Search Results: arctic explorations the second grinnell expedition volumes by kane elisha kent

Phila: Childs & Peterson. FAIR book. Title page and map supplied in facsimile.. c1850s. early edition. Hardcover. FAIR book. VG text but MISSING all prelims BEFORE the one page publisher's ads. NO map, frontis, half title or full title page. . Nice reading copy. Full sheep binding with two gilt lettered black leather spine labels stating "ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS" & "VOL. 1". Lettering quite clear. Paper of both inner hinges cracked, tho hinges still sound. Text block tight. No loose pages or sprung signatures. Scuffed & worn covers. Text decent with scattered light aging & foxing BUT all plate margins foxed. This foxing has offset to the adjoining pages. There are 10 pages of notes at end, should be 12, so, last leaf MISSING. Plates & all text pages, but for that very last, collated complete. .

Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1857. Brown cloth covers are scuffed, rubbed, and a little worn. Corners are bumped. The title page in Volume I is detached, though in place. Folding maps show small mis-folds and light wear, though are generally in good condition. Scattered light foxing. . Cloth - Hardcover. Fair/No Dust Jacket.

Philadelphia: Childs and Paterson, 1856. Hardcover. Good. Two volume set in half leather and marbled boards. Marbled endpapers and all edges. Illustrations with engravings from the author's sketches. Frontis portrait in volume 1 of Kane who led this final, and also unsuccessful, expedition. Frontis portrait of Henry Grinnell in volume 2 Tissue guards on the full page illustrations. Fold-out map in volume 1. Foxing on and around tissues and along some page edges. Edgewear on boards. Scrapes on the spine & the red and black title labels. Stain on last page of vol. 1. Straight and sturdy heavy set.

Childs & Peterson, 1856. First Edition. Cloth. Reading Copy/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition: 2 Volumes, 464 and 467pages, illustrated with plates and engravings on steel and wood from sketches by the author. Frontispiece portraits, title page vignettes, head- and tail-pieces. Original covers. Volume 1 loose pages and map, MISSING plate between pages 224 and 225, parts of pages ripped out mainly the introduction and preface, pages 224 to 231 ripped and sellotaped, loose map torn and repaired. Damp staining to loose frontispiece. Sold as reading copy only.Arctic Bibliography 8373: A good account of the voyage to Smith Sound, and of the winter on the north-west coast of Greenland, with extensive notes on the flora and fauna, the inuit and glaciers, the story of the final abandonment of the "Advance" and the party's return in small boats.No one had yet sailed beyond its northern portals. This is the first USA edition. Size: 2 Volumes. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5… Read More

Edinburgh: W. P Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell. Full-Leather. Good. 62 Burgundy boards [9]+10-228p,dep,illus Four light water stains lower left corner Tape inner hinge with front board pulled but present held by tape School prize paper on paste-down Four plates

Childs & Peterson, 1857. Hardcover. Good. . Two volumes. Ex-lib with the usual labeling. 3/4 leather with marbled boards. Rubbing to boards/leather. Occasional foxing here and there throughout. Bindings sturdy.

Childs & Peterson, 1856. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition: Volume I tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Elisha Kent Kane engraved on steel by R. Whitechurch after a Mathew Brady daguerreotype; Volume II tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Henry Grinnell engraved on steel by F. Helpin after a daguerreotype by Mathew Brady. [i-ii] publisher's advertisement, [ii], 464; [ii], 467 [1] pp. 22 plates, 3 maps (2 folding), appendix. Illustrated with nearly 300 engravings on steel and wood from sketches by the author. Frontispiece portraits, title page vignettes, head and tailpieces. Half-title page vignettes by J. McGoffin after drawings by J. Hamilton. Brown end papers. Original covers with gilt titling to spines. Covers frayed, splitting, worn. Sporadic foxing, and damp staining, mainly to plate page edges and tissue guards. Volume 1 front hinge splitting, front end paper becoming detached, previous owners signatures on ffep, New York March 5th 1857 press… Read More

Childs & Peterson, 1856. Hardcover. Good. . 2 vols. General age wear. Occasional light foxing, overall clean.

1856 Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1856. FIRST EDITION. Original full black cloth blind stamp decorated . . Books have general wear, need rebinding. A good reading set. Contains all maps and illustrations, plates.

Childs & Peters, 1857 Bound in faded brown cloth,, 464 and 467 pp. A clean solid set but with a damp stain to the spines, primarily to Volume I. There are two title pages with the first being engraved. Frontispieces, tissue guards and first [engraved title pages foxed]. Also, mostly in Vol I the engravings have foxed borders affecting the tissue guards and facing pages. Volume II has light foxing to some of the plates. Map in volume I clean, bright, tight and free of tears or stains. But for the foxing, internally very good.

