Elisha Kent Kane

Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin 1853, ‘54, ‘55.

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Philadelphia: Childs and Peterson, 1856. First edition (pp. 464, Notes; 467, Append).

Two volumes with two daguerreotype frontispieces by [Matthew?] Brady, approximately 300 steel and wood engravings, some full-page; two fold-out maps/charts (one badly folded with a tear).

Apparently ex libris (catalogue numbers on spines and a number stamp), wear to spine edges and tips, some internal spots (occasionally affecting illustrations). Otherwise a tight, complete copy of  Kane's account of the expedition to "Washington" (on the Greenland coast) and "Grinnell  Land" (Ellesmere Island).



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