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Lyon (George Francis). A Brief Narrative of an Unsuccessful Attempt to reach Repulse Bay, through Sir Thomas Rowe's "Welcome," in His Majesty's Ship Griper, in the Year 1824, 1st edition, London: John Murray 1825, engraved folding map, 7 engraved plates, light spotting, contemporary tan half calf, sides rubbed, 8vo (21.2 x 12.8 cm), together with: Anson (George). A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV, 10th edition, London: for T. Osborne [and others], 1762, 3 engraved folding maps (2 with short closed handling tears to gutter, repaired verso), toning, contemporary engraved bookplate (Evan Holliday), contemporary tan calf, rebacked to style, restoration to extremities, 8vo (20.8 x 12.7 cm) Dennett (John Frederick). The Voyages and Travels of Captains Ross, Parry, Franklin, and Mr. Belzoni; forming an Interesting History of the Manners, Customs, and Characters of Various Nations, London: William Wright 1839, engraved portrait frontispiece and additional title-page, 10 engraved or aquatint plates, light browning, frontispiece and engraved title-page damp-stained, contemporary calf gilt by Carss & Co., arms of the city of Glasgow gilt to front board, a few scuffs, 8vo (21.2 x 12.8 cm), and 1 others (Huish, The Last Voyage of Capt. Sir John Ross 1st edition, 1835, lacking text-leaf 2G4) (Qty: 4) Provenance (Lyon): William Henry Webley-Parry (1764-1837), rear-admiral (ownership inscription and bookplate); Webley-Parry was first lieutenant of the Zealous at the Battle of the Nile (1797). Arctic Bibliography 10530 (Lyon); Sabin 42851 (Lyon), 1629 (Anson), 33626 (Huish); cf. Sabin 19582 (Dennett, 1826 edition). This tenth edition is the final lifetime edition of Anson's work.