[Rarebooks] FS: Kane's finely illus. account of the 2nd Grinnell Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin. Philadelphia: 1857

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(ARCTIC) Kane, Elisha Kent. 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.
The Steel Plates... [by] J. M. Butler, the Wood Engravings by Van Ingen
& Snyder. Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson. 1857. Lg. 8vo. 2 vols.
464;468pp. Each vol. with an added engraved title (dated 1856) with a
vignette. Steel engraved frontispiece portrait. Profusely illustrated,
including 2 maps (1, folding) and numerous steel engraved plates with
tissue guards. Publisher's full calf binding, elaborately gilt
decorated spines with black calf labels, hinges a bit rubbed.   $450.00
(trade discount allowed)

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