Beechey (Capt. F.W.) Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait, to co-operate with the Polar Expeditions, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 3 engraved maps (2 folding), 23 engraved and lithographed plates, most with tissue-guards, tipped-in errata slip and advertisement f., remains of original spines tipped-in at end (with ink title in manuscript), bookplate of Frederick E. Ellis, ink ownership inscription of Eliza Giffard to pastedowns, occasional light foxing, maps with light offsetting, a few plates toned, hinges repaired, original boards, neatly rebacked with spine labels renewed, upper covers with title in manuscript, a few small stains, rubbed, preserved in a morocco-backed drop-back box, [Sabin 4347; Hill 93], 4to, 1831.

⁂ The so-called Admiralty edition, issued in quarto, with an octavo edition published the same year. The work includes much information on Alaska, the Californian coast and the Pacific islands, particularly details on the Bounty mutiny taken from the narrative of John Adams, the last surviving mutineer on Pitcairn Island.