Journal kept by David Douglas during his Travels in North America 1823-1827. Together with a Particular Description of Thirty-three Species of American Oaks and Eighteen Species of Pinus ... by Douglas, David - 1914

London: William Wesley & Son for the Royal Horticultural Society , 1914. Edition of 500 copies. 4 ll., pp. 364, frontispiece portrait, blue cloth, dark blue rules, seal of RHS in gilt on front cover, gilt spine lettering. Library stamp on prelim. leaves; from the library of the distinguished surveyor and historian of Western Canada, James Navin Wallace with (his?) pencil annotations; clipping laiddown p. 336 re the musk losing its scent. Spine sunned, covers rubbed and scuffed, else very good. Douglas, 1798-1834, travelled extensively in the Pacific Northwest and in Northern Canada on behalf of the Royal Horticultural Society, "His journal gives a vivid and enthusiastic account of the plant and animal life in the country through which he passed." TPL 1432; Wagner-Camp 60 (note).. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octavo.