London: John Murray, 1829. Four volumes. Half titles. 24mo. Original red cloth, paper labels. Cloth faded, minor soiling, labels lightly chipped. Minor scattered foxing. Good plus. A petit edition of the narrative of two of Franklin's voyages through the Arctic. The Coppermine expedition proved disastrous, with many of his men.....
London. 1823/1828. Two volumes. [iii]-xvi,768pp. plus errata slip, thirty plates (eleven in color), and four folding maps; xxiv,[xxi]-xxiv,320,clvii,[2]pp. plus thirty-one plates and six folding maps. Both volumes lacking half titles. Quarto. Contemporary calf, expertly rebacked in matching calf, spine gilt. Minor shelf wear. Modern bookplate on each front pastedown, small.....
Washington. 1849. 40pp. Dbd. Gathered signatures, stitched as issued. Without the folding map. Stitching somewhat frayed. Light foxing. Good. The House issue of Fremont's third expedition of 1845-46, this copy without the folding map. This report marked the conclusion of Fremont's career as a topographical engineer. It was during this.....
Syracuse. 1847. 427pp. plus large folding map, two plates, and [2]pp. advertisements. Original brown publisher's cloth, spine gilt. Extremities lightly worn. Small tissue repair to inner margin of map verso. Very minor scattered foxing. Very good. Considered by Howes and other authorities the "best edition" because of its inclusion of.....
Cincinnati. 1865. 264pp. plus 24pp. of advertisements. Publisher's cloth, spine gilt, neatly rebacked, with original spine laid down, corners renewed. 19th-century bookplate on front pastedown, moderate foxing, as usual. Very good. A scarce account of an expedition to the Northwest beginning at Council Bluffs, via the North Platte to Fort.....
Cincinnati. 1850. [6],349pp. Original blindstamped cloth, spine gilt. Spine ends chipped, cloth with minor repair along hinges. Two bookplates on front pastedown. Very clean internally. A very good copy. In a cloth slipcase, printed paper label. The most readable work on the Santa Fe Trail, and a classic of Western.....
Philadelphia: Printed for Mathew Carey, 1812. 262pp. plus folding engraved map and six plates. 12mo. Contemporary tree calf, gilt label. Edges of covers worn, hinges tender. Contemporary ownership inscriptions on front free endpapers, verso of map, and titlepage. Age- toning and dampstains, offsetting from plates. A good copy. In a......
Pittsburgh: Printed by Zadok Cramer, for David M'Keehan, Publisher and Proprietor, 1807. 262pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf spine and patterned paper boards, spine gilt. Boards heavily worn. Contemporary ownership inscriptions on endpapers and first few leaves. Lightly foxed and toned throughout, some light wear. Good. In a half morocco clamshell box.....
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Paris. 1810. xviii,443pp. plus folding map. Slightly later half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt, edges sprinkled red. Boards somewhat scuffed, moderate edge and corner wear, some worming at head of spine. Scattered contemporary manuscript annotations. Quite clean internally, with an occasional faint fox mark. About very good. Gass was.....
Aberdeen. 1847. 312pp. Antique-style half calf and marbled boards, leather labels. Some minor spotting on title-leaf and preliminary leaves. Overall very good. "A New and Complete Edition." This rarely seen Aberdeen edition was issued one year after the first, Philadelphia printing. Although Gilliam was appointed American consul to California, he.....
Washington. 1852. 250pp. plus two folding maps and one folding profile. Original blindstamped cloth, front board gilt lettered. Cloth worn, particularly at edges, spine ends chipped, hinges cracked. Author's presentation inscription on front pastedown and author's autograph letter, signed, laid in, and scattered annotations in his hand. Institutional withdrawal stamps.....
Cincinnati: Wrightson & Co.'s ("Railroad Record,") Print, 1856. 110pp. plus thirty-two (of thirty-three) lithograph plates and two (of three) maps. Errata slip. Modern half morocco and marbled boards, preserving the original gilt leather label. Mild shelf wear. Smoke damage to lower margins throughout, affecting some text and plates, but professionally.....
