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Narrative of a voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait, : to co-operate with the polar expeditions: performed in His Majesty's ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F.W. Beechey, R.N. F.R.S., F.R.A.S., and F.R.G.S. in the years 1825

Colophon of pt. 2 reads: "London: Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars" · Contains a description of the west coast of Alaska; also an account of a visit to San Francisco with descriptions of California · Includes a short glossary of English and Eskimo animal names in pt. 1, p. 299; a more extensive glossary of English and Eskimo vocabulary in pt. 2, p. 620-627 · Paged continuously with continuous signatures · Pagination: pt. I: xxi, [3], 392 p., [18] leaves of plates (1 folded); pt. II: vii, [2], 394-742 p., [7] leaves of plates · Signatures: pt. 1: [A] b-c (c4 verso blank) B-3D; pt. 2: chi 3E-5A (4F4 verso blank) 5B (-5B4) · Errata: pt. 1: p. [1], 2nd count, and slip tipped in to face p. [3], 2nd count; pt. 2: p. vii · Sabin · Arctic bib · Wickersham, J. Alaskan lit. · Lada-Mocarski, V. Books on Alaska · Pilling, J.C. Eskimo · John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: pt. 1 wanting plates bound to face p. 332 and two charts bound to face p. 133 and p. 328; pt. 2 wanting plates bound to face p. 465, 596 and 614; pt. 1 wanting half-title leaf, p. [i-ii], 1st count; pt. 2 wanting half-title leaf, p. [i-ii], 1st count · John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary full treed

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