NOTE: Admiral Sir James Clark Ross, along with his uncle, Admiral Sir John Ross, were among the earliest and most successful explorers of the Arctic and Antarctic, with James Ross being the discoverer of the North magnetic pole and of the magnetic surveys of the Antarctic, is the person for whom the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea are named.
Harlowe-Powell Auction Gallery
Dec. 09, 2010
ROSS, JOHN. 1777-1856. Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions during the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833. London: A.W. Webster, 1835.
Est: $800 - $1,200
Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions during the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833. London: A.W. Webster, 1835. 2 volumes, including Appendix with Supplement bound in. [8], xxxiii, [1], 740; xii, 120, cxliv, cii, [1 errata]; [2], ii, 18 pp. Volume 1 with 16 steel-engraved plates including frontispiece; 6 color lithographed plates (1 of which is a plan); 3 color mezzotints; 6 maps, one of which is the large folding chart of the Arctic regions with outline hand-coloring. Appendix with portrait frontispiece plus 19 lithographed plates, 12 of which are hand-colored. 4to (302 x 231 mm). Uniform original half calf, spines gilt, red morocco lettering pieces. Foxing at ends to some plate margins and skies (and facing text pages), frontispiece and "Lady Melville's Lake" plate foxed, hinges weak, light sunning and rubbing to bindings. Large-paper, presentation copy. The scarce supplement bound in at the close of the Appendix is inscribed: "To A Barclay Esqr/ with the Author's Compts." The expedition survived four winters in the Arctic, during which James Clark Ross discovered the magnetic North Pole (in 1831). The plates include many of Eskimo costume and life, as well as the justly praised color mezzotints showing the polar night sky. Arctic Bib 14866; Field 1321; Hill p 261; Sabin 73381 & 73384. Provenance: presentation inscription to A. Barclay; armorial bookplates of Charles Barclay.
Bonhams
Dec. 09, 2009
ROSS, John (1777-1856). A Voyage of Discovery, Made Under the Orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's Ships Isabella and Alexander, for the Purpose of Exploring Baffin's Bay and Inquiring into the Probability of a North-West Passage. London:
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
ROSS, John (1777-1856). A Voyage of Discovery, Made Under the Orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's Ships Isabella and Alexander, for the Purpose of Exploring Baffin's Bay and Inquiring into the Probability of a North-West Passage. London: John Murray, 1819. 4υo (287 x 225 mm). 7 maps and charts (6 folding), and 25 aquatint or engraved plates and coastal profiles (15 colored and 7 folding). (Lacks errata slip, some light offsetting and marginal staining.) (Some occasional pale browning at edges.) Contemporary boards (rebacked with red morocco). FIRST EDITON OF ROSS'S FAMOUS FIRST VOYAGE. Ross, along with William Parry, his nephew James Clark Ross, and Edward Sabine (who would all become famous explorers in their own right) attempted on their journey to proceed westward through Lancaster Sound. Deceived, quite possibly by a mirage, Ross described the passage as barred by a mountain range that he named the Croker Mountains. He then returned to England, losing his only possibility of penetrating the Northwest passage. His observations were initially accepted as conclusive, and he was promoted to post rank on 7 December 1818. Controversy would soon follow, as Sir John Barrow, furious that the attempt to find the open polar sea had failed, vented his anger in person to Ross, and the Admiralty, having learned that there were some doubts as to the existence of the Croker Mountains, dispatched another expedition under the command of Parry. Edward Sabine, in his account of the voyage, claimed that Ross was the only person to have seen the Croker Mountains and that he had misrepresented some scientific results of the voyage. Parry's return in 1820 brought further proof that Ross's assertions had been incorrect, and, despite his willingness to make another voyage, Ross was not given another opportunity to lead an Arctic expedition until 1829. Abbey Travel 634; Arctic Bibliography 14873; Hill 1488; NMM 818; Sabin 73376; Staton & Tremaine/TPL 1152.
