[ARCTIQUE] LYON, Captain G. F. The Private Journal of Captain G.F. Lyon, of H.M.S. Hecla, during The recent voyage of Discovery under Captain Parry 1821-1823. Introduction and illustrations by James A.Houston. Barre, Massachusetts: Imprint Society, 1970. In 4°. Publisher's Bradel-style cloth binding. pp. xvii, [1, 297, [1]. Numerous illustrations in text. Edition of 1950 numbered copies. Copy signed with the illustrator's stamp on the printing page. Sir William Edward Parry, naval officer, Arctic explorer (born December 19, 1790, Bath, England; died 1855, Bad Ems, present-day Germany). He took part in four expeditions in search of the Northwest Passage. On the first, he was a lieutenant under Captain John Ross. The next three were under his own command. On his fifth and final expedition, he attempted to find the North Pole. Although each expedition failed, Parry made a significant contribution to our knowledge of the Arctic. Fine condition.