ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS: The Second Grinnell Expedition In Search of Sir John Franklin 1853, '54, '55 Vol. II
by Kane, Elisha Kent
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Endicott, New York, United States
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About This Item
Childs & Peterson, Philadelphia, 1857. 8.625" X 5.875" in surdy green buckram with gilt titles. This book seems to have been rebound. Foxing - mostly first few leaves. Tight, Clean, Unmarked: VERY GOOD PLUS condition. Engraved illustrations. Fold-out map. 467pp.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- THE BOOK VAULT (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000263
- Title
- ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS: The Second Grinnell Expedition In Search of Sir John Franklin 1853, '54, '55 Vol. II
- Author
- Kane, Elisha Kent
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Childs & Peterson, Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1857
- Bookseller catalogs
- Exploration and Travel;
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.