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Report 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, Brevet Captain John C
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About This Item
Washington: Gales and Seaton. Good. 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. Three-quarter leather over marbled paper; decorative pastedowns and endpapers. Collated and complete except for No. 17, Plate IV depicting fossil shells. Includes the large folded map, housed in a pocket on rear pastedown. Boards have moderate wear and scratching to spine and light wear to edges; previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown and name written in ink on title page and on verso of large folded map; folded map has light foxing and a few closed tears at folds; "iltyd nicholl" rubber stamp on title page; text block has light to moderate foxing and toning. This report contains Fremont's first and second expeditions. Howes F-370. Wagner-Camp 115:1. ; B&W Plates and Maps ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 693 pp .
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- Back of Beyond Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020365
- Title
- Report 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, Brevet Captain John C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Gales and Seaton
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1845
- Keywords
- Exploration, Reports, John C. Fremont, Rocky Mountains, Oregon, California
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Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
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