[Rarebooks] FS: An Englishman's account of "A Ride Over the Rocky Mountains..." (in 1850).

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Coke, Henry J. A RIDE OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS TO OREGON AND CALIFORNIA. With a Glance at Some of the Tropical Islands, Including the West Indies and the Sandwich Islands. London: Richard Bentley. 1852. x,388,(2)pp. Plus 1 leaf of publisher's ads bound in at front. Mounted lithograph frontispiece portrait with tissue guard. Orig. red, brown & gray marbled publisher's cloth, gilt stamped spine. Old water stain on half-title and recto of frontispiece (image not affected), otherwise a very nice copy. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown. Rear inner hinge starting. Housed in a custom made brick cloth portfolio and matching slipcase, paper label on spine.    $275.00 (trade discount allowed)
New Howes: The Final Edition C553. "On this perilous 1850 trip undertaken by two young English sportsmen, two of their seven companions perished; the survival of any was a miracle."

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