Abert James William (35 results)

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paperback. Condition: Good. First Bison Book Printing. Corners are slightly bent. Used - Good.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD PAPERBACK Standard-sized.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Bison Books Printing. 121 pages. Exploring America.

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Expedition to the Southwest: An 1845 Reconnaissance of Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, & Oklahoma. Book.

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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Bison Books, Lincoln, NE. 1999. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated First Bison Books Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; small crease on lower front wrap; small soil spot on fore edge. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 121 pp 8vo. Setting out in 1845 from Bent's Fort to conduct a detailed reconnaissance Abert recorded in detailed descriptions the country, flora, fauna, and Indian Tribes. His orders had him exploring the Canadian River region of the Great Plains for four-months by mule train. A clean pristine copy.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1 map ; 91 x 76 cm. "Printed from an original copy, 1965." Accompanied by text: Joseph N. Nicollet and his great map. This copy with one minor misfold to the map; but still nearly fine. Rare, even in this reprinted form.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. SIGNED by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. Binding is secure. Secure packaging for safe delivery. signed by author.

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Condition: New. Lieutenant James William Abert of the US Army Topographical Engineers received orders in 1845 to explore the Canadian River region of the southern plains - an area covering Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma. This is a first-person account of the US .

Leather Bound. Condition: Very Good. Full leather boards, gilt lettering and gilt symbols on spine with marbled end papers, color frontispiece and plate illustrations. Interior pages in fine condition with no marks or writings, pages without foxing, hinges and texblock secure. Front bottom corner missing small piece of leather, moderate wear to spine ends, light wear to corners. pp 581-876. Carefully packaged and shipped in box. More images upon request. Z6.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Lieutenant James William Abert (1820-97) of the United States Army Topographical Engineers received orders in 1845 to explore the Canadian River region of the southern plains -- an area covering present-day Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma. Although this land was still in Mexican territory, the United States had gradually abandoned most of the diplomatic niceties regarding its boundaries with Mexico by that time.

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Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 140 2:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 140.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 140.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 132 pages with 24 lithographed plates and a large folding lithograph, black and white map as issued. 25 1/2 x 19 3/8" with full margins. Sheet size: 26 x 20 1/4". Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 5 3/4") bound in quarter leather with red spine label in gilt over marbled boards. Original wrappers not present, but the Streeter catalogue states that some copies were issued without wrappers. (Howes A-11, Wagner-Camp 143, Graff 5, Rittenhouse 2, Flake 726. Streeter 168) First Senate Edition. According to Streeter, the present map is "probably the second issue of the first printed map of New Mexico made public by the War Department, the first issue having appeared without the name of the lithographer with the Abert report when that was printed in the House edition of Emory's Notes of a Military Reconnaissance." The second issue was folded into Abert's summation of his findings, Report to the Secretary of War, published in 1848. Abert and Peck, both officers with the Army Topographical Corps of Engineers, began their reconnaissance of New Mexico two years earlier, in 1846, shortly after the Mexican province surrendered to the American army. Their report combined a topographical survey with scientific data on the new territory's population, political organization, flora, fauna, and mining districts. Today, the report is considered a founding document in Southwestern literature. The map is fascinating for its highly detailed depiction of topographical features. It also shows towns, Indian pueblos, battle sites, archaeological ruins, and mines. It is an excellent example of this basic Santa Fe Trail document and a fundamental addition to any collection of New Mexicana. James William Abert was an American soldier, explorer, ornithologist and topographical artist. In the summer of 1845 Abert was attached to the third expedition of John Charles Frémont, whose assignment was "to make reconnaissance southward and eastward along the Canadian River through the country of Kiowa and Comanche." Frémont, however, chose to take his main party on to California, and gave command of the Canadian River mission to Abert, with an assistant, Lt. William G. Peck. The legendary mountain man Thomas Fitzpatrick was employed as a guide, and Bent employees John L. Hatcher and Caleb Greenwood were hired temporarily as hunters. Except for the two young officers, the entire party of thirty-three was composed of civilians. The expedition struck the headwaters of the Canadian and followed it through the breaks in eastern New Mexico and into the Texas Panhandle. Continuing along the north bank of the Canadian, Abert noted many Panhandle landmarks, including Atascosa Creek and the Alibates Flint Quarries which he labeled Agate Bluffs. The expedition arrived at Bent's trading house in what is now Hutchinson County on September 14, rested there for a day, and exchanged gifts with a party of Kiowas and Comancheros. Three Kiowas had briefly joined the expedition to help keep the peace. On September 16, after Hatcher and Greenwood had left to return to Bent's Fort, the remainder of Abert's party crossed the Canadian and turned toward the southeast. Near the site of present Laketon, in Gray County, the party struck the North Fork of the Red River, which they mistook for the Washita and followed for a while, then turned back northeast toward the Canadian. They crossed the present Oklahoma boundary before reaching the Canadian, which they followed to its confluence with the Arkansas. At Fort Gibson, in eastern Indian Territory, the expedition was disbanded, and Abert and Peck went on to St. Louis. In the summer of 1846 Abert and Peck accompanied Gen. Stephen W. Kearny's Army of the West to New Mexico. Abert came down with a fever in July and had to remain behind at Bent's Fort to recuperate. While he was sick he continued his studies in natural science and ethnology and compiled a tribal dictionary. Afterward he joined Peck in Santa Fe, and the two lieutenants conducted a thorough surv.

Hard Back. Condition: Good Clean Cond. Some b/w Illustrations (illustrator). Previous Owner Name. Quality Hardback : hard cover edition in Very Good condition, some slight wear to edges, as normal for age of book; and in a Good Dust Jacket with closed tears, egdewear and slight chipping. Excellent read. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand. Or would make a great GIFT IDEA for the fan / reader in your life. Map end papers. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. One of 250 copies. Book has minimal edgewear. Otherwise a very attractive copy with tight binding, clean unmarked pages, and no spills or stains.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Leather-bound. Condition: Very Good. First Editions. Octavo, 9.2 in. x 5.8 in., pp. 75. Illustrated with eleven lithographic plates, and two fold-out maps. Rebound in dark navy full calf with gilt title to front and spine. Newer endpapers. Light spotting and browning to plates and pages. For research and protection, the large fold-out map has been separated from the binding and is in archival plastic. A touch of browning to map adges. Map condition: Very Good. Howe A10. Sabin 59. From Page 1: "I transmit, herewith, a communication from the Secretary of War [W.L. Marcy] accompanied by a report of an expedition led by Lieutennt Abert, on the Upper Arkansas and through the country of the Comanche Indians, in the Fall of the Year 1845, as requested by a resolution of the Senate of the 9th instant. Washington, June 15, 1846 - James K. Polk" James William Abert (November 18, 1820 - August 10, 1897) was an American soldier, explorer, bird collector and topographical artist. He joined the Corps of Topographical Engineers in 1843.