This order book contains a one-page prospectus for the work and sixty-three blue subscription leaves. An order book was often used in conjunction with a sample book, which would give the prospective subscriber some idea of what he or she was buying. However, the publisher may have printed up order books for Kane's work prior to printing any of it, possibly to see how many advance subscriptions it could obtain. George Childs, in his Recollections, recounts using what was either a sample book or a canvassing book to sell Arctic Explorations. This indicates that more than an order book existed for this work, although it does not clarify the ways in which these two related sales props were used.