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PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. pp. 394.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Facsimile edition. Quarto. 168pp. Brown cloth titled in gilt. Ex-library copy with markings, withdrawn stamps, and label removed from spine, else very good.

Zustand: New. In.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this classic travelogue, the author recounts his adventures in the American wilderness as he attempts to navigate the unknown waters of the Minnay Sotor river. With vivid descriptions of the landscape and encounters with native tribes, this book is not only a thrilling adventure story but also a valuable historical record of a bygone era. With charming prose and a deep appreciation for the natural world, Featherstonhaugh offers a unique perspective on the American frontier.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Zustand: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. HARDBACK, black cloth with dust-jacket. From the library of the British Geologist Joan Mary Eyles with light pencilled notes, book reviews loosely inserted along with a letter to Mrs Eyles requesting a review of the work, along with her typewritten review and letter back. As new a very fine association copy. Please contact for photographs or more information if required.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. First edition. Octavo, 168 pages, some foxing, contemporary drab wrappers, spine perished (repaired with old cellophane tape), small puncture to the title-page. Lacking the two folding maps, which were not issued with all the copies. Note: the stain facing the title-page looks much darker in the photograph than in reality Senate Doument 333. Featherstonhaugh was Yorkshireman who became a Fellow of the Royal Society, the Geological Society, and the first U. S. government Geologist. On assignment for the U. S. Topographical Bureau, Featherstonhaugh traversed the Fox River from Green Bay, Wisconsin Territory, to the Wisconsin River to Prairie du Chien, and up the Mississippi, by canoe, up the western edge of Wisconsin past the eastern edge of Minnesota. Each plate shows mulitple views, including geological sections from Georgetown, D.C. to Green Bay, and Green Bay to Prairie du Chien, then Prairie du Chien to the Coteau de Prairie; also Wills Creek.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Extremely scarce. Full brown leather, spine professionally repaired with brown cloth. Printed in double-column format. General shelf wear to leather boards. Foxing/age staining throughout, still very readable. Binding sturdy. [Other listings state there are 2 volumes, this book doesn't indicate being a part of a set. No plate at front, so possibly the second volume.].

8vo. 168 pp., 4 engraved plates. Printed by order of the Senate. Green patterned cloth, splits at joints, pink endpapers. A presentation copy, inscribed to George Harrison Esq. from the author. Featherstonhaugh was the first to be employed as a geologist by the U.S. government. Seemingly he gifted a number of copies of this book, almost always without the map. Geology being a relatively new science, in the first part he familarizes the reader with various geological terms and what was known of the geology of the U.S. at the time.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Hardcover. 97 pages. Grey boards with blindstamped diamond texture & faded cloth spine. Corners bumped, but binding tight. Yellow endpapers. Some foxing to the pages, but text block tight and complete. Inscription at the top of the title page reads: "To Mr. Fowler with the compliments of the author." The original map is present and in very good condition. The paper is toned with age, but there are no tears and there is very little foxing. Hand colored elevation showing geological features all the way from the Atlantic Ocean to Texas. The map is 7.5 inches tall and an astounding 9 feet and 8 inches wide. It folds neatly down to just over 4 inches wide. Feathersonhaugh was the first Geologist to the US Government. He surveyed parts of the Louisiana purchase, early Railroad routes, and was a witness to the removal of the Cherokees from what is now Tennessee. He wrote several geological reports and a few travel narratives, but signed copies seldom seen. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First edition. 97pp. Octavo [22 cm] in quarter brown calf over mottled boards; marbled endpapers. Spine worn. Moderately scuffed at edges. The textblock is stiff and wavy, and mildly foxed. With large folding map, in nearly pristine condition with only a few hints of foxing. G. W. Featherstonhaugh (1780-1866) was the first U.S. Government geologist. He was also the force behind the first railroad in America.

Cloth. Zustand: Good. W. L. Walton; Hullmandel & Walton (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this geological account of a canoe journey up the Wisconsin River from the first geologist to the US government, George William Featherstonhaugh, with an accompanying folding map. The first edition.Illustrated with lithographic frontispieces, monochrome vignettes, and a large folding map to the front pocket of 'Vol I'. Collated, lacking the folding map to 'Vol II'.George William Featherstonhaugh's account of his journey travelling in a canoe along the Wisconsin River to the Mississippi River, providing a geological account of the lead, copper and gold in the mountain regions of Georgia and North Carolina. The work also provided an account of his time with the Cherokee tribe. Featherstonhaugh was a noted geologist, and the first geologist to the US Government.A two volume complete set.In the publisher's original cloth. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally, wear to the extremities, small closed tears to the head and tails of the spines, a library label to the head of the spine to 'Vol I', slight leans, slight marks to the boards, and joints starting to 'Vol I'. Rear hinge starting to the front, and to the rear after pp. 414. to 'Vol I'. The odd spot and mark to the endpapers. Internally, generally firmly bound with on map lacking, the odd page starting, with lightly age toned pages and the odd spot, heavier to the front and rear. Marks to the verso of the folding map. Good. book.

First edition, 8vo, pp. 168; 4 engraved plates; original brown cloth, extremities faded, else very good and sound. Without the 2 folding maps which were not issued in all copies. This copy inscribed "A. C. Paige from the Hon. N. P. Tallmadge." Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge (1795-1864) was an American lawyer and politician. He was a U.S. Senator from New York and Governor of the Wisconsin Territory. The result of a British scientist's geological reconnaissance through the Great Lakes and upper Mississippi valley in 1835-37. Featherstonhaugh began his journey in Washington, D.C. and traveled via Pittsburgh and Cleveland before visiting Detroit, and travelling by canoe on Lakes Huron and Michigan to Mackinac and Green Bay, thence via the Fox and Mississippi Rivers to Saint Anthony and Fort Snelling, where Featherstonhaugh's party ascended the Minnesota River as far as Lake Traverse on the Dakota border, and back again via Lake Pepin, Galena, and Saint Louis. His travels by canoe in Wisconsin and Minnesota are of particular interest. Not in Howes or Graff; Sabin 23963.