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Arctic Explorations in the years 1853, ‘54 and ‘55: the second and last United States Grinnell Expedition
by Elisha Kent Kane
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Longford , Longford, Ireland
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About This Item
1869, R W Bliss & Co. Newark, N.J.
The writer's and explorer's account of the second and last United States Grinnell Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin.
Book is beautifully illustrated with 23 steel engravings and more than 250 wood engravings from original designs.
Book is very good. Solid with clean brown cloth bound boards. Gilt vignette on front board and publisher's logo embossed on rear board. Gilt lettering on spine but rather faded. Boards are good with wear at corners. A little fraying at head and tail of spine.
All edges are gilt.
Internally clean with no markings, inscriptions or foxing. Leaves lightly age toned. Binding is good with light cracking at hinges and some netting exposed. However, not shaken or loose. Still tight.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dephen Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2061
- Title
- Arctic Explorations in the years 1853, ‘54 and ‘55
- Author
- Elisha Kent Kane
- Format/Binding
- Cloth bound hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hartford. R.W. Bliss & Co.
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1869
- Pages
- 766
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Arctic, Explorers, Exploration
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Glossary
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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