[Rarebooks] FS: Fisher's "Journal of a Voyage of Discovery to the Arctic..." in 1818.

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(ARCTIC) [Fisher, Alexander]. JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO THE 
ARCTIC REGIONS, Performed Between the 4th of April and the 18th of November, 
1818, in His Majesty's Ship Alexander, Wm. Edw. Parry... Commander. By an 
Officer of the Alexander. London: Richard Phillips. (1819). viii,104pp. Folding 
map (frontispiece) and 3 engraved diagrams. Cont. (probably original) blue 
wrappers. Minor water stain to bottom outer corner.     $450.00 (trade discount 
allowed)
See THE ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY #5021. This was "Volume 1, No. 1" of Richard 
Phillips' (publisher) NEW VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, a series published 1819-1823. 
Note: also published in 1821 by Longmann, is Fisher's "A Journal of a Voyage" 
but this is a record of his 1819 & 1820 voyages, different from our text 
for the first voyage in 1818.

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