Christie's
Jun. 18, 2008
Ross (John, Admiral, 1777-1856). Admiralty order,
Est: £150 - £200
Ross (John, Admiral, 1777-1856). Admiralty order, Admiralty, 15th April 1816, to John Ross, commanding His Majesty's Sloop Driver [at Leith], instructing him to put himself under the command of Sir William J. Hope KCB, Rear-Admiral of the Red & Commander in Chief of His Majesty's ships on the coast of Scotland, signed by Admiral Sir George Hope, Admiral Sir George Warrender, Admiral Sir Joseph Yorke, and by Admiralty Secretary John Barrow, light soiling, one small closed tear not affecting text, one page, folio Admiral Sir John Ross commanded the Driver between 1815 and 1817. In January 1818 he was appointed to the Isabella as Commander of an expedition to search for the North West Passage. (1)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Jun. 17, 2008
ROSS, John (1777-1856). A Voyage of Discovery, Made Under the Orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's Ships Isabella and Alexander, for the Purpose of Exploring Baffin's Bay and Inquiring into the Probability of a North-West Passage . London:
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
ROSS, John (1777-1856). A Voyage of Discovery, Made Under the Orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's Ships Isabella and Alexander, for the Purpose of Exploring Baffin's Bay and Inquiring into the Probability of a North-West Passage. London: John Murray, 1819. 4o (262 x 209 mm). Errata slip at end. 7 maps and charts (6 folding), and 25 aquatint or engraved plates and coastal profiles (15 colored and 7 folding) (some spotting and offsetting to the facing text pages, a few folding plates with small splits along folds). (Some occasional pale browning at edges.) Contemporary calf (rebacked to match). FIRST EDITON OF ROSS'S FAMOUS FIRST VOYAGE. Ross, along with William Parry, James Clark Ross, and Edward Sabine (who would all become famous explorers in their own right) attempted on their journey to proceed westward through Lancaster Sound. Deceived, quite possibly by a mirage, Ross described the passage as barred by a mountain range that he named the Croker Mountains. He then returned to England, losing his only possibility of penetrating the Northwest passage. His observations were initially accepted as conclusive, and he was promoted to post rank on 7 December 1818. Controversy would soon follow, as Sir John Barrow, furious that the attempt to find the open polar sea had failed, vented his anger in person to Ross, and the Admiralty, having learned that there were some doubts as to the existence of the Croker Mountains, dispatched another expedition under the command of Parry. Edward Sabine, in his account of the voyage, claimed that Ross was the only person to have seen the Croker Mountains and that he had misrepresented some scientific results of the voyage. Parry's return in 1820 brought further proof that Ross's assertions had been incorrect, and, despite his willingness to make another voyage, Ross was not given another opportunity to lead an Arctic expedition until 1829. Abbey Travel 634; Arctic Bibliography 14873; Hill 1488; NMM 818; Sabin 73376; Staton & Tremaine/TPL 1152.
Christie's
Apr. 16, 2007
ROSS, John (1777-1856). A Voyage of Discovery, Made Under the Orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's Ships Isabella and Alexander, for the Purpose of Exploring Baffin's Bay and Inquiring into the Probability of a North-West Passage . London:
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
ROSS, John (1777-1856). A Voyage of Discovery, Made Under the Orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's Ships Isabella and Alexander, for the Purpose of Exploring Baffin's Bay and Inquiring into the Probability of a North-West Passage . London: John Murray, 1819. 4 o (287 x 227 mm). 7 maps and charts (6 folding), and 25 aquatint or engraved plates and coastal profiles (15 colored and 7 folding) (some spotting and offsetting to the facing text pages, one plate detached). Original boards, uncut (skilfully rebacked to match with printed paper spine label). FIRST EDITON OF ROSS'S FAMOUS FIRST VOYAGE. Ross, along with William Parry, James Clark Ross, and Edward Sabine (who would all become famous explorers in their own right) attempted on their journey to proceed westward through Lancaster Sound. Deceived, quite possibly by a mirage, Ross described the passage as barred by a mountain range that he named the Croker Mountains. He then returned to England, losing his only possibility of penetrating the Northwest passage. His observations were initially accepted as conclusive, and he was promoted to post rank on 7 December 1818. Controversy would soon follow, as Sir John Barrow, furious that the attempt to find the open polar sea had failed, vented his anger in person to Ross, and the Admiralty, having learned that there were some doubts as to the existence of the Croker Mountains, dispatched another expedition under the command of Parry. Edward Sabine, in his account of the voyage, claimed that Ross was the only person to have seen the Croker Mountains and that he had misrepresented some scientific results of the voyage. Parry's return in 1820 brought further proof that Ross's assertions had been incorrect, and, despite his willingness to make another voyage, Ross was not given another opportunity to lead an Arctic expedition until 1829. Abbey Travel 634; Arctic Bibliography 14873; Hill 1488; NMM 818; Sabin 73376; Staton & Tremaine/TPL 1152.
