NARRATIVE OF THE EXPLORING EXPEDITION TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN THE YEAR, 1842, AND TO OREGON AND NORTH CALIFORNIA IN THE YEARS 1843-44
by Fremont, J. C
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- Condition
- Good binding
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1846. Disbound. Good binding. Octavo. 186, [6 (ads)], [2] pp. Reprint. Removed from nonce volume. Lacking original wrappers; title page with small paper repair to the lower inner margin; 5-digit numerical tamp in the upper margin of the title page; largely clean throughout. Fremont's report of his expedition is regarded "as one of the most important single pieces of Western Americana" (Reese Co., Catalogue Ninety-four: A Selection of Books from Wright Howes' U.S.iana, item 467). Apppleton's reprinting is from the SEnate copy of the account. It is text only, issued without plates or maps. Sabin 25841: Wagner-Camp 115.7.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7783
- Title
- NARRATIVE OF THE EXPLORING EXPEDITION TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN THE YEAR, 1842, AND TO OREGON AND NORTH CALIFORNIA IN THE YEARS 1843-44
- Author
- Fremont, J. C
- Format/Binding
- Disbound
- Book Condition
- Used - Good binding
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- D. Appleton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1846
- Keywords
- Ephemera Box
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Travel, Adventure & the Outdoors;
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Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA
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About Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...