BEECHEY, Frederick William (1796-1856). A Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole.

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 ((212 x 135mm). Engraved frontispiece, folding engraved chart, 5 plates, including 2 folding lithographed panoramas on tinted paper (lacks half title, some spotting and staining, mainly to plates). Contemporary polished calf gilt, spine gilt in compartments with black morocco lettering-piece (lightly rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: “July 1859. First Class Dictation prize. Robert Wood Ingham. Presented by A. Newland. 86 Oxford Terrace, Hyde Park” (prize label, completed by hand); from the Collection of Lt. Cdr. Andrew David (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. One of the plates is captioned “Attack of Walruses upon the Boat of the Trent.” Arctic Bib. 1230; Hill p. 97; Sabin 43129.