Lot 255: BEECHEY (FREDERICK WILLIAM)

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