ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS: The Second Grinnell Expedition in search of SIR JOHN FRANKLIN, 1853, '54,'55. (2 vols)

Kane, Elisha Kent f2a

Verlag: Childs & Peterson, Phila, 1857

Beschreibung

GOOD books. VG inside. Worn covers. Brown cloth. Faded gilt spine lettering. Sailing ship vignette stamped on all covers. Each vol with a frontis and an additional engraved tp. Vol 1 also with a fold out map & a single page map, plus 11 tissue guarded plates. Vol 2 with a fold out chart of Baffin bay isothermal lines and 7 plates. All tips bumped & worn to underlying board. spine ends chipped & frayed. Vol 2 inner hinge paper cracking, hinges still sound. Vol 2 scattered light foxing. Attachment areas of both fold outs torn, now repaired with archival tissue. There is no list of illustrations with names, numbers or page numbers. This was not done till the later 1 vol edition. A copy of the list from a 1 vol edition is included. GOOD books. VG internally. Tight binding. No loose pages. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 001999

Bibliografische Details

Titel: ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS: The Second Grinnell ...

Verlag: Childs & Peterson, Phila

Erscheinungsdatum: 1857

Einband: Hardcover

Illustrator: Full page steel engravings.

Auflage: early editions.