The Private Journal of Captain G.F. Lyon, of H.M.S. Hecla During The Recent Voyage of Discovery Under Captain Parry. With a map and plates. de Lyon. Captain G.F - 1824

1970. 1970 Lyon, Captain GF THE PRIVATE JOURNAL OF CAPTAIN GF LYON OF HMS HECLA Introduction James A Houston Barre, MA: Imprint Society, 1970 297pp #357/1950cc Signed by James Houston Illustrated by James Houston, large fold-out map bound-in Tall 4to Cloth/paper-covered boards Fine copy in slightly sunned slipcase.

London: John Murray, 1824. First edition. Hardcover. Good+. 8vo. [5], vi-xi, [2], 2-468 pp. Half later red sheep over marbled paper boards with the spine in six compartments, gilt lettering and gilt decorations on the spine; all edges speckled red. Later brown endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with a frontispiece and with six plates. Lacks the map called for in the list of illustrations. Arctic Bibliography 10531. The plates are bright and beautiful and capture tender moments of daily life for the Inuit people of southern Baffin Island and the Melville Peninsula. An informative record of the second Parry expedition. The joints and corners of the binding quite rubbed, scattered, light pencil underlining in the text.

London: John Murray, 1825. 2nd revised edition. 7 plates. (all called for). Lacks map. From the library of Downside Abbey. Library cloth with red leather spine. Internally clean and tidy with slight darkening. Very good condition apart from the lack of map.