Childs & Peterson. Collectible - Acceptable. Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1856. 1st edition (Sabin 37001). 2 volumes. 8vo. 464+467pp. Illus., maps. Fair book. Ex-library. Vernacular re-backing. Newsprint clippings about the expedition tipped in both volumes. (Arctic regions, discovery and exploration, autobiography) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Philadelphia: Childs and Peterson, 1856. Hardcover. Octavo, two volumes. In Good condition. Bound in the publisher's dark brown cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spines. Boards show moderate plus wear including some fraying to the edges and rubbing to the joints with whitish scuffing to the fronts/rears. Blind-embossed borders and decorations to the front and rear boards. Text blocks have age toned edges. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Previous owner's name to flyleaf to both volumes. Slight, sparse foxing, soiling and offsetting interiorly, including damp staining to the tail edge to volume one. Cracked front hinge to volume two and slight damp staining to the head edge and gutters to few first pages, as is. Illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column D, ND-D. CONTENTS: Vol. One, 464 pages -- Vol. Two, 467 pages Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For… Read More

Phila: Childs & Peterson. GOOD books. VG internally. Tight binding. No loose pages.. 1857. early editions. Hardcover. 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.. .

Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1856. First Edition. Both volumes in this two volume set are in very good- condition in original, brown cloth covered boards with blind embossing on the boards and gilt text stampings on the spines. The cloth for both volumes show rubbing and wear to the spines with the cloth worn through at the heads and heels of the spines and there are a number of chips to the cloth on the spine of volume II. Both are octavos measuring 8 3/4" by 5 3/4" with the engraved title pages and frontispieces showing foxing. The rest of the text is essentially free of any foxing or tanning. The binding, hinges and joints are all tight and strong. "Illustrated with up to 300 engravings from sketches by the author." [from the title page] Both volumes contain the fold out maps. The map for volume I is located at the front of the book and the map for the second volume faces page 428. Both maps are in fine condition.

Philadelphia: Childs and Peterson, 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Good +. Two hardcover volumes in stamped brown cloth boards. First editions. Titles in gilt on spine. Sturdy binding on both volumes, wear to edges and especially corner tips. "Illustrated by upward of three hundred engravings from sketches by the author." Light spotting to some pages. Tissue guards to engravings. Volume 1 has a two-page Glossary of Arctic Terms and a tipped-in folding map of Grinnell Land. (Grinnell Land is the central section of Ellesmere Island in the northernmost part of Nunavut territory in Canada. It was named for Henry Grinnell, a shipping magnate from New York, who helped finance two expeditions in the 1850s to search for Franklin's lost expedition.) Volume 2 has a tipped-in folding map of the mean monthly isothermal lines in Baffin Bay. 8vo. 464 pp. and 467 pp. Heavy--will require additional postage if shipped outside the U.S. The 1996 Lakeside Press edition--same title, same text--is in Fine, unread… Read More

Childs & Peterson, 1856T. leather_bound. Very Good. . 2-volume set. Half-leather covers with marbled boards, gilt decoration on the spine, covers show minor wear, rubbing. Marbled edges and endpapers, bookplate of former owner on the front pastedowns. Pages are lighlty tanned, profusely illustrated.

Chicago: publisher]. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Two volumes, very good in publisher's brown cloth embossed on front and rear boards, gilt stamping on spine, some overall soiling, more so on Volume II. Some rubbing to edges and corners, but quite hardy. Decorative title gives Philadelphia: Childs and Peterson for publisher and this latter name is also stamped at the foot of the spine. The Chicago issue is uncommon. Two folding maps, one in each volume.. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 464; 467 pp .

Childs & Peterson, 1856. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes 8vo, modern 3/4 cloth on marbled paper-covered boards, new endsheets, paper title labels. Both volumes have p.o. names, one dated 1856. Both folding maps have one very short closed marginal tear.

Childs & Peterson, 1856. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition: 464 and 467 pages, illustrated with plates, 3 maps/charts (2 folding), engravings on steel and wood from sketches by the author. Frontispiece portraits, title page vignettes, head- and tail-pieces. Brown end papers. Original dark brown cloth covers with gilt titling to spines. Previous owners bookplate Volume 1 front end paper, Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson title page both volumes. Additional title page Sheldon, Blakemore 1857, Volume 2. Some foxing mainly to page edges and tissue guards, more so to Volume 1. Covers worn, fraying, bumped. Account of the voyage to Smith Sound, and of the winter on the north-west coast of Greenland, with extensive notes on the flora and fauna. No one had yet sailed beyond its northern portals. Kane determined to do so. John P. Kennedy, secretary of the navy, gave enthusiastic personal support, and Henry Grinnell donated the brig Advance. Private subscription financed… Read More

Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1857. Second edition improved. 3/4 leather. Very good. Octavo, with publisher's statement 'we have improved it by the addition of many new illustrations, togetrher with a fine steel portrait of Sir John Franklin, and a sketch of his life, extracted from Allibone's forthcoming Dictionary of Literature and Authors'. A very good set in publisher's 3/4 calf and marbled boards. Small closed tear to the top of the spine of volume 1, 3 maps, 2 folding plus tissue guards on steel engravings. A very good set