ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS: The Second Grinnell Expedition in search of SIR JOHN FRANKLIN, 1853, '54,'55. (vol 1 of 2 vols)
by Kane, Elisha Kent 05b
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- FAIR book. Title page and map supplied in facsimile.
- Seller
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Lyndonville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Phila: Childs & Peterson. FAIR book. Title page and map supplied in facsimile.. c1850s. early edition. Hardcover. FAIR book. VG text but MISSING all prelims BEFORE the one page publisher's ads. NO map, frontis, half title or full title page. . Nice reading copy. Full sheep binding with two gilt lettered black leather spine labels stating "ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS" & "VOL. 1". Lettering quite clear. Paper of both inner hinges cracked, tho hinges still sound. Text block tight. No loose pages or sprung signatures. Scuffed & worn covers. Text decent with scattered light aging & foxing BUT all plate margins foxed. This foxing has offset to the adjoining pages. There are 10 pages of notes at end, should be 12, so, last leaf MISSING. Plates & all text pages, but for that very last, collated complete. .
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- Bookseller
- Quiet Friends
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002114
- Title
- ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS: The Second Grinnell Expedition in search of SIR JOHN FRANKLIN, 1853, '54,'55. (vol 1 of 2 vols)
- Author
- Kane, Elisha Kent 05b
- Illustrator
- Full page steel engravings.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - FAIR book. Title page and map supplied in facsimile.
- Edition
- early edition
- Publisher
- Childs & Peterson
- Place of Publication
- Phila
- Date Published
- c1850s
- Keywords
- FAIR book. VG text but MISSING all prelims BEFORE the one page, publisher's ads. NO map, frontis, half title or full title page.
Terms of Sale
Quiet Friends
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About the Seller
Quiet Friends
Biblio member since 2008
Lyndonville, New York
About Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
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