Marcy, Randolph Barnes.
Explorations Of The Red River Of Louisiana In The Year 1852.
32nd Congress, 2nd Session. Senate Ex. Doc.
No. 54... By Randolph B. Marcy, Captain, 5th Infantry
U.S. Army; Assisted By George B. Mcclellan, Brevet Captain, U.S.
Engineers. With Reports On The Natural History Of The Country, And
Numerous Illustrations. Robert Armstrong, Public Printer
Washington, DC. 1853. 8vo, xv,286 p. 64 (of 65) plates (other
never included?), last plate in Botany bound upside down. Orig.
blind stamped green cloth. First edition. Howes M276. With scarce
map volume, often missing, maps repaired. Nice set.
I.D.#00013. SOLD.
Marcy, Randolph Barnes.
Exploration Of The Red River Of Louisiana, In The Year 1852:
By Randolph B. Marcy, Captain 5th Infantry U.S. Army;
Assisted By George B. Mcclellan, Brevet Captain, U.S. Engineers.
With Reports On The Natural History Of The Country, And Numerous
Illustrations. A.O.P. Nicholson. Washington, DC. 1854. 8vo. 2
vols. 286 p. 65 plates Orig. blind stamped embossed brown cloth,
heads of spines frayed, minor foxing. The two volumes consist of
the text and folder of maps. The 1854 House of Representatives
issue, the Senate is from 1853. J.H. Devereux’s set with his
signature in each volume. "One of the foremost railroad men of the
west." - Appleton 156. Howes T276; Rader 2346n; Sabin 44512;
Wagner-Camp 226:3. I.D.#06356.
Marcy, Randolph Barnes. The
Prairie Traveler. A Hand-Book For Overland Expeditions. With
Maps, Illustrations, And Itineraries Of The Principal Routes
Between The Mississippi And The Pacific. By Randolph B. Marcy,
Captain, U.S. Army. Published by authority of the War Department.
Harper & Brothers (Filler and Ochs). New York. 1859 (reprint)
ca.1960. 12mo, 340 p. maps on endleaves, 30 illus. White linen,
slightly shaken, tape stains. Ex-library. I.D.#09637.
SOLD. |
