Apr 16, 2019 - Sale 2505

Sale 2505 - Lot 32

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(ARCTIC.) Kane, Elisha Kent. The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin. 3 maps, 13 plates, text illustrations. 552, 8 pages including publisher's ads. 8vo, publisher's gilt pictorial cloth, rebacked, minor wear; minor foxing, intermittent moderate dampstaining; later owner's signature on front flyleaf. New York, 1853

Additional Details

first edition. During the 1850-51 first Grinnell Expedition in search of Franklin, Kane served as the surgeon aboard the Advance, which was commanded by Edwin Jesse DeHaven. Sabin 36998; TPL 3177.