Barrington, a Fellow of the Royal Society, is credited with first proposing Phipps's Voyage. Stated on the title as the Second Edition, as it was first issued as part of his Miscellanies in 1781 and in an earlier version printed in 1775-76 as Probablity of Reaching the North Pole. His work was republished here as a separate edition with a new Appendix by Mark Beaufroy due to the renewed interest in the Pole.
arctic traveller james lamont's copy, signed by him on verso of the frontispiece and with his bookplate on the front pastedown and gilt stamp on the front cover. Lamont (1828-1913) cruised to Spitsbergen in 1858-59 aboard his yacht the Svalbard to hunt walrus, polar bear and other game. He published Seasons with Sea Horses about his Arctic experiences in 1861. In addition to the library markings, the book contains scattered underlinings and marginalia presumably in his hand. Arctic Bibliography 1092; Sabin 3629; TPL 477; Hill 57.

From the library of Dr. John M. Levinson, with his bookplate.