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Pittsburgh, PA, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Octavo, 9 in. x 6.5 in., pp. 390. Illustrated wtih frontis and thirteen plates. Rebound in green cloth over beveled boards with diamond pattern and "1849" in gilt to front, mimicking the original publication's boards. Black title on white paper label to spine. Title page worn and partially detached… Read more about this item

San Jose, CA: The Pacific Tree and Vine Co, 1894. Hardcover. Good. Octavo, 8 in. x 5.5 in., pp. 498. Illlustrated with frontis of the author and two additional plates. Mustard-colored cloth boards with title and stripe design stamped in black to front and in blind to rear. Gilt title to rebacked spine, with original cloth reattached to… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, PA: Carey & Hart, 1846. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good (case). Small octavo, 7.4 in. x 5 in., pp. 303. Custom quarter-leather case with green cloth. Brown cloth over black leather spine; gilt title to spine. Some foxing to pages, but text is unobscured. Beautiful folded map, 21 in. x 24 in. Bookseller's sticker… Read more about this item

London, England: W. Jeffs, 1861. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. Quartos, 10.3 in. x 6.5 in. Volume I: pp. cxxxi, 508. Volume II: pp. 605. Illustrated with ten steel engravings and fold-out map (10 in. x 19.5 in.) Maroon cloth-covered boards, with elaborate blind-stamped design to fronts and backs. Gilt title to rebacked spines. Original cloth… Read more about this item

Washington DC: George W. Bowman, 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Quarto, 11.8 in. x 9 in., Stamped dark brown cloth. Shelfwear, faded lettering to spine, worn corners. VERY solidly bound. pp. 515. CONTENTS at rear. Illustrated with fold-out color map (16.25 in x 22 in.) Full color folding map at rear: MAP OF THE UNITED STATES EXHIBITING THE… Read more about this item

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1882. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Original brown cloth, ruled in blind. General shelfwear, with corners and spine caps bumped and worn. 47th Congress, 1st Session. Ex. Doc. #186. Previous owner's name (M. Schuyler Elliot) stamped to title page and several additional places throughout. MAP OF THE UPPER COLUMBIA RIVER, FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY… Read more about this item

Washington DC: James B. Steedman, Printer, 1858. Hardcover. Good. Octavo, 9.1 in. x 6 in., pp. 670. Brown cloth boards wiht elborate frame stamped in blind to front and back. Gilt title to spine which reads: "Message and Documents, 1858-59, Part 2." "House Document" and emblem stamped in blind to spine. Rubbing to extremities, particularly along front gutter;… Read more about this item

Hartford, CT: A.D. Worthington & Co, 1875. Hardcover. Good Plus. Octavo, 8.8 in. x 6 in., pp. 623, [1] (advertising). Illustrated with tissue-guarded steelplate engravings of the author and Brigham Young, and twenty-seven other engravings by Chas. Spiegle. Full calf boards. Gilt title on black panels, and four raised bands, to spine. Rubbing and scuffing to boards and… Read more about this item

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. Octavo, 9 in. x 6 in., pp. 204. Illustrated with 64 drawings and five fold-out maps. Dark brown cloth boards with elaborate fame stamped in blind to front and back. Rebacked with dark brown leather spine. LIght rubbing to boards. Slight spine lean. Front lower corner just… Read more about this item

New York: James B. Kirker, Late Edward Dunigan and Brother, 1863. First Edition. Leather-bound. Good Plus. 7 5/8 in. x 5 1/4 in. Red leather double bordered by gilt beading and gilt line, with gilt fleurons to all corners of both (beveled) boards. Special presentation copy (and boldly stamped in gilt to front board): "Anthony Carrigan, Esq./Compliments/of The/College… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. N.C. Wyeth. Octavo, 9 in. x 6.8 in., pp. xi, [5], 263. Illustrated with front cover, endpapers, and four additional plates from pictures by N.C. Wyeth. Black cloth boards with frame stamped in blind and with cowboy pictorial pasted to front. Gilt title to spine. Light rubbing to board… Read more about this item

1844. Sewn pamphlet / Disbound leaves. Very Good Plus / Very Good. Two publications: CLAIMS TO THE OREGON TERRITORY CONSIDERED (London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1844): Octavo, 8.25 in. x 5.4 in., pp. 44. Original stitched wraps. LIght age-toning at edges. Very clean copy. Howes T-161, Sabin 95370. MEMORIAL OF A NUMBER OF CITIZENS... (Washington DC,… Read more about this item

Washington DC: Robert Armstrong, Public Printer, 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Quarto. 9 in. x 6 in., pp. 495. Maroon stamped cloth boards, ruled in blind. Gilt lettering to spine, as well as graphic in gilt of a buffalo. Bumped corners, Stained endpapers with some penciled writing. Frontis lithograph. All plates as called for, though several out of… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1849. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Brown cloth, elaborately blind-stamped, with gold-stamped spine. This (Fifth Edition saw the inclusion of an (untitled) map of the California Gold Region (5 7/8 in x 3 3/8 in. // 14.5 x 8.5 cm.). Shelfwear and light rubbing to extremities, with several nudged corners and light… Read more about this item

Ithaca, New York: Mack, Andrus & Co, 1848. First Edition (First Issue). Hardcover. Octavo. Stamped maroon-gone-brown cloth. (19.5 x 12.5 cm.). Rebacked in black cloth with remaining portion (lettered in gilt) of original spine laid down. With frontis portrait of Dr. and Mrs. White, often missing. Previous owner's address label affixed to top right corner of front free endpaper.… Read more about this item

New York: C.S. Francis & Co, 1849. Hardcover. Good plus. {iii}-vi, 1 leaf, pp. 305 {xiv} adverts. Collated Complete. Octavo. Maroon (darkened) cloth, embossed panels, ruled in blind, gilt title to backstrip. Rubbing to extremities. Leather rebacking with original spine laid down. Minor spotting and toning. Revere's "Lieut. Revere of the U.S. Navy made a well-deserved… Read more about this item

New York: Henry J. Langley, 1844. First Printing (Vol. I); Second issue (Vol II). Hardcover. Good. NOTE: Mixed Set with One Reproduction map, "A Map of The Indian Territory Northern Texas and Mexico": which is a foldout map mounted at the rear of Volume I, appears to be a carefully reproduced facsimile. The second map, an original, is… Read more about this item

Washington, 1859. Hardcover. Good Plus and Maps: Very Good. Octavo, 9 in. x 5.7 in., pp. 125. Illustrated with six fold-out maps. Green colth boards with gilt title to front. No title to spine. Rubbing to extremities. Light sunning to right side of front board. Unmarked interior. Light age-toning and occasional spotting to maps. Map 1: 22.75 in.… Read more about this item

New York: The Press of the Pioneers, Inc, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo, 9.25 in. x 6.25 in., pp. xii, 441. Illustrated with twenty-one black and white plates. Navy blue cloth covers with black title and two hands holding a pistol to front. Black title to spine. Rubbing to extremities. Title on spine barely visible. Corners lightly… Read more about this item

New York: Edward Dunigan, 1847. Hardcover. Good Only. 12mo, 7.1 in. x 4.5 in., pp. 408, [4] ("Our Father" in Indian langages (Flat-Head and Pend-O-Oreille; Flat-Bow and Koetenay;, Assiniboin; Cree; Black-Foot; Potawotomie; Nosinan; Indian vocabulary, and list of "Plants of the Rocky Mountains"). Illustrated with tissue-guarded frontis. Fabulous frontis portrait of "The Lodge Pole" The Great Chief of… Read more about this item