Lot 2143: BEECHEY, FREDERICK WILLIAM. 1796-1856.

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.