Washington. 1848. 132pp. plus twenty-four lithographed plates. Lacks the folding map. Later pebbled cloth, printed paper label. Scattered foxing. Three plates with small chips at edges, not affecting image. Good. One of the great southwestern government-sponsored explorations, here in its earliest form, according to Wagner-Camp. The lithographed plates, attributed to...

London. 1836. x,[2],663pp. plus sixteen plates on India paper and folding map. Thick quarto. Modern three-quarter blue morocco and cloth, spine gilt. Minor rubbing, spine slightly sunned. Minor marginal foxing to plates. Very good. A large paper copy of this major source both in the early exploration of the Far...

Edinburgh. 1848. [2],xii,[2],328pp. plus four engraved plates. Half title. Original publisher's green cloth, gilt. Moderate wear and some dampstaining. Internally clean. Good. The scarce second edition (published in the same year as the first) of this popular account of life in Hudson Bay and the Red River settlement, replete with...

[Np. 1849]. 8pp. printed in double-column format. In Gaylord binder. Tanned, else very good, unopened. This speech contains a portion of Benton's LETTER...TO THE PEOPLE OF MISSOURI (1853), examining Fremont's findings during his explorations to discover a western railroad route.

Glendale, Ca. The Arthur H. Clark Co., 1931-1943. Twelve volumes including index volume. Uniform red cloth, t.e.g. Cloth on some volumes slightly rubbed. Near fine. A complete set of this famous collection of southwestern travel accounts, including those of Webb, Bandel, Gibson, Johnston, Garrard, Cooke, and McCoy, as well as.....

Paris, Coblenz, London. [1839-1842]. Handcolored aquatint engraving by Desmadryl after Bodmer. Sheet size: 17 7/16 x 23 1/4 inches. Very good. An outstanding example of his careful rendering of every detail of the everyday life of the Mandan Tribe. As well as being a beautifully composed view of the interior...

Springfield, Ma. 1866. xx,452pp. plus advertisements and partially colored folding map. Original cloth. Wear at head and toe of spine, tear at gutter of map with no loss, some light foxing. Good. The second edition, after two issues of the first edition published the previous year. This edition is not...

Pittsburgh. 1814. 304pp. Modern calf, spine gilt, leather label. Contemporary ownership inscription and later blindstamp on titlepage. Very minor toning and foxing. Very good plus. Brackenridge left St. Charles, Missouri in the spring of 1811 in company with fur trader Manuel Lisa. His journal describes his trip up the Missouri...

Fostoria, Oh. The Gray Printing Company, 1896. 70pp. 12mo. Original printed boards, cloth spine. Head and toe of spine bit worn. Leaves a bit tanned. Very good. According to Ernest J. Wessen, this reprint is rarer than the first edition of 1860 published in Cleveland. Brayton was stolen near his...

Philadelphia: G.G. Evans, 1860. 374pp. plus 22pp. advertisements and six plates (including frontispiece). Original cloth, spine gilt. Cloth uniformly sunned, spine ends frayed, corners worn. 19th-century library bookplate on front pastedown, private library stamp on front free endpaper. Overall a good plus copy. Biography of this western legend who accompanied...

Cádiz: Imprenta del Estado-Mayor-General, 1812. 48,[3]pp. Small quarto. Dbd. Some soiling to titlepage, still very good. In a half morocco box. The rare first edition of a work Howes describes as "the chief source on New Mexico's last years as a Spanish province and of her beginnings as a Mexican.....

London: Chatto & Windus, 1876. Two volumes. viii,264; viii,266pp. plus 180 colored plates containing 360 images, and folding map. Tall octavo. Original gilt pictorial red cloth, original backstrips laid down. Slight loss of original cloth at top of first volume. Covers are bright and very nice. Internally clean, with the...

London. 1841. Two volumes. viii,264; viii,266pp., plus errata slip and hundreds of plates and maps. Large octavo. Contemporary three-quarter morocco and marbled boards, spines gilt, t.e.g.; neatly rebacked, original spines laid down. Bookplates on front pastedowns. Light tanning, other internally clean. Very good. The first edition of Catlin's famous book.....