Title: Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin 1853, '54, '55 Author: Kane, Elisha Kent Place: Philadelphia Publisher: Childs & Peterson Date: 1856 Description: Two volumes. 22 steel-engraved plates including frontispieces and added titles; three maps, two of them folding; numerous wood engravings in the text. (8vo) original cloth decorated in blind, spines lettered in gilt. First Edition. Significant and widely read record of Arctic exploration, with an excellent series of steel-engravings of the frozen north. Described in the Arctic Bibliography as "Narrative of the Second Grinnell Expedition on the Advance, 1853-1855, Dr. Kane in command, under auspices of the U.S. Navy and various scientific institutions, to search for the Sir John Franklin Expedition, to explore, and to make scientific investigations and collections in the region north of Smith Sound." Arctic Bib. 8373. Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear, spine of Volume 2 faded, previous owner's name in Volume 1; light foxing; very good. Item number: 261311
Title: Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin 1853, '54, '55 Author: Kane, Elisha Kent Place: Philadelphia Publisher: Childs & Peterson Date: 1856 Description: Two volumes. 22 steel-engraved plates including frontispieces and added titles; three maps, two of them folding; numerous wood engravings in the text. (8vo) original cloth decorated in blind, spines lettered in gilt. First Edition. Significant and widely read record of Arctic exploration, with an excellent series of steel-engravings of the frozen north. Described in the Arctic Bibliography as "Narrative of the Second Grinnell Expedition on the Advance, 1853-1855, Dr. Kane in command, under auspices of the U.S. Navy and various scientific institutions, to search for the Sir John Franklin Expedition, to explore, and to make scientific investigations and collections in the region north of Smith Sound." Arctic Bib. 8373. Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear, spine of Volume 2 faded, previous owner's name in Volume 1; light foxing; very good. Item number: 261311
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