NARRATIVE OF THE EXPLORING EXPEDITION TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN THE YEAR, 1842, AND TO OREGON AND NORTH CALIFORNIA IN THE YEARS 1843-44
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1846. Disbound. Good binding. Item #7783
Octavo. 186, [6 (ads)], [2] pp. Reprint. Removed from nonce volume. Lacking original wrappers; title page with small paper repair to the lower inner margin; 5-digit numerical tamp in the upper margin of the title page; largely clean throughout. Fremont's report of his expedition is regarded "as one of the most important single pieces of Western Americana" (Reese Co., Catalogue Ninety-four: A Selection of Books from Wright Howes' U.S.iana, item 467). Apppleton's reprinting is from the SEnate copy of the account. It is text only, issued without plates or maps. Sabin 25841: Wagner-Camp 115.7.
Price: $65.00