fremont captain (8 Ergebnisse)

paperback. 230x145mm, IV - 186pages, Lower cover missing. Spine used. Name of the owner on the superior cover. En cas de problème de commande, veuillez nous contacter via notre page d'accueil / If there is a problem with the order, please contact us via our homepage.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Hardcover. Blue cloth over boards with leather spine. Gold lettering on brown title plate on spine. Title page dated 1846, no separate copyright page. 186 pages. In fair condition. Considerable rubbing to cloth and spine, with corners of boards exposed through split cloth. Leather is cracked along the entire length of both hinges and horizontally towards head of spine. Leather is very worn, though lettering on title plate remains bright and clear. Textblock remains firmly bound. Prominent foxing on all pages of textblock. Lower right corner of first half of pages have stain from water damage. Additional water damage on front endpaper, which is also split along the gutter. Personal library book plate on flyleaf before title page, this page is no longer attached to binding. Name written in fading ink along top edge of title page. A couple pages creased in the corner as if they had been dog-eared at one point. Print remains bold and crisp- in good reading condition. Does not appear to be missing any pages. Overall worn, though sturdy and readable.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 8.75 x 5.5", printed wraps, 275pp, front cover very worn and soiled, torn at foredge, rear cover removed, contents foxed and well worn. SWAF. CHARLES C. TROWBRIDGE'S COPY WITH HIS INK SIGNATURE ON FRONT COVER. Trowbridge was an explorer himself, joining Lewis Cass on his exploration trip to the Great Lakes in 1820; Trowbridge was later Mayor of Detroit.

Decorative Cloth. Zustand: Very Good -. First Edition. The 1845 1st edition, still in the publisher's original black cloth, with its decorative blindstamping. Light wear along the rear outer hinge, very light chipping at the spine crown. Mild soiling to the panels, light foxing at the preliminaries. Thick octavo, 693 pgs. Printed by order of the Senate. 22 lithographed plates, 4 maps (2 of them fold-outs) in the text, which is complete. (Missing only the large folding pocket map at the rear pastedown. No sign of a pocket either, suggesting it was issued by publisher as such?).

Brown Cloth. Zustand: Rebound Copy. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Old front cover marbled board retained. Spine lettered in gilt. New endpapers. This is the classic Doc.No, 166 printed by the order of the House of Representatives during the 28th Congress, 2nd session. Light foxing through the text, never heavy. Collated complete (except thre large Preuss map) with twenty-two plates and four maps. Maps are intact. The map at p.132 has old tape repair to one fold. The Preuss map is provided in facsimile. 583pp. Listed in many reference sources including: Sabin 25845, Graff 1438, Howes F-370, Zamorano 80-#39, Field 565, Wagner-Camp 115. A kindly-preserved copy. Size: Demy Octavo.

Zustand: Good. Washington, D.C.: Gales and Seaton, 1845. 1st edition. Senate Issue. Later binding. Sm 4to Hardcover. (6)+693pp+(7). B/W plates, tables, includes 2 folding maps, p. 133 and p. 247. lacking 3 remaining maps, including Charles Preuss map. Good book. 1/2 leather brown boards with raised spine bands, gilt spine lettering and marbled endpapers. Heavy edgewear. Approx. 1 inch chip to the upper rear board. Pages age toned. Hinges starting. Decorative early penciled gifter's inscription to the first blank. Creasing to the upper corner of pages 247-256. Heavy vertical creasing to the second rear blank. Inclludes astronomical and meteorological reports omitted from the House issue. In polypropylene bag. (US history, exploration, american west) Inquire if you need further information.

Hardcover. Senate Issue. 691pp. Octavo [23 cm] Rebound in sturdy tan cloth. New endsheets and flyleaves. Good plus. The plates and pages are foxed, and there are sporadic tidemarks of varying sizes on the pages as well. 22 single-sided plates (views, botanical, fossils) and 3 maps (missing the large folding map by Charles Preuss, and the map at p. 247). John Fremont's expeditions of 1842 and 1843-44 were the most spectacular reconnaissance of the American West since Lewis and Clark. Performed under the auspices of the Army Bureau of Topographical Engineers, the expedition's published reports and maps brought a factor of dependability and trustworthiness that would aid American settlement of the West. Fremont's report was the most detailed observations of the western territories at the time. The country covered by the report was previously terra incognito--Brigham Young is said to have used both the report as a guide in bringing the Mormon people West. Utah was then part of Mexico and would first become Deseret and then Utah territory. One of the seminal works for any western or Utah collector. Howes F-372(Senate Issue). Wagner/Camp 115.2.

Cooperstown, N.Y., H. & E. Phinney, 1846. 8vo. Cont. hcalf. Back somewhat worn. Old name inscribed on title. IV,186 pp. Brownspotted throughout, mainly due to the poor quality of paper. The Cooperstown-edition seems not to be listed by Sabin (see No 25841).