1857, The United States Grinnell Expedition.. Sir John Franklin, ARCTIC EXP, VG

Description: Fully titled, United States Grinnell Expedition In Search of Sir John Franklin. A Personal Narrative. Authored by Elisha Kent Kane, identified as a "New Edition", published in 1857 by Childs & Peterson of Philadelphia. The First Edition of this book was published in 1853 by Harper & Brothers. This 3/4 Leather book is in VERY GOOD OR BETTER CONDITION, with the main wear issues associated with the boards. There is moderate to heavy wear along the edges and where boards meet the spine, although both boards remain solidly bound. Rubbed and somewhat worn spine but with clear gilt spine titling and decoration, red backgrounds on title and author identification. Marble boards, marble endpapers, marble page edges. Very solidly bound, no interior previous owner marks, a map at the beginning before Chapter 1, several tissue-protected B&W engraved plates on thick paper, and an abundance of within text B&W illustrations. Some light foxing throughout, 552 pages. A NICE COPY! Synopsis from the internet: "Dr Elisha Kane (1820-57), the most famous of American Arctic explorers before Peary, published this work in 1853. Having graduated from medical school, Kane joined the US Navy in 1843, and in 1850 was appointed senior medical officer on the expedition financed by the philanthropist Henry Grinnell to search for Sir John Franklin. Kane had departed on a second expedition while this book was in press, and he continued his Arctic travels, to the detriment of his health, until the year before his early death. In this work, Kane describes the origins of the expedition in the worldwide appeal by Lady Franklin, and, using his own journals, gives a vivid account of a winter spent icebound in the Arctic. Among the appendices is the official report of the expedition's commander, Lieutenant De Haven. Though Franklin's first winter camp was found, there were no further traces of his crew." B49

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