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    Reference 3300 (1475)
    Category Arctic;
    Author Kane, Elisha Kent
    Title ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS: THE SECOND GRINNELL EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN, 1853, '54, '55. Illustrated by upwards of three hundred engravings, from sketches by the author. 2 Volumes
    Publishing Information Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1856.
    Description 1st Edition: Volume I tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Elisha Kent Kane engraved on steel by R. Whitechurch after a Mathew Brady daguerreotype; Volume II tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Henry Grinnell engraved on steel by F. Helpin after a daguerreotype by Mathew Brady. [i-ii] publisher's advertisement, [ii], 464; [ii], 467 [1] pp. 22 plates, 3 maps (2 folding), appendix. Illustrated with nearly 300 engravings on steel and wood from sketches by the author. Frontispiece portraits, title page vignettes, head- and tail-pieces. Half-title page vignettes by J. McGoffin after drawings by J. Hamilton. Brown end papers. Original covers with gilt titling to spines. Covers frayed, splitting, worn. Sporadic foxing, and damp staining, mainly to plate page edges and tissue guards. Volume 1 front hinge splitting, front end paper becoming detached, previous owners signatures on ffep, New York March 5th 1857 press clipping tipped in. Volume 2 covers becoming detached, previous owners signatures on prelims.
    Price £60.00
    Keywords qpolarq, eskimo, arctic, polar S1-Arc
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