Published by The Hakluyt Society, London, 1995
ISBN 10: 0904180417 ISBN 13: 9780904180411
Seller: Gil's Book Loft, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition thus. 1400 shelf. Series II, Vol. 181. Bright gold-stamped pictorial turquoise cloth. No names, clean text. Unblemished dust jacket. With b/w repros, index. "The voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith 1746-1747." Giftworthy! 393 p. Book.
Published by Hakluyt Society, 1994., 1994
ISBN 10: 0904180360 ISBN 13: 9780904180367
Seller: Hay Cinema Bookshop Limited, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
First Edition
1st edition. 8vo. xii + 333pp. B/w. frontispiece and 10 plates. Original light blue cloth. Navy d/w. with light green title patch to upper wrapp. and to spine, rubbed. Second series No.177. ISBN 0904180360 US$7.
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Published by Hakluyt Society, 1994
Seller: Lavendier Books, Foster, RI, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. The Hakluyt Society; London, 1994-1995. Hardcover. Complete 2 Volume Set. A Very Good, blue cloth binding with gilt emblem on front board and gilt lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, trace handling marks/shelf wear, previous owner handwritten ink info top front free endpaper Volume 1, a hint of sunning to text block edges and page margins, in a Very Good, trace handling/scuff marks to panels, bit of edge/corner wear, some fading to spine, tear bottom front flap Volume 1, Dust wrapper. A nice and clean set. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9], (Vol.1) 333pp., (Vol.2) 393pp., bibliography, indexed. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.
Published by London: The Hakluyt Society, 1994, 1995, 1995
First Edition
First edition, complete in two hardback volumes. 8vo (22cm by 14cm), xii, 333pp; xv, 393pp. 31 plates (11 in the first volume, 20 in the second volume). Original blue cloth, dustwrappers. The books are in very good condition; the dustwrappers are good to very good (some rubbing). Hakluyt Society, Second Series, volumes 177 & 181. ISBN 0904180360 & 0904180417.
Published by The Hakluyt Society 1994, 1995, London, 1994
Seller: Easton's Books, Inc., Mount Vernon, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Hardbacks in Very Good+ condition with Very Good+ dust jackets. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 333, 393 pages. Volume 1: The Voyage of Christopher Middleton 1741-1742. Volume 2: The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith 1746-1747 . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *.
Published by Hakluyt Society, London, 1994
ISBN 10: 0904180417 ISBN 13: 9780904180411
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 2 Volumes: Volume 1 subtitled: The Voyage of Christopher Middleton 1741-1742 xii+333 with 8 maps, 3 illustrations including frontispiece, bibliography and index; Volume 2 subtitled: The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith 1746 1747 xv+393 pages with frontispiece, 13 maps, 6 illustrations, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") issued in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt sailing ship to front cover. Translated by Anthony Mango. Second Series, volumes 177 and 181. First edition. The eighteenth century saw a resurgence of hope that a Northwest Passage - that elusive target of European seamen over the centuries - might yet be found. Prompted by the Irish MP Arthur Dobbs, the Admiralty sent the Furnace and Discovery to Hudson Bay in 1741 in search of navigable passage to the Pacific. The expedition was commanded by Christopher Middleton, until his resignation in March 1741 a sea-captain in the service of the Hudson Bay Company. With his actions closely scrutinized by his former employers and colleagues, concerned about possible interference with the fur trade, Middleton wintered at the Company fort at Churchill. From there in the summer of 1742 he sailed farther north along the west coast of Hudson Bay than any previous European explorer, charting Wager Bay, Repulse Bay and Frozen Strait; but he failed to find a passage. After his return to England he found himself accused of negligence and corruption. Dobbs attacked both him and the Hudson's Bay Company in a campaign which ruined Middleton's professional reputation and opened the way for further expedition to the Bay. The second volume deals with the privately-financed expedition sent four years later on the same quest, commanded by William Moor and Francis Smith. Once more, Arthur Dobbs was the prime mover, this time with the help of an association of merchants, the North West Committee, and once more he was to be disappointed by the outcome. Quarrelsome captains, tensions during the wintering at York Factory, confused explorations, and rival accounts, made a mockery of the hopes of Dobbs and his associates. After the return of the expedition, the attention of its sponsors turned to a direct attack on the monopoly of the Hudson's Bay Company. Although the Northwest Passage continued to be used as a weapon against the Company, the question of its existence slipped from center-stage to the wings. Whatever else the expeditions of 1741-2 and 1746-7 accomplished, the publicity given to their explorations brought a greatly increased interest in Hudson Bay and its hinterland. This interest was not always accompanied by accurate and dispassionate information. Even so, a comparison of the knowledge available about the geography, trade and native inhabitants of the Bay area at the time of the Parliamentary enquiry of 1749 with the situation before Middleton's voyage, represents a breakthrough in British perceptions of the Canadian sub-Arctic. Condition: Fine copies in like jackets.
Published by The Hakluyt Society, London, 1995
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition Thus. Two volumes, published 1994 and 1995, Fine in Near Fine dust jackets, light edge wear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
Published by London: The Hakluyt Society, 1994
Seller: North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheffield, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Two volumes (complete: volume 1, The Voyage Of Christopher Middleton, 1741-1742; volume 2, The Voyage Of William Moor And Francis Smith, 1746-1747). 8vo., blue cloth lettered in gilt; dust jackets, with sunned spines. First scholarly edition, with 31 maps and illustrations. A handsome set.
Published by London; Hakluyt Society; ( Vol I. 1994) (Vol II. 1995)., 1995
First Editions; Demy 8vo; Vol I. pp.xii, 333; b/w illustrated frontispiece, 7 b/w plates, 2 b/w maps, bibliography, index; Vol II. pp. xv, 393; b/w portrait frontispiece, 19 b/w plates, appendix, bibliography, index. Both volumes bound in original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, illustration in gilt on front board, dustjackets, minor scuffing to dustjackets, otherwise both fine copies.
Published by Published by Hakluyt Society, London, 1995
Seller: A&F.McIlreavy.Buderim Rare Books, Buderim, QLD, Australia
Two Volumes. Vol.1. pp.xii + 333 with maps and illustrations. Vol. 2. ppxv 393 with map & illustrations. rear of volume one board has a damp stain. .Original blue cloth in slightly frayed dust wrappers. "Volume I describes the naval discovery expedition of Christopher Middleton in 1741-2, and the controversy which followed his failure to find a Northwest Passage.The second volume deals with the privately-financed expedition sent four years later on the same quest, commanded by William Moor and Francis Smith.".
Published by The Hakluyt Society, London, 1994
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Two volumes - Volume I: The Voyage of Christopher Middleton, 1741-1742 and Volume II: The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith, 1746-1747. 31 plates. London: The Hakluyt Society, 1994-5. First editions. Though the expeditions of 1741-2 and 1746-7 failed to locate a Northwest Passage, the publicity given their explorations brought a greatly increased interest in Hudson Bay and its hinterland. The Hakluyt Society, Second Series, Volumes 177 and 181. Original blue cloth bindings, with gilt stamping. The dust jackets are lightly rubbed, with just a hint of sun fading along the spines; otherwise an especially crisp and clean set. Better than very good.
Published by The Hakluyt Society, London, 1994
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine-. 2 volumes in near fine condition. Volume 1: The Voyage of Christopher Middleton 1741-1742, 333 pages. Volume 2: The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith 1746-1747. Pages are clean and unmarked with black and white illustrations throughout. Bound in blue cloth with gilt titles. Dark blue dustjackets in near fine condition with white and black titles. Lightly worn and scuffed around the edges and spines. Spines are lightly faded. NF/NF-. Book.
Published by The University Press, Cambridge for The Hakluyt Society, London, 1994
Seller: Type & Forme ABA, PBFA, ILAB, Grantham, LINCS, United Kingdom
First Edition
Original cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 2 volumes, octavo (216 x 135mm), pp. I: xii, [2 (blank)], 333, [1 (blank)], [4 (blank ll.)]; II: [2 (blank)], xv, [1 (blank)], 393, [1 (blank)], [4 (blank ll.)]. Half-tone frontispieces. 4 double-page and 17 full-page maps and plans, and 8 full-page illustrations in the text. (Some very light marginal toning, as often.) Original blue cloth, upper boards with Society's device in gilt, borders ruled in blind, spines lettered in gilt, original dustwrappers, not price-clipped. (Dustwrappers slightly rubbed and marked, as often, edges slightly creased.) A very good set. ¶¶¶First edition. These two volumes describe two voyages made in search of a Northwest Passage in the mid-eighteenth century, both at the instigation of the Irish politician, colonial administrator, and writer Arthur Dobbs (1689-1765), who was Governor of North Carolina from 1754 until 1765. The first volume contains documents relating to the voyage of Christopher Middleton with the Furnace and the Discovery, together with details of the ensuing controversy between Middleton and Dobbs, and the second documents the voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith with the Dobbs Galley and the California. Compassing the Vaste Globe of the Earth, 2/177 and 181; E.L. Rasor, English/British Naval History to 1815: A Guide to the Literature, 216. ¶¶¶FURTHER INFORMATION: please contact us for further information about this item and prices for shipping.
Published by London, The Hakluyt Society, 1994-1995., 1995
Seller: Richard C. Ramer Old and Rare Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
2 volumes. Large 8°, publisher's boards with dust jacket. As new. xii pp., (1 blank l.), 333 pp.; xv, 393 pp., black-and-white illustrations and maps. *** Accounts of two expeditions that changed British perceptions of the Hudson Bay and its hinterland. In the summer of 1742 Christopher Middleton sailed farther north in Hudson Bay than any previous European, but failed to find a Northwest Passage. He was accused of negligence and corruption, generating a mass of pamphlets and manuscripts which are presented here, along with Middleton's own journal. William Moor and Francis Smith were sent four years later on a privately financed expedition to seek the Passage; the second volume presents a multitude of different accounts of and reactions to that expedition.***.