Report Of The Exploring
Expedition To The Rocky Mountains In The Year 1842,
And To Oregon And North California In The Years 1843-44. By Brevet
Captain J.C. Fremont, Of The Topographical Engineers, Under The
Orders Of Col. J.J. Abert, Chief Of The Topographical Bureau.
Printed By Order Of The Senate Of The United States. (Senate Doc.
174; 28th Congress, 2nd session) Gales and
Seaton. Washington, DC. 1845. 8vo, 693 p. numerous tables, 22
plates as in Wagner-Camp 1115:1, one folding map in text, large
hand colored folding chart in pocket inside rear board. Embossed
brown ribbed cloth, rather foxed as is usual, slight splits at
hinge. Interesting copy having been presented by Senator Jesse
David Bright of Indiana to Governor James Whitcomb with
contemporary inked inscription "James Whitcomb Esqr. with the
respects of his Friend Jesse D. Bright", on the front free
endpaper. Later ex-libris: Indiana Asbury University. One of the
most important works on the opening of the west. Wagner-Camp
115:1; Sabin 25845; Howes F370; Graff 1436: Streeter 3131;
Zamorano 39. I.D.#00001. SOLD.
Report Of The Exploring
Expedition To The Rocky Mountains In The Year 1842...
Printed By Order Of The Senate Of The United
States. Gales and Seaton. Washington, DC. 1845. Ibid. Another
copy. 4 fold. maps in text, 1 large fold. map in pocket, 13 litho.
views, 9 plates of fossils and plants. 693 p. Original dark brown
ribbed cloth. In this copy the map pocket is in the front cover
rather than the back; no priority determined. Pocket
professionally repaired, rebacked with spine laid down. Plates
bright and clean, some repairs to folding map.
I.D.#00740. SOLD.
Report Of The Exploring
Expedition To The Rocky Mountains In The Year 1842, And To Oregon
And North California In The Years 1843-'44. ...
Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Blair and Rives.
Washington, DC. 1845. 8vo, 22 plates, 4 (of 5) maps (lacks fold.
map). Orig. brown cloth, foxed. Rear hinge slightly cracked. (28th
Congress, 2d session. House. Ex. Doc. No. 166) Wagner-Camp 115:2.
Camp once stated that he felt that the House issue might have
preceded the Senate, that the plates of the 1842 expedition were
probably re-engraved and that in any case, the plates were not
identical in all copies. Plate 2 in Botany bound out of sequence. I.D.#09740.
(28th Congress, 2d
session. House. Ex. Doc. No. 186). Report Of The Exploring
Expedition To The Rocky Mountains In The Year 1842, And To
Oregon And North California In The Years 1843-’44. ... Printed By
Order Of The House Of Representatives. Blair and Rives.
Washington, DC. 1845. 8vo, 22 plates, 3 (of 5) fold. maps. New
buckram, trimmed. Wagner-Camp 115:2. Camp once stated that he felt
that the House issue might have preceded the Senate, that the
plates of the 1842 expedition were probably re-engraved and that
in any case, the plates were not identical in all copies. Plate 2
in Botany bound out of sequence. I.D.#00138.
PRESENTED BY THE AUTHOR TO
THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, LONDON
Report Of The Exploring
Expedition To The Rocky Mountains In The Year 1842... Printed
By Order Of The Senate Of The United
States. Gales and Seaton. Washington, DC. 1845. 4 fold. maps in
text, 1 large fold. map in pocket, 13 litho. views, 9 plates of
fossils and plants. 693 p. Modern black cotton library cloth,
original dark brown cloth spine preserved and laid down. Large
folding map repaired and placed in a separate matching cloth
folding case. Folding maps in text repaired and laid down on
fabric. On inside front free endpaper the ink inscription, "To the
Royal Geographical Society, London from the author". Old cork
library stamp of the Society on title. The account of a noted
exploration presented the foremost geographical society; a
distinguished association. I.D.#07569. SOLD.
30th Congress, 1st
session. Senate. Miscellaneous Doc. No. 148. Geographical
Memoir Upon Upper California, In Illustration Of His Map Of Oregon
And California... Addressed To The Senate Of The United States.
Wendell and Van Benthuysen. Washington, DC. 1848. 8vo, map
lacking. New fabricoid. Wagner-Camp 150:1. I.D.#00052.
The Exploring
Expedition To The Rocky Mountains, Oregon And California,
By Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont. To Which Is Added A Description Of
The Physical Geography Of California. With Recent Notices Of The
Gold Region From The Latest And Most Authentic Sources. Geo. H.
Darby and Co./Smith, Knight & Co. Buffalo/Cleveland. 1850. 8vo,
465 p. 2 ports. plates, tables. Orig. calf, damped. Later edition
of Howes F370. I.D.#00271.
Fifteenth Thousand. The
Exploring Expedition To The Rocky Mountains, Oregon And
California, By Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont.
To Which Is Added A Description Of The Physical Geography Of
California. With Recent Notices Of The Gold Region From The Latest
And Most Authentic Sources. Derby Orton & Mulligan/Derby & Miller.
Buffalo/Auburn. 1853. 8vo, 456 p. port. Green embossed cloth.
Later editon of Howes F370. I.D.#00255.
BEAUTIFUL COPY IN ORIGINAL
PICTORIAL CLOTH
Memoirs Of My Life,
By John Charles Fremont. Including In The Narrative Five Journeys
Of Western Exploration, During The Years 1842, 1843-4, 1845-6-7,
1848-9, 1853-5. Together With A Sketch Of The Life Of Senator
Benton, In Connection With Western Expansion. By Jesse Benton
Fremont. A Retrospect Of Fifty Years, Covering The Most Eventful
Periods Of Modern American History. Superbly Illustrated By
Original Portraits, Descriptive Plates, And, From The Missouri
River To The Pacific, By A Series Of Sketches And Daguerrotypes
Made During The Journies. The Illustrations Are Masterpieces Of
Darley, Hamilton, Schussele, Dallas, Kern, Wallin And Others.
Engraved Under The Supervision Of J.M. Butler, With Maps And
Colored Plates. Belford, Clarke & Company Chicago/New York. 1887.
Thick 4to, viii,iii-xix,655 p. Fold. maps, ports., plates, views.
Brown pictorial cloth, in gilt and colors, depicting the gold
sword presented Fremont by a foreign government and the Order of
the Pour L’Merite awarded by the King of Prussia; a decoration
rarely given foreigners. Only Volume I was ever published. This
binding is extremely lavish, but Vol. II was never completed. Many
of the plates are below standard. Very celebrated during his life,
Fremont’s fame was waning when compared with Grant or Custer and
subscriptions were insufficient to permit more. Bookseller’s
ticket from Deadwood, Dakota Territory. Slight shelf wear and a
bit shaken but a superior copy of a book rarely found this nice. I.D.#07997. SOLD. |
