Notes Of A Military
Reconnoissance From Fort Leavenworth, In Missouri, To San Diego,
In California, Including Parts Of The
Arkansas, Del Norte And Gila Rivers. By W. H. Emory, Brevet Major,
Corps Topographical Engineers. Made In 1846-7, With The Advanced
Guard Of The "Army Of The West". Wendell and Van Benthuysen.
Washington, DC. 1848. 8vo, 416 p. 40 plts., 4 maps and plans
including the large folding chart in pocket at the rear not
present in all copies. (30th Cong., 1st sess.
Senate. Ex.Doc.7) Unlettered brown cloth. Wagner-Camp 148:2 being
a second issue with editing and omissions. Interesting copy being
a presentation from Sen. Daniel Sturgeon of Pennsylvania. Rank
shown as Brevet Major rather than Lieut. Colonel. Zamorano 33;
Graff 1249. I.D.#00002.
Notes Of A Military
Reconnoissance, From Fort Leavenworth In Missouri, To San Diego,
In California, Including Parts Of The
Arkansas, Del Norte, And Gila Rivers. By W.H. Emory... H. Long &
Brother. New York. 1848. 8vo, 40 plts, folding map, embossed brown
cloth, gilt lettered "Emory’s Notes 1846-7". Slight repairs to
chart at folds, slight rubbing. Excellent copy. Scarce, NY
edition. I.D.#00003.
Notes Of A Military
Reconnoissance From Fort Leavenworth, In Missouri, To San Diego,
In California, Including Parts Of The
Arkansas, Del Norte And Gila Rivers. By W. H. Emory, Brevet Major,
Corps Topographical Engineers. Made In 1846-7, With The Advanced
Guard Of The "Army Of The West". Wendell and Van Benthuysen.
Washington, DC. 1848. 8vo, 416 p. lacking some plates and the
folding map from pocket, brown cloth, rear cover defective. First
state of the Senate issue showing his rank as Lieut. Colonel
rather than Brevet Major. Omits Johnston’s report while
summarizing the others. (30th Cong., 1st
sess. Senate. Ex.Doc.7) Wagner-Camp 148:2 Collector’s bookplate. I.D.#00047.
Notes Of A Military
Reconnoissance,... February 9, 1848. - Ordered To Be Printed. ...
Wendell and Van Benthuysen. Washington,
DC. 1848. 8vo, 2 fold. maps (New Mexico and sketch of Cooke’s
march), 40 plates. Orig. brown cloth, spine lacking, maps taped.
Wagner-Camp 148:5. Santa Fe and San Diego views. Plates in very
clean state, first map misfolded. I.D.#00051.
Notes Of A Military
Reconnoissance From Fort Leavenworth In Missouri To San Diego, In
California Including Part Of The
Arkansas, Del Norte, And Gila Rivers. By Lieut. Col. W.H. Emory.
Made In 1846-7, With The Advanced Guard Of The "Army Of The West."
... Wendell and Van Benthuysen. Washington. 1848. 8vo, 614 p. 2
fold. maps, 63 litho. plates. Original brown ribbed cloth, printed
spine label (Thirtieth Congress-First session. [House.] Ex.Doc.
No.41.) First printing, the House issue being earlier than the
Senate. Lacks the large folding general map that was not available
upon first publication. Joints worn, spine loosened, top of spine
gone, internal foxing but plates generally good. Two leaves in
Johnston’s report misprinted so that pp. 567-8 are clipped at the
fore edge with slight loss of text and pp. 609-10 printed crooked.
An important source book for the early Southwest and adding
California to the Union. Captain Abraham Robinson Johnston was
killed in action at San Pasqual in the early morning of Dec. 6,
1946 during the brief Bear Flag War. His posthumous notes,
included by Brig. Gen.S.W. Kearny, gives a good account of the
fighting and careful notes and drawings on the local Indians. In
addition to Emory’s and the Johnston diary are reports of Lt. J.W.
Abert and Lieut. Col. P. St. George Cooke. Samorano 80, #33; Howes
E-145; Cowan p. 195. I.D.#07387.
United States And
Mexican Boundary Survey, Report Of
William H. Emory, Major First Cavalry And U.S. Commissioner.
Volume I. Cornelius Wendell, Printer. Washington, DC. 1857. Large
4to, xvi,258,viii,174 p. 2 fold. maps, 12 col. Indian plates, 20
woodcuts, 73 steel engravings. Early full legal calf. Bookplate of
Otto Orrin Fisher, M.D. (30th Congress, 1st
session. House of Representatives. Ex.Doc.No.135). Hinge slightly
cracked but an exceptional copy with the plates bright and clean.
Rare state of the title in abbreviated form, not noted in Howes. I.D.#00759. |
