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Elisha Kent Kane (28 February 1820 ? 16 February 1857) was a medical officer in the United States Navy during the first half of the 19th century. He was a member of two Arctic expeditions to rescue the explorer Sir John Franklin. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Kane was the son of John Kintzing Kane, a U.S. district judge, and Jane Duval Leiper. His brother was attorney, diplomat, abolitionist, and American Civil War cavalry general Thomas L. Kane. Kane graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1842. On 14 September 1843, he became Assistant Surgeon in the Navy. He served in the China Commercial Treaty mission under Caleb Cushing, in the Africa Squadron, and in the Marines during the Mexican-American War. Kane became senior medical officer of the unsuccessful Arctic expedition searching for explorer Sir John Franklin in 1850 and 1851. Kane organized and headed a second rescue expedition which sailed from New York 31 May 1853, and wintered in Rensselaer Bay.…
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Arctic Explorations In The Years 1853,'54, '55
by Elisha Kent Kane
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Confessions Of Jean Jacques Rousseau
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Hedouin, Ed The Confessions Of Jean Jacques Rousseau London: Printed for the Trade, N.D, Possible 1883. London: Printed for the Trade. Good+ with no Dust Jacket. N.D.. Leather hardcover. Beautiful Endpapers Chip on front outside hinge. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 321 pages.
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Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire 2000
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J.K. ROWLING Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Illustrations by Mary Grandpre. [First US Edition].
Arthur Levine/Scholastic Press, [New York NY], [2000]. 8vo., First Edition thus; terracotta boards, black cloth back lettered in gilt, purple end-papers, a near fine copy in unclipped dust-wrapper. Crisp copy of the fourth Harry Potter novel. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover; In Dust Jacket]
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Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince
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J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince,
United States: Scholastic, 2005. This is a first edition hardcover of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince,. It's in mint, perfect condition, not read, wrapped in tissue and the spine. Inside the book it says First American Edition, July 2005, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. [Attributes: First Edition; In Dust Jacket]
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The Poets' New England
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The Poets' New England New York: The Baker and Taylor Company (although the bottom of the spine states Doubleday Page & Co.) , 1911. New York: The Baker and Taylor Company (although the bottom of the spine states Doubleday Page & Co.) First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Olive green cloth with gilt stamped borders and lettering; top edges gilt. a George Hood watercolor print has been pasted to the front panel and another serves as the colored frontis. Illustrated throughout with reproduced prints and photographs. The gilt spine lettering is faded and has lost about half of the intensity. The interior has a starting front hinge, else, is in very good condition.
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Prince of India
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Harper & Brothers. First Edition 1893. Two vol set. A handsome set in blue textured cloth with gilt, silver, rust decorations to the front boards and gilt lettering to the spines. Very slight rubbing to the blue cloth in a couple of places--not spotting--more like very light scuffing--see digital photos. Includes dedication page in Vol. I. Author Wallace also wrote "Ben Hur". [Attributes: First Edition]
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Samantha At The World's Fair
by Marietta Holley
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NY Funk & Wagnalls co,.1893First edition. Decorated cloth.illustrations by Baron C. De Grimm.thick,large 8vo.,694 pages.Very good,strong and clean Hard cover.very scarce. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]
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Seven Tales by Hans Christiansen Andersen 1959 Illustrated by Maurice Sendak
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Seven Tales by H.C. Andersen Translated from the Danish by Eva Gallienne dated 1959 and a first edition and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Published by Harper Brothers, this is a former library book with the usual markings.
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