Fremont Captain (41 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Wraps, reprinted from the official Senate copy, various foxing and browned text, several dog-eared pages, signed twice on the front paper cover by Virginia Historian Richard V. Gaines, 186pps, double columns, minor waterstaining at top of a few rear pages unaffecting text. G+ as small chip to lo…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 1845. Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842 and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843 to 1844. Fremont is the legendary Pathfinder who became a national hero for his trailblazing exploits in the Far West. Contents include his reports to The Senate of…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 28th Congress, 2nd Session, Senate Doc 174, 693 pp.+ 22 Engraved Plts & 2 FoldOut Maps (lacks Lge FoldOut Map in pocket), Bound in Period Blk Three-Quarters Leather & Bds, Gilt & Ruled Spine Title, Provenance: Signature & Bookplate of John S Phelps (23rd Governor of Missouri), Light…

FREMONT, Captain J(ohn). C.Narrative of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains, in the year 1842, and to Oregon and North California, in the years 1843 - 4. Reprinted from the official copy published by order of the Senate of the United States. New York, D. Appleton & Company,1846, 230x145mm, IV - 186pages, paperback. L…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Hardcover. Blue cloth over boards with leather spine. Gold lettering on brown title plate on spine. Title page dated 1846, no separate copyright page. 186 pages. In fair condition. Considerable rubbing to cloth and spine, with corners of boards exposed through split cloth. Leather is cracked along the…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Issued Without Dustjacket. The book is bound in half black crushed goat leather with black book cloth. The front leather hinge is cracked ,but the hinge itself is strong. There are some scattered minor scuff marks, and mild bumping of some corners. The gilding is quite good. The marbled end paper…

Pictorial Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. No Edition Stated. Bottom rear spine edge has been chewed about 3-1/2", bottom corners of covers have small chips from being chewed, edges of covers rubbed w/small tears, top corners of covers mildly bumped, interior hinges cracking, several stamps inside front cover, little…

186, [6] pp. Adverts last 6 pages. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-3/4" General wear & soiling to wrappers, with front wrapper beginning to detach at bottom. 1" of paper loss at spine base. Penciled pos to t.p. top margin. Temoin, p. 69. An About VG copy of a rare wrappered edition. Original printed paper wrappers. "Price 25 Cents." Now housed…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Issued Without Dustjacket. 1st Edition. The book is full calf leather bound with solid binding. The corners are mildly scuffed, and there are two circular stains on the bottom quarter of the front panel.Spine label is quite good. Some of the gilding on the raised bands is faded. The previous owne…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 8.75 x 5.5", printed wraps, 275pp, front cover very worn and soiled, torn at foredge, rear cover removed, contents foxed and well worn. SWAF. CHARLES C. TROWBRIDGE'S COPY WITH HIS INK SIGNATURE ON FRONT COVER. Trowbridge was an explorer himself, joining Lewis Cass on his exploration trip to the G…

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good -. First Edition. The 1845 1st edition, still in the publisher's original black cloth, with its decorative blindstamping. Light wear along the rear outer hinge, very light chipping at the spine crown. Mild soiling to the panels, light foxing at the preliminaries. Thick octavo, 693 pgs. Prin…

Hardcover. Hardcover. NAP. This is a binding copy, in need of repair. Contains 22 plates, and 4-1/2 maps. 2 single page maps and 2 folding maps. The folding map at page 132 is present and complete, but has fully separated along 2 folds. The folding map at page 246 is complete and intact. 1/2 of the scarce large folding map at th…

Brown Cloth. Condition: Rebound Copy. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Old front cover marbled board retained. Spine lettered in gilt. New endpapers. This is the classic Doc.No, 166 printed by the order of the House of Representatives during the 28th Congress, 2nd session. Light foxing through the text, never heavy. Collated compl…

Condition: Good. Washington, D.C.: Gales and Seaton, 1845. 1st edition. Senate Issue. Later binding. Sm 4to Hardcover. (6)+693pp+(7). B/W plates, tables, includes 2 folding maps, p. 133 and p. 247. lacking 3 remaining maps, including Charles Preuss map. Good book. 1/2 leather brown boards with raised spine bands, gilt spine lett…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, House of Representatives issue. Octavo. 583pp. Complete with 22 plates but missing four of the five folding maps. Half leather with marbled boards and gilt spine label. Some toning to the pastedown, tidemark to the edges of the first 60 pages and binding moderately r…

Hardcover. Senate Issue. 691pp. Octavo [23 cm] Rebound in sturdy tan cloth. New endsheets and flyleaves. Good plus. The plates and pages are foxed, and there are sporadic tidemarks of varying sizes on the pages as well. 22 single-sided plates (views, botanical, fossils) and 3 maps (missing the large folding map by Charles Preuss…