New York. 1844. Two volumes. 320; 318pp., plus map and six plates. Lacks the folding map. Modern three-quarter morocco and marbled boards, spines gilt, t.e.g. Some scattered foxing in first volume. Scattered marginal dampstaining and heavier foxing in second volume. Contemporary ownership signature in first volume across part of title.....
New York: Henry G. Langley, 1844. Two volumes. 320; 318pp., plus two maps (one folding) and six plates. Original cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Cloth lightly worn, front joint on second volume cracked with cloth splitting. Previous owner's name (W.B. Childers) stamped in ink on front and rear endpapers.....
Philadelphia. 1852. ix,[1],[13]-168pp. plus advertisements. Frontis. Original cloth. Bit chipped at head and toe of spine, some foxing and light tanning. A sound copy. Gunnison was assistant to Capt. Howard Stansbury during the exploration of the Great Salt Lake Basin undertaken by the army's topographical engineers. "Both of the officers.....
London. 1858. viii,247pp. Folding frontispiece map. Half title. 16mo. Original color pictorial boards, backstrip neatly replaced. Tiny closed tear in map near mounting stub. Otherwise a very good, clean copy. Includes descriptions of the Gold Rush, which had begun the same year as the publication of this work and radically.....
London. 1862. viii,184pp. plus folding map. Lacks the advertisements (4pp. total) at front and rear, found in some copies. 12mo. Modern half cloth and paper boards. Previous owner's ink stamp on verso of map, on titlepage, and on eight text leaves. Lightly age-toned. Very good overall, with the map in.....
Philadelphia; London: Lippincott, Grambo and Co.; Trübner and Co., 1854. 136pp. plus thirteen lithographed plates (some tinted), folding map, and 46pp. of advertisements. Original green publisher's cloth, spine gilt, boards stamped in blind, and publisher's patterned endpapers with advertisements. Corners a bit worn, boards slightly rubbed. Map with a few.....
New York: Francis P. Harper, 1897. Three volumes. Three folding maps and folding facsimile in rear pocket of third volume. Portrait. Original cloth and boards, paper labels. Boards edgeworn, hinges weak; spines darkened and chipped at heads and toes. Internally very clean and fresh. Very good. Unopened. From the special.....
New York. 1809. [6],330pp. plus errata leaf. Contemporary half speckled calf and boards, leather label. Some foxing or light tanning, bookplates, but very good. Frontispiece portrait in facsimile. Part I consists of Henry's reminiscences of fur trading among the Indians of the upper Great Lakes region, and his escape from.....
New York. [ 1906]. iii,521pp. plus plates, folding map, and advertisements. Original pictorial cloth. Corners bumped, extremities rubbed. Bookplate on front pastedown. Internally clean and bright. Very good. The third and much expanded edition of the narrative which first appeared in 1862 under the title, NOTES BY THE WAY, and.....
San Francisco. 1860. 378pp. plus twelve plates. Original blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt. Minor sunning to spine, some rubbing and light soiling, corners rubbed. Minor toning to text, light tideline on plates only. Very good. "Enjoyed - and merited - wide popularity" - Howes. Curiously, Adams, whose first name was John.....
New York: Published by J.H. Colton, 1852. 83,[1]pp. plus 18pp. publisher's advertisements at rear. Large folding map, with route marked by hand in red. 16mo. Original brown cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Spine cloth torn along lower front joint, chipped at spine ends, cloth lightly soiled. Bookplates on front.....
London. 1835. Two volumes. xi,[1],273pp. plus advertisements; viii,301pp. plus advertisements. Half titles. Original cloth and boards, printed paper spine labels (volume I label chipped, missing text supplied in facsimile). Spines sunned, some wear at extremities, else very good, internally clean. First British edition (and best edition, according to Howes), published.....
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1836. Two volumes. 285; 279pp., plus folding map and 8pp. of advertisements. Original patterned cloth. Spine sunned, slight wear at extremities. Overall a good set. A mixed issue, comprised of the first volume in the first edition, Blanck's first state, with the copyright notice and.....
