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Arctic Researches and Life Among the Esquimaux: being the Narrative of an Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, in the Years 1860, 1861, and 1862
by Hall, Charles Francis
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1866. Hardcover. pp. xxviii, 595, ads. Royal 8vo. Bound in pebbled green cloth, with publisher's device blind-stamped to front board and gilt lettering to spine. All plates and maps present, including the folding map, at the rear of the book. Edgewear, slightly shaken, age-toned; good. Originally published in two volumes in London in 1864 as 'Life With The Esquimaux', this is a later printing of the American edition.
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- Bookseller
- BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 076428
- Title
- Arctic Researches and Life Among the Esquimaux: being the Narrative of an Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, in the Years 1860, 1861, and 1862
- Author
- Hall, Charles Francis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1866
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Eskimo; Inuit; Aboriginal people; Canada; Northwest passage; Sir John Franklin;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Polar;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- 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...
- 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....
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
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