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PARRY, WILLIAM EDWARD, Sir. Narrative of an Attempt to reach the North Pole. 4 engraved or etched plates; 3 engraved maps, including one folding. xxii, [2], 229, [1] pages. 4to, 287x225 mm, modern calf gilt; contents washed with scattered faint residual foxing; uncut. London: John Murray, 1828
first edition. This was Parry's last and again unsuccessful attempt to reach the North Pole, though he did attain the highest northern latitude yet. Arctic Bibliography 13146.
