ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, 54, 55 (The Lakeside Classics)
by Elisha Kent Kane, M.D., U.S.N
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About This Item
Chicago: The Lakeside Press/R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1996. First Thus . Hardcover. Fine. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Edited by Chauncey Loomis and Constance Martin. December 1996. Annual Christmas edition published by R.R. Donnelley and Sons as a gift for employees. Bound in original chocolate brown cloth with the front cover and spine stamped in gilt. 22 black-and-white plates and 6 color plates and two fold-out maps. lix+ 447 p. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Top edge gilt. Includes Index. 4 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches. See pictures.
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- Walther's Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006048
- Title
- ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, 54, 55 (The Lakeside Classics)
- Author
- Elisha Kent Kane, M.D., U.S.N
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- The Lakeside Press/R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1996
- Pages
- 447
- Keywords
- ARCTIC EXPLORATION BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall
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