Life Explorations and Public Services of John Charles Fremont. By Charles Wentworth Upham. With Illustrations.
Published by Boston: Ticknor and Fields. M.DCCC.LVI. (1856).
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc.
AbeBooks seller since November 27, 1998
Condition: Used
£ 97.28
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4 3/4 x 7 1/2", frontispiece of Fremont (foxed), vi, 356pp.; 13 wood engraved plates, including Kit Carson by J. W. Orr (p. 185) & Head Waters of the Sacramento (p. 151). Plates show some age darkening. Black, ribbed, blindstamped cloth with central floral designs, borders on covers, titles gilt on spine. Cover corners show slight wear, rubbing; scattered brown spotting to book edges; foxing to frontispiece, titlepage, prelims., some book margins. Several pencil & ink inscriptions of flyleaves: Henry C Wrights Book Geneva Ashtabula Ohio. A much better, & sounder copy than it sounds. List of illustrations in this copy: Frontispiece: portrait of Fremont, facing titlepage. 1. Cheyenne Family – a Warrior, his Mother, Wife and Child, (John W. Orr N.Y.), facing p. 30; 2. Fremont’s Speech to the Indians at Fort Laramie, (Richardson Cox) p. 58; 3. Hoisting the American Flag on the highest peak of the Rocky Mountains, p. 88; 4. Night Scene—Encampment in Pine Woods, p. 121; 5. Tlamath Lake, (John W. Orr), p. 142; 6. Head Waters of the Sacramento, p. 151; 7. Snow-covered Mountains with Pine and clothed Slopes, p. 157; 8. Gearing up—The Order to March—Soon after Sunrise, p. 176; 9. Kit Carson, (J. W. Orr, N.Y.), p. 185; 10. Night Assault by the Indians, p. 219; 11. Charge upon the Indians at Redding’s Rancho (Richardson Cox), p. 232; 12. Entrance to Monterey, (Richarson Cox), p. 235; 13. One of the Delaware Body Guard (J. W. Orr), p. 342. …
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Life Explorations and Public Services of John Charles Fremont. By Charles Wentworth Upham. With Illustrations.
- Author
- Upham, Charles Wentworth.
- Publisher
- Boston: Ticknor and Fields. M.DCCC.LVI. (1856).
- Binding
- Hardcover
Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc.
Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since November 27, 1998
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