ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, 54, 55/The Lakeside Classics
by Kane, Elisha Kent/Loomis, Chauncey and Martin, Constance (Editors)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, IL: The Lakeside Press/R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1996. 450 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Top edge gilt w/ few scratch marks to gilt. Illust. w/ color maps, and b/w photos and drawings. Contents very nice.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22348AMER
- Title
- ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, 54, 55/The Lakeside Classics
- Author
- Kane, Elisha Kent/Loomis, Chauncey and Martin, Constance (Editors)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- The Lakeside Press/R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- AMERICANA UNITED STATES AMERICA AMERICAN HISTORY BIOGRAPHY FRANKLIN SIR JOHN ALEXANDER 1786 1847 BRITISH ROYAL NAVY OFFICERS ARCTIC EXPLORATION NORTHWEST PASSAGE SECOND 2ND GRINNELL EXPEDITIONS 1853 1854 1855 ARCTIC REGIONS NORTH POLE TRAVEL WORLD HISTORY
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- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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