Search Results: exploration of the red river of by marcy randolph b

Washington DC: A. O. P. Nicholson, 1854. Paperback. Good. New papercovers. 129 pp. Contains only the text of his report. Chapters1-10 and appendix A and B. Appendices C-H, all illustrations and maps are missing. Much foxing and some stains.

Washington, D.C.: US Senate/USGPO. 1853. First Edition. 1/4 leather, marbled boards, endpapers; good only; Boards attached by threads, spine aged & chipped, light foxing. .

Washington: [U.S. Gov't], 1854. ...with reports on the natural history of the country, and numerous illustrations; 33d Congress, 1st Session. Ho. of Reps.; Purplish textured cloth, gilt spine title, blind decoration & borders, & 63 plates; A just very good copy with ownership paper on cover, pencil signature dated 1852 on fep, & small library stamp back of title page; 286 pages of text & no map; . 5.5"x8.75".

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1937. First Edition. Cloth. Very good/good. 8vo. Pictorial dust jacket. Publisher's cloth with pastedown on spine. Frontispiece plus 7 full-page illustrations plus folding map. 199 pp. Jacket is taped to boards. Ex-library with sticker on jacket spine and cover, stamp on top and bottom block edges, card pocket inside front cover, and bookplate on front free endpaper. Jacket has a 1" chip at top of front cover and some scuffs and small chips around edges. Book is excellent, and folding map is in perfect condition. This is a scarce first edition of historian Grant's publications of the journals of Capt. Marcy, detailing his explorations in Oklahoma and New Mexico in the mid 19th century. An uncommon edition with a very attractive folding map.

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1937. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. xi, 272pp+ index; folding map. Very good hardback in a darkened and rubbed jacket that has some minor loss at the extremities and is sunned on the spine.

1854. MARCY, Randolph B. Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the Year 1852. Washington: Beverley Tucker, Senate Printer, 1854. Senate edition. xiv,310pp. 67 plates (one folding and colored, some tinted). Later cloth, portion of original spine laid down. Small chip to head of front board, light scattered foxing and toning, else very good. Howes M-276. Wagner-Camp 226:2. "Written by one of the greatest 19th-century American explorers, this is one of the most interesting accounts of an original exploration of unknown parts of Texas."--Jenkins. "Captain Marcy's report affords the reader some authentic information regarding the peculiar customs of the Indians of the southern plains."--Field. With a portion of the vocabularies of the Comanche and Wichita.

(RED RIVER). MARCY, Randolph B. and McCLELLAN, G.B. Adventure on Red River. Report on the Exploration of the Headwaters of the Red River by Captain[s]...Edited and Annotated by Grant Foreman. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1937. 1st ed. Illus. frontis. folding map. xxi, 199, (1)pp. A fine copy in d/j.

Beverly Tucker , 1854. Hardcover. Very Good. original boards very tight and clean many plates in rear one folding

Washington: A. O. P. Nicholson, Public Printer, 1854., 1854. First edition. Second edition (Without maps). 8vo. 33rd Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Executive Document. Brown embossed cloth, titles stamped on the upper spine, xv [blank], 286 pp. plus 65 plates, introduction, appendices, alphabetical index, illustrated from plates. An exploration of the Red River of Texas and Louisiana. Marcy includes descriptions of the Indians encountered, wildlife, plant life, scenery, attached waterways and lakes, and appendicies of the courses and distances charted, minerals, fossils, animals, plants, and Indian languages. Wagner-Camp 226: "Marcy knew the plains, and all his books are filled with most interesting and useful information. This journal is remarkable for its intimate observations, extending beyond the geographical limits of the report." Bookplate of American author and editor, Edward D. Mansfield on the front pastedown sheet, light wear to the spine ends and corners, cloth… Read More

Washington: Robert Armstrong, Public Printer, 1853. First edition (Senate issue). Hardcover book bound in the publisher's original cloth. 23 cm. 320 pp. Contains 65 full-page illustrated plates (lacks botany plate XVIII). The separate folder containing the 2 folding maps is not present. In good condition. No writing/markings within the interior text. Hinges tight. The age-toned interior pages show scattered spotting/foxing throughout. Some illustrated plates separating from binding. Moderate to heavy wear/tear/soiling to the cloth covers.

Washington DC: A.O.P. Nicholson, 1854. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. 2 vols. 286p; large section of plates and a foldout geological cross-section of Arkansas to Texas; map volume. A set of two black cloth hardcover books, one with text and plates and one with folding maps. Acceptable condition overall. Edge of cloth splitting where the spine and back cover are joined. Other edges also wearing through. Cloth spotted with stains and Corners of text block conspicuously dampstained. Owner's pencil note inside front cover. Foxing throughout; binding secure for normal handling. The map volume is also dampstained, leaving the cloth wrinkled and discolored. A report to the House of Representatives (33d Congress, 1st session). Howes M-276. Includes sepearte map portfolio with three large folding maps: MAP OF THE COUNTRY BETWEEN THE FRONTIERS OF ARKANSAS AND NEW MEXICO; MAP OF THE COUNTRY UPON THE UPPER RED RIVER; and a large untitled map depicting the entire region including Missouri, northern Texas, Arknsas,… Read More

Washington: A.O.P. Nicholson, Public Printer, 1854. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, third issue: (Ho. of Reps.) Octavo. xv, 286pp., 64 plates (including one folded color plate). In the original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth with gilt spine title. Early signature in ink on the top margin of the title page. Light chipping at the joints and spine ends, corners are bumped, lacking the front free endpaper, else very good with light scattered foxing. With 64 fine lithographic plates by H. Lawrence as follows: Landscapes (plates 1-12); Geological Sections (folded plate 1, plates 4-11); Palaeontology (plates 1-6); Zoology (plates 1-18); Botany (plates 1-17,19-20). Botanical plate 18 and Geological plate 2 were not issued. It is likely that Geological plate 3 was not bound into this copy, as there is no indication of it having been removed. A nice copy, with the plates in very good condition. *Howes* M276.

8vo, original blindstamped brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, illustrated with many lithographed plates, xv, [1], 286 pp. + plates. Joints splitting, spine, partially torn away from book case, ends frayed and edges are rubbed, bookplate, some foxing; else very good. This work represents an important exploration of previously unknown parts of present day Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arkansas, by one of the major figures in the settlement of the frontier. “Contains authentic information regarding the peculiar customs of the Indians of the southern plains. Their mode of warfare, their invariable violation of the chastity of female prisoners, and the condition of their dwellings and villages, are particularly described”(Sabin). Wagner-Camp adds that “Marcy’s report abounds in topographical and geological detail.” The plates include a number of views, along with those on paleontology, zoology, and botany.

Washington: Robert Armstrong. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1853. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 31 + 320 pages; Contemporary full sheep binding with rubbing, few small stains, spine labels chipped, hinges cracked, but holding well and some scattered foxing. All plates are present and bound in at the rear. The 2 large folding maps tipped in at rear. The 1st map does have a closed tear, otherwise both are near fine condition. .