NOTES OF A MILITARY RECONNOISSANCE, From Fort Leavenworth, In Missouri, To San Diego, In California, Including Parts Of The Arkansas, De Norte, And Gila Rivers
by Emory, W, H
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Washington DC: Wendell & Van Bentuysen, , 1848. Second issue,. hardcover. Very Good. Washington DC: Wendell & Van Bentuysen, , 1848. Second issue,. hardcover. Very Good. Senate" version without Johnson's journal, and abridging Cooke's report; preceeded by House edition. 416 pp.; original cloth boards, rebacked with new cloth spine and leather spine label; 40 lithograph plates, 3 diagrams. 30th Congress, 1st Session. Senate Document 7. With author's rank given as Brevet Major. Lacks the folding map from the rear pocket. Classic exploration work on the American southwest. "It is source material for the Southwest and the Mexican Border. A library of Western Americana is incomplete without it." [Zamorano]. Howes E145, Wagner, Camp, Becker 148:2 Zamorano Eighty:33 . Ink writing on endpapers. 092108A
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- Alkahest Books (US)
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- 000013515
- Title
- NOTES OF A MILITARY RECONNOISSANCE, From Fort Leavenworth, In Missouri, To San Diego, In California, Including Parts Of The Arkansas, De Norte, And Gila Rivers
- Author
- Emory, W, H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second issue,
- Publisher
- Wendell & Van Bentuysen,
- Place of Publication
- Washington DC
- Date Published
- 1848
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