Christie's
Sep. 21, 2005
SIR JOHN ROSS (1777-1856)
Est: £1,500 - £2,500
A Voyage of Discovery... for the Purpose of Exploring Baffin's Bay, and Inquiring into the Probability of a North-West Passage. London: W. Clowes for John Murray, 1819. 4° (266 x 209mm). Engraved folding frontispiece chart and 2 engraved folding maps by J. Walker after J. Bushnan et al., 25 aquatint or engraved plates and coastal profiles by D. Havell, R. Havell & Son, Thomas Lewin after A.M. Skene, Ross, H.P. Hoppner, Thomas Lewin et al., 15 hand-coloured, 7 folding, and 4 engraved tables, 3 folding. Woodcut illustrations, one full-page, and letterpress tables in the text. Errata slip tipped onto 1/1r. (Occasional light spotting and offsetting clean tear, reinforced at margin, on Z2.) Contemporary tree calf, boards with blind-tooled borders and cornerpieces, spine gilt in compartments, lettered in one (lightly rubbed and scratched, corners bumped, rebacked retaining original spine). Provenance: Charles Wright (early ownership inscription on front free endpaper and inkstamp on title margin) -- Américo F. Marques, Lisbon (bookseller's ticket on upper pastedown). FIRST EDITION. Abbey Travel 634; Arctic Bibliography 14873; Hill 1488; Sabin 73376. Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions During the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833. London: C. Whiting for A.W. Webster, 1835. 4° (296 x 244mm). Engraved frontispiece, 3 colour-printed mezzotint plates finished by hand, 15 engraved plates, and 6 hand-coloured lithographic plates after Ross. 5 lithographic maps, one printed in 2 colours and one hand-coloured engraved folding map. Letterpress tables in the text. Errata leaf. (Some variable spotting and offsetting, folding map creased and with short tears.) Contemporary half calf over marbled boards (board edges rubbed causing small losses, rebacked and with gilt morocco lettering-piece). FIRST EDITION, without the Appendix. Abbey Travel 636; Arctic Bibliography 14866; Hill 1490; Sabin 73381. Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage... London: Orlando Hodgson, [n.d., 1836-1844]. 4° (278 x 214mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece and 20 aquatint and engraved plates. Letterpress tables in the text. Text printed in double columns. (Some light offsetting and browning, a few plates slightly creased.) 20th-century pigskin, retaining 19th-century gilt morocco lettering-piece, slipcase. Provenance: Geoffrey Gilbert, June 1938 (bookplate). RARE. Abbey Travel 636 (note). FIRST EDITIONS OF ROSS'S VOYAGES, WITH HODGSON'S RARE EDITION OF THE SECOND. Ross's first voyage described his attempts to travel through Lancaster Sound, and his erroneous belief that it was blocked by a range of mountains which he named the Croker Mountains; the subsequent disproval of this statement led to the discrediting of the whole work and Ross's reputation, and the withdrawal of the Admiralty's support for further explorations. It was only in 1829 that Ross was able to lead a second expedition, during which his nephew and second-in-command James Clark Ross discovered the North Magnetic Pole. Although Abbey dates the quarto Hodgson edition of Narrative of a Second Voyage '[1834]' and describes it as the first publication of the account, this appears to be incorrect; Hodgson's address was 10 Cloth Fair between 1832 and 1835, and then 111 Fleet Street -- the address given on the title of this copy -- from 1836-1844 (cf. P.A.H. Brown London Publishers and Printers, c. 1800-1870 (London: 1982), p. 91). The Hodgson edition, quite possibly a piracy, reprints the text of the first edition (but omits the Introduction and Addenda) and is illustrated with engraved copies of 20 of the 25 plates of the first edition and a portrait of Ross after Faulkner's 1834 painting (which was not included in the first edition). A Hodgson duodecimo edition dated '[183?]' is recorded by Sabin 73381. (3)
