Arctic Explorations.
The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55.
Philadelphia, Childs & Peterson, 1856
First edition. 2 volumes, 8vo ( 22 × 14 cm, engraved vignette titles, engraved portrait frontispieces of Kane and Grinnell, 18 engraved plates with tissue guards, 3 maps, one of them folding, folding isothermal chart, and numerous wood engravings in the text, previous bookseller's stamps inside on several pages; bound in publisher's dark brown wave-grain cloth, gilt-lettered spine, decorative blind frames to boards, enclosing blind ship vignettes to front,some slight wear to the boards; overall a very good copy.
Books on Ice 3.9; Howgego III K3; NMM I 924; Sabin 37001.
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