Wallin Charles (2 results)
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Published by Belford, Clarke & Company, Chicago, 1887
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Tempo Books, Saint Paul, MN, U.S.A.Tempo Books
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst edition rebound. 9"x11" pp. [4], xix, [3], 655, [3], complete with7 maps (2 colored, 4 folding) with the largest fold-out map inserted on the back pastedown. Includesfrontispiece portraitofFremontwith tissue guard (which has a small 2-inch tear without loss) and 81 plates, including steel engravings, wood engravings, and p…hotogravures.Stated "vol. 1" which is complete, there was not a second volume published. This is an ex-library copy with embossing on the title page and modest library markings. Light foxing; spine is sturdy and pages are clean. Very good. John Charles Fremont (1813-1890) served as aUnited States Army officer and former United States Senator; this autobiography was published three years before his death, his wife Jessie Benton Fremont helped write the book. "A retrospect of fifty years, covering the most eventful periods of modern American history." (title page). Hardcover in maroon boards with gold stamping on spine; ex-library copy with library call number written in white pen on spine. Darley, Hamilton, Schussele, Dallas, Kern, and Wallin; J.M. Butler (engraving supervisor) (illustrator).
Memoirs of My Life by John Charles Fremont. Including in the Narrative Five Journeys of Western Exploration, During the Years 1842, 1843-4, together with a sketch of the Lif of Senator Benton in connection with western expansion. By Jessie Benton Fremont. Vol. I
Fremont, John Charles (1813/01/21-1890/07/13), Jessie Benton Fremont (1824/05/31-1902/12/27) ,
Published by Belford, Clarke and Co., Chicago & New York, 1886
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: T. W. Palmer Books, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.T. W. Palmer Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 27 x 19 cm, iii-xix, 655, i-viii pp., 7 maps several folding and with added color, 82 plates. The second part was never published although it is still advertised in Part I. Rebound using original boards, but binding now separated from page block which is in fine condition From Title Page:… "A retrospect of Fifty Years, covering the most eventful periods of modern American history. Superbly illustrated by original portraits, descriptive plates, and, from the Missouri River to the Pacific, by a series of sketches and Daguerreotyes made during the journeys. The illustrations and masterpieces of Darley, Hamilton, Schussele, Dallas, Kern, Wallin and others. Engraved under the supervision of J. M. Butler, with maps and colored plates.". Darley, Hamilton, Schussele, Dallas, Kern, Wallin, Butler (illustrