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PARRY, William Edward (1790-1855). Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific . London: John Murray 1821. – A Supplement to the Appendix of Captain Parry’s Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage . 1824. – Journal of a Second Voyage ... 1824. – Journal of a Third Voyage ... 1826. – Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole . 1828. A finely bound set of Parry’s four voyages, with the preferred second edition of the first volume with the first appearance of the Supplement and the first edition of the other voyages. Comprising a record of Parry's important efforts to discover the Northwest passage on the Hecla and Fury . The expeditions collected a great deal of data on the position of the magnetic pole and arctic wildlife. For the Appendix to Parry's second voyage, see the following lot. Arctic Bib. 13142 (ref. 2 vols.), 13144, 13145, 13146; Sabin 58860, 58861, 58864, 58867, 58868; TPL 1205. Five volumes bound in four, quarto (274 x 215mm). Engraved frontispieces; vol. 1: 15 plates plus 6 in Supplement, 4 folding maps (one small repair to margin); vol. 2: 30 plates, 8 folding maps and charts bound at rear (a little marginal wear to final charts); vol. 3: 8 plates, 2 folding maps and charts; vol. 4: 5 plates, 1 folding map (some foxing). Uniform modern half morocco gilt over marbled boards. Provenance : The Horticulture Society of New York (blindstamp to vol. 3) – Shapero Rare Books.