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[KANE, Elisha Kent (1820-1857)]. A group of 4 titles by or about, including:
KANE. The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin. A Personal Narrative. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1954. 8vo. 3 maps (one folding), 12 plates (some tinted) including frontispiece, numerous in-text illustrations. Original brown cloth with central device gilt with blind lozenge on upper cover, gilt-lettered spine (spine sunned). Early edition, first published in 1853 but a warehouse fire broke out destroying most of the copies. It was then reissued in 1854 with a new title-page. -- Another copy dated 1857. -- ELDER, William. Biography of Elisha Kent Kane. Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1858. 8vo. Illustrated with plates. Original blindstamped brown cloth. Provenance: William Vaux (armorial bookplate); Geographical Society of Philadelphia (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. -- KANE. Arctic Explorations in Search of Sir John Franklin. London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1885. 8vo. Frontispiece, folding map, number woodcut vignettes. Full contemporary olive calf gilt.
Together, 4 works in 4 volumes.