first edition
1858 · Philadelpiha
by ELDER, William
Philadelpiha: Childs and Peterson, 1858. A good to very good copy with some wear to extremities (larger at head of spine) and intermittent pale spotting. 8vo. 416 pages. Engraved frontispiece portrait and engraved illustrated title page and 4 full page illustrations; 2 pages of publisher's advertisements in front, 2 pages of publisher's advertisements at end. Original embossed cloth. FIRST EDITION. A complete biography of the prolific Arctic explorer and writer. Includes letters from Dr. ayes, Amos Bonsall and Henry Goodfellow. "My aim was not to write a review of Dr. Kanes's writers, but rather a memoir of the man, which might serve to make his reader's personally acquainted with him."
(Inventory #: 405573)