London: William Clowes for John Murray, 1824. First edition. 4to. With 4 pp. publisher's ads at rear. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, 30 etched or aquatint plates and plans by E. Finden after G. Lyon; four engraved folding plates of coastal profiles by J. Walker after J. Bushnan; four engraved folding maps by J. Walker after J. Bushnan, et al.; as well as numerous in-text illustrations, diagrams, and letterpress tables. Later half diced calf over marbled paper-covered boards, contemporary morocco spine label, stamped in gilt, light toning to boards; all edges untrimmed; some offsetting of plates and plans to text; some marginal spotting to plates. Provenance: L.F. Clarkson (early ownership signature on frontispiece verso). Arctic Bibliography 13142 (including the 1825 "Appendix", not present in this copy); Brunet IV:388; Lowndes p. 1789; Sabin 58864 and 58865

First edition of Parry's second voyage. Parry sailed on his second Arctic expedition in May 1821. He was "twice frozen in for several months, but made many explorations and discoveries by sea and land...This work deals with the characteristics of the Eskimos and is a treatise on aboriginal life as well as a narrative of scientific discoveries" (Hill 1312).