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THE DISCOVERY OF THE OREGON TRAIL ROBERT STUART'S NARRATIVE OF HIS OVERLAND TRIP EASTWARD FROM ASTORIA IN 1812-13...TO WHICH IS ADDED: AN ACCOUNT OF THE TONQUIN'S VOYAGE AND OF EVENTS AT FORT ASTORIA...AND WILSON PRICE HUNT'S DIARY OF HIS OVERLAND TRIP WESTWARD TO ASTORIA IN 1811-12...Edited by Philip Ashton Rollin
by [Stuart, Robert]
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- Hardcover
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Son, 1935. cxxxvii,391pp. plus four leaves of plates, including two-page map. Frontis. Half title. Quarto. Original burgundy cloth, black morocco gilt label to spine, t.e.g. Some wear to boards, label chipped, binding starting to loosen but still strong. Internally quite clean. Very good. Lacks dust jacket. The first publication in English of this diary of a trip from Astoria to St. Louis, during which South Pass was discovered and the Oregon Trail established. Transcribed from the original manuscripts in the William R. Coe collection, and edited by Philip Ashton Rollins. HOWES S1103, "aa." TWENEY, WASHINGTON 89, 66. WAGNER-CAMP 19 (note). REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 38 (note)
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCAM56579
- Title
- THE DISCOVERY OF THE OREGON TRAIL ROBERT STUART'S NARRATIVE OF HIS OVERLAND TRIP EASTWARD FROM ASTORIA IN 1812-13...TO WHICH IS ADDED: AN ACCOUNT OF THE TONQUIN'S VOYAGE AND OF EVENTS AT FORT ASTORIA...AND WILSON PRICE HUNT'S DIARY OF HIS OVERLAND TRIP WESTWARD TO ASTORIA IN 1811-12...Edited by Philip Ashton Rollin
- Author
- [Stuart, Robert]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Son
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
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About the Seller
William Reese Company
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New Haven, Connecticut
About William Reese Company
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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