Christie's
Sep. 25, 2002
SIR JOHN ROSS (1777-1856)
Est: $1,248 - $1,872
Narrative of a Second Voyage in search of a North-West Passage, and of a residence in the arctic regions during the years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833. London: C. Whiting for A.W. Webster, 1835. Large 4o (317 x 252mm.) 31 plates and maps (comprising: 6 maps (5 lithographic, 1 of these printed in 2 colours, 1 folding, engraved and hand-coloured), 25 plates (3 colour-printed mezzotints with touches of hand-colouring, 6 hand-coloured lithographs, 16 uncoloured engravings)). (Some spotting.) Original dark blue cloth, spine blocked in gilt (neat repairs to spine, inner hinges repaired). Large paper copy of the first edition, without the supplementary 'Appendix' volume. Abbey Travel II, 636; Sabin 73381. [ With :] Sir John FRANKLIN (1786-1847). Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819, 20, 21, and 22. London: William Clowes for John Murray, 1823. 4o (273 x 212mm.) 16-line errata slip at end of text, 34 engraved maps and plates (comprising: 4 folding maps, 30 plates (including 10 hand-coloured aquatints)). (Tears and creases to folding maps.) Contemporary calf (neatly rebacked to style). Provenance : John Clowes (early signature)--Broughton (book label). First edition. Cf. Abbey Travel II, 635; NMM I, p.273; Sabin 25624. (2).
Christie's
May. 09, 2002
Sir John Ross (1777-1856)
Est: $2,175 - $2,900
John BRAITHWAITE (1797-1870). Supplement to Captain Sir John Ross's narrative of a second voyage in the Victory in search of a North-West passage containing the Suppressed Facts necessary to a proper understanding of the causes of the failure of the steam machinery of the Victory. London: Cunningham & Salmon for Chapman & Hall, 1835. Collation: [A] 1, B-C 4 D 2. (Title [imprint on verso], [i]-ii Prefatory Notice, [1]-18 text); [ Bound with :] [Sir John ROSS]. Explanation and Answer to Mr. Braithwaite's Supplement. London: Whiting [for A.B.Webster, n.d.]. Two works in one volume, 4o (270 x 206mm). Modern calf-backed boards. [ With :] Sir John ROSS. Explanation and Answer to Mr.Braithwaite's Supplement. London: Whiting for A.B.Webster, [n.d.]. Collation: [A] 4. ([1]-8 text, drophead title on p.[1], imprint at foot of p.8). Original light brown paper wrappers, titled in letterpress on upper cover, modern blue cloth folding case, all within modern blue morocco-backed cloth slip-case. Ross set out on his second voyage in 1829 in the Victory, a small paddle-steamer with boilers fitted by Messrs. Braithwaite and Ericsson, accompanied by his nephew James Ross, a purser, a surgeon and 19 men. He sought a passage south from Regent's Inlet but was unable to break through the ice and wintered in Felix Harbour in 1829-1830. The Victory made little progress south in the following summer and was abandoned in May 1832, beset by ice. Ross and his party wintered at Fury Beach and were rescued by a whaler, Ross's old ship the Isabella. The expedition achieved some success: large areas were surveyed for the first time and his nephew discoved the magnetic pole. Ross attributed the failures largely to the shortcomings of the boilers supplied by Braithwaite, and this led to the present vituperative exchanges. Arctic Bibliography 2074 & 14862; cf. Fergus Fleming Barrow's Boys 1998, pp.310-311; Sabin 7360 & 73370. (2).
Christie's