[Rarebooks] fs: Americana Sale- More Western Travels, A Selection

Wed Sep 28 06:54:02 EDT 2005

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Faux, W.  "MEMORABLE DAYS IN AMERICA" BEING A JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE 
UNITED STATES, principally undertaken to ascertain, by positive evidence, 
the Conditions and Probable Prospects of British Emigrants; including 
accounts of Mr. Birkbeck's Settlement in the Illinois; and intended to show 
Men and Things as they are in America.  Cleveland; The Arthur H. Clark 
Company: 1905. Originally published in 1823. Issued here, edited by Reuben 
Gold Thwaites, as volumes XI and XII of the "Early Western Travels" 
series.  Hardcover. 2 volumes. 6.5"x9.5", 305 + 341 pages; many b/w plates 
and maps; an assembled set -the first volume is ex-lib with removed spine 
number, stamps, new endpapers, etc; some soil; the second volume has some 
light soil. [02637]  $125.00 // THIS WEEK $62.50

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Hennepin, Father Louis.  A NEW DISCOVERY OF A VAST COUNTRY IN 
AMERICA.  Chicago; A.C. McClurg & Co.: 1903.  "Reprinted from the second 
London issue of 1698".  Edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites. A very important 
and ultimately controversial 17th century travelogue. Hennepin set out with 
LaSalle to explore the Mississippi, and, after LaSalle turned back to raise 
more money, Hennepin sailed up the river and explored further into the 
Northwest interior than any European before him, even managing to be held 
captive by the Sioux for a while. The troubles began when Hennepin also 
claimed to have followed the Mississippi south to the Gulf of Mexico... 
when in fact he never did such a thing. He has also been criticized for 
plagiarizing passages from other authors.  Despite these faults, this 
remains an important work.  Hardcover. 2 volumes. 6"x8.5", lxiv + 711 
pages; several b/w plates and 2 folding maps; light cover soil, front hinge 
cracked and a bit loose; ownership stamp of "Eugene d'Aumont-Cote de St. 
Lusson" and blindstamp of "Eugene Cote -Police Justice"; spine heads 
slightly pulled and one slightly torn and apparently neatly reglued. 
[01204]  $225.00 // THIS WEEK $112.50

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Jackson, Donald & Mary Lee Spence (eds.).  THE EXPEDITIONS OF JOHN CHARLES 
FREMONT.  Urbana University of Illinois Press: 1970-1984. In addition to 
reprinting Fremont's works, this text includes important original material 
on Fremont and his career. These volumes include: Travels from 1838 to 
1844, the Bear Flag Revolt and the Court Martial; Travels from 1848 to 
1854. The fourth volume, consists of five folding maps. Hardcover. 4 
volumes. 6.5"x9.5", 854 + 519 + 641 pages; 11 maps (numbered 1-5) b/w 
illustrations and maps; ex-library, with pockets, labels removed from the 
spines, and small stamps.  Else a clean, useful reference 
set.  [02195]  $250.00 // THIS WEEK $125.00

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James, Edwin, et al.  ACCOUNT OF AN EXPEDITION FROM PITTSBURGH TO THE ROCKY 
MOUNTAINS PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1819, 1820...  Cleveland; Arthur H. Clark 
Company: 1905. "...under the command of Major S.H. Long, of the U.S. Top. 
Engineers, compiled from the notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and other 
gentlemen of the party by Edwin James, botanist and geologist to the 
expedition". Edited and annotated by Reuben Gold Thwaites. From the "Early 
Western Travels" series. Hardcover. 4 volumes. 6.5"x9.5", 321 + 356 + 291 + 
308 pages, with several maps and b/w illustrations; a little light cover 
wear; spines of vols. 3 & 4 slightly sunned; owner's neat bookplate in #s 
2-3-4; internally crisp and clean; a very nice set. [02418]  $500.00 // 
THIS WEEK $250.00

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Long, John (Reuben Gold Thwaites, ed.).  VOYAGES AND TRAVELS OF AN INDIAN 
INTERPRETER AND TRADER. Cleveland; The Arthur H. Clark Company: 
1904.  "Describing the manners and customs of the North American Indians; 
with an account of the posts situated on the River Saint Lawrence, Lake 
Ontario, &c., to which is added a vocabulary of the Chippeway language. 
Names of furs and skins, in English and French. A list of words in the 
Iroquois, Mohegan, Shawnee, and Esquimeaux tongues, and a table shewing the 
analogy between the Algonkin and Chippeway languages". Originally published 
in London in 1791, then reprinted as Volume II of the "Early Western 
Travels, 1748-1846" series; published separately here by the same 
publisher.  Hardcover. 6.5"x9.5", 329 pages, facsimile of original title 
page; folding map. Light cover soil and wear, a little scattered internal 
soil, map with 2" tear. [02630]  $125.00 // THIS WEEK $62.50

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Thwaites, Reuben Gold (ed.).  "VOYAGES, TRAVELS, AND DISCOVERIES OF TILLY 
BUTTIRCK, Jr. (1812-1819); (and) A PEDESTRIOUS TOUR OF FOUR THOUSAND MILES, 
through the Western States and Territories, during the Winter and Spring of 
1818 by Estwick Evans."  Cleveland; The Arthur H. Clark Company: 1904. A 
republication of Volume VIII in the "Early Western Travels, 1748-1846" 
series. Originally published in Boston in 1831 and Concord, N.H. in 
1819.  Hardcover. 6.5"x9.5", 364 pages, 2 facsimile title pages and 1 b/w 
plate; covers worn and soiled; evidence of a spine label having been 
removed (no other marks); hinges shaken, front hinge partially split; light 
scattered internal soil.  [02633]  $65.00 // THIS WEEK $32.50

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Thwaites, Reuben Gold (ed.). JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE UP THE RIVER MISSOURI, 
PERFORMED IN 1811, by H.M. Brackenridge (&) NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO THE 
NORTHWEST COAST OF AMERICA IN THE YEARS 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814; or the 
First American Settlement on the Pacific, by Gabriel Franchere.  Cleveland; 
The Arthur H. Clark Company: 1904. A republication of Volume VI in the 
"Early Western Travels, 1748-1846" series. The Franchere was "Englished and 
edited by J.V. Huntington" and published in 1854. Hardcover. 6.5"x9.5", 410 
pages, 2 facsimile title pages and 3 b/w plates; ex-lib, with spine numbers 
discreetly taped over, some stamps, etc; hinges shaken, cover soil. Could 
be better, could be worse... [02631]  $125.00 // THIS WEEK $62.50

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