New York: Greeley & McElrath... 1843. 112pp. Large octavo. Original printed wrappers. Lightest wear to wrapper edges, some light foxing, a few corners creased. Very good. Third edition, first published in 1841. An important early account of the Oregon country. The author went overland in 1839 to Bent's Fort and.....
Ploughkeepsie [sic]. 1843. 197pp. plus 1p. of advertisements. Contemporary half cloth and boards, paper label. Cloth worn on hinges and head and foot of spine, corners rubbed. Bright and clean internally. Very good. Unopened. In a tan half morocco slipcase, spine gilt. An important early account of the Oregon country.....
London: Richard Bentley, 1843. Two volumes. [iii]-xxiii,297; [iii]-viii,315pp. Contemporary three-quarter sheep and marbled boards, spines gilt, leather label. Light wear to corners and spines, boards rubbed; some light dampstaining to binding. Ownership markings on front endpapers, some blacked out; old library ink stamps on titlepages and second leaves in each.....
[ Washington. 1863]. 22pp. plus three folding maps. Modern cloth, leather label. Very good. Surveys for determining the best final route for a southern railroad. The three detailed maps show Lobos Bay, the area around San Diego, and southern California, New Mexico and Arizona as far as El Paso.
Salt Lake City. [ca. 1940]. 284pp. plus plates. Frontis. Folding map. Quarto. Gilt-stamped cloth. Just about fine. The revised edition, edited by J.C. Alter, arranged by Herbert Auerbach, noted Mormon collector. "First full-length description of the Yellowstone region" - Howes.
Denver: Fred A. Rosenstock / The Old West Publishing Company, 1940. xcv,[3],365pp. plus five plates and a large folding map. Original red cloth, spine gilt. Minor shelf wear. Bookplate removed from front pastedown. Still, a near fine copy. Unopened and untrimmed. Pictorial dust jacket, with a couple of stray ink.....
Washington. 1864. 38pp. Gathered signatures, stitched. Light toning. Very good. 38th Cong. 1st Sess. Includes an "Itinerary of route from Fort Benton to Bannock City," Captain Fisk's report entitled "North Overland Expedition, for the Protection of Emigrants, from St. Cloud, Minnesota, via Forts Abercrombie and Benton, to the Rocky Mountains.....
New York. 1854. 376pp. plus three plates (including frontispiece). Original cloth. Slight snag at head of spine, else very good. "Most important source on the Astor adventure" - Howes. Franchère was with the party John Jacob Astor sent to the Pacific Northwest to establish a fur trading base in the.....
London: John Murray, 1828. xxiv,[4 (paginated xxi-xxiv)],320,clvii pp. plus errata leaf, six folding maps (one loosely laid in and one partially handcolored), and thirty-one plates. Thick quarto. Modern half tan morocco and marbled boards. Modern endpapers. Old and almost invisible institutional blind stamp on titlepage and dedication leaf. Occasional light.....
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.....
New York & Philadelphia. 1849. 29; 83; 186pp. plus two maps (one folding) and 6pp. of advertisements. Text printed in double-column format. Modern three-quarter morocco and marbled boards, spine richly gilt. Two bookplates on front pastedown. A touch of foxing on map and offsetting on titlepage. Near fine. This volume.....
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 two plates, and advertisements. Original gilt cloth. Head and toe of spine frayed, some scattered foxing, else quite good. Rufus Sage map supplied in expert facsimile. Fremont's narrative is one of the most important of western explorations, chronicling his trip over the Oregon Trail and into.....
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.....
Washington. 1845. 693pp. plus twenty-two plates and five maps (three folding). Original blindstamped cloth, spine gilt. Corners lightly worn. A few scattered spots of foxing, but generally quite clean internally. Very good. The Senate issue of the Fremont report, certainly one of the most important single pieces of Western Americana.....
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. Map separating at folds. Contemporary ownership inscriptions on front free endpapers, verso of map, and titlepage. Age-toning and dampstains, offsetting from plates. A good.....
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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.....
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.....
