Prof. Sonntag's Narrative of the Grinnell Exploring
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Author: Sonntag, August
Title: Professor Sonntag's Thrilling Narrative of the Grinnell Exploring Expedition to the Arctic Ocean, in the Years 1853, 1854, and 1855, in Search of Sir John Franklin, under the Command of Dr. E. K. Kane, U.S.N.
Place Published: Philadelphia and Cincinnati
Publisher:Jas. T. Lloyd & Co.
Date Published: [1857]
Description:
Author: Sonntag, August
Title: Professor Sonntag's Thrilling Narrative of the Grinnell Exploring Expedition to the Arctic Ocean, in the Years 1853, 1854, and 1855, in Search of Sir John Franklin, under the Command of Dr. E. K. Kane, U.S.N.
Place Published: Philadelphia and Cincinnati
Publisher:Jas. T. Lloyd & Co.
Date Published: [1857]
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176 pp. Woodcut illustrations. (8vo) original blindstamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt on front and in blind on rear. First Edition.
"A literary imposture, its authorship repudiated by Sonntag, and its authenticity rejected by other members of the expedition (in correspondence published in Philadelphia Evening Journal, May 19, 1857), this work is said to have been prepared by Charles C. Rhodes from a brief ms. article on the expedition purchased by Rhodes from Mrs. Sonntag, during Sonntag's absence in Mexico." Sabin 86971; Arctic Bibliography 14449.
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Light wear, a few small spots to spine; very good.
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Prof. Sonntag's Narrative of the Grinnell Exploring
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