Notes Of a Military Reconnoissance, From Fort Leavenworth, In Missouri, To San Diego, In California

Washington: Wendell and Van Benthuysen, 1848. First edition, Senate issue (preceded by the House issue), 8vo, pp. 416; with 40 lithograph plates and 3 sketch maps, and without the large folding map which was ""not in all copies"" - Howes. With the bookplate of the railroad baron, James J. Hill, with the perforated stamp of the library he founded… Read more about this item

WASHINGTON: Wendell and Van Benthuysen. Very Good. 1848. Hardcover. 8VO, CLOTH. SOILED AND WORN COVERS, RUBBED. CONTENTS CLEAN. LACKING THE POCKET MAP. SENATE EXECUTIVE DOCUMENT 7, 1848. SENATE VERSION OF HOWES E-145. (OMITS JOHNSTON'S REPORT AND ABRIDGES COOKE'S. SECOND ISSUE, WITH AUTHORS RANK GIVEN AS BREVET MAJOR. .