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Lot 56
KANE, Elisha Kent (1820-1857). Arctic Explorations.
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
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| $1,000 | $100 |
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| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
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KANE, Elisha Kent (1820-1857). Arctic Explorations.
Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 124 Arch Street: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 20 N. Fourth St.; Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co., 13 Winter Street; New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 321 Broadway; Cincinnati: Applegate & Co., 48 Main Street, 1856.
Arctic explorations: the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55, by Elisha Kent Kane, M.D., U.S.N.; illustrated by upwards of three hundred engravings, from sketches by the author, the steel plates executed under the superintendence of J.M. Butler, the wood engravings by Van Ingen & Snyder.
2 volumes: illustrations, maps, portrait. Frontis port. in each volume. Twenty plates, plus extra engraved title pages, illustrations in text, and maps (2 folding).
Bound in ¾ red leather, marbled boards, raised bands, gilt spine title. Top edge gilt, marbled edge papers. With signed binding, “Schleuning & Adams.”
H: 9 W: 6 in.
With bookplate on front pasted down endpapers, “Ex Libris Richard Benjamin Studebaker.”
Condition
Very good. Spine on Vol. 1 cracked, corners and edges rubbed. Marbled boards slightly faded. Front free endpaper in Vol. 1 detached.
Overall Dimensions
Height: 9.00
Width: 6.00
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From the Estate of John A. Davidson, Jr. Proceeds to benefit the APL of Lorain County and the Dittrick Museum.
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