Arctic Explorations. Elisha Kent Kane. 1996
by Elisha Kent Kane
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Kane, Elisha Kent: Arctic Explorations The Second Grinnell Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin 1853, 54, 55, edited by Chauncy Loomis & Constance Martin. The Lakeside Press, Chicago, 1996. Small 8vo, bown cloth gilt device to fron, gilt title to spine. Top edge gilt. pplix + 447 pp. 2 maps, frontis & 28 plates, 6 in colour. An attractive Lakeside Classic in FINE condition.
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- Spine
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- Device
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