BARROW, John, Sir (1764-1848). Voyages of Discovery and Research within the Arctic Regions, from the Year 1818 to the Present Time… London: John Murray, 1846. 8vo. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait and 2 maps (one folding). xiv, [1]-530 pp. Publisher's full blue cloth, decoratively paneled in blind, spine stamped in gilt, later yellow endleaves (skilfully recased, spine sunned and chipped, some sunning and rubbing to board edges, corners bumped, hinges cracked, some toning, occasional wrinkling to text, some creasing to maps, several leaves unopened). Very good. FIRST EDITION. "Contains a detailed account of the principal British expeditions into the North American Arctic (also to Svalbard), from that of Ross in 1818 to those of Back and Simpson, 1836-39; their scientific achievements, and contribution towards a discovery of a Northwest Passage. The final chapter includes criticism of Sir John Ross' second voyage 1829-33, to which Ross replied in his Observations on a Work...By Sir John Barrow (1846)" (Arctic Bibliography). Arctic Bibliography 1096.