BEECHEY, Captain Frederick William (1796-1856). Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific in Beering's Strait, to Co-operate with the Polar Expeditions: Performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom… London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. 8vos. Complete with 23 plates and 3 folding maps. 2 volumes. xxii, [1]-472; iv, [1]-452 pp. Volume I bound without half-title (not called-for in volume II). Bound in near contemporary half blue calf over red marbled boards, spines ruled in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, black and red gilt morocco lettering labels (bindings rubbed and scuffed, front joint of volume I cracked, front joint of volume II just starting, all hinges cracking, bookplates on both fps., interiors quite clean, folding maps with occasional repaired tears). Near fine. A NEW EDITION (second octavo edition, third edition overall, printed the same year as the first). First published in a quarto edition, then reprinted in an octavo edition, and then this octavo edition printed without all of the scientific notes in the previous two editions. “One of the most valuable of modern voyages" (Hill). With a section and 3 plates in volume I about the H. M. S. Bounty mutiny. Hill 93. Zamorano Eighty 4. Howes B309. Sabin 4347.