Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains

Irving, Washington

Verlag: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 1836

Beschreibung

2 volumes. 20th century blue buckram with rubbed morocco spine labels. Ex-library, with rubber stamps on 4 leaves. 285; 279, 8 pp., folding map. Scattered foxing, generally light, occasionally moderate. Folding map torn along one fold. First edition, first setting, with Rees' name on the verso of the title page and the garbled footnote on p. 239 of volume II. Irving's stories from Astoria were a major factor in its promotion and settlement. Wagner-Camp 61:1: "Vol. I, p. 131 to Vol. II, p. 77 contains an account of Hunt's and Crooks' journey across the mountains from journals in the possession of Mr. Astor, being part of Irving's history of Astor's attempt to embark in the northwest fur trade. .[T]he Appendix to Vol. II, pp. 263-279 contains some documents of great interest including extracts from a manuscript by Captain Bonneville on the western Indians, and notices of the present state of the fur trade.", Graff 2158, Howes I81, Streeter 3347, Field 760, Blanck 10148, Sabin 35129. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers b00121

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise ...

Verlag: Philadelphia, Philadelphia

Erscheinungsdatum: 1836

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: 1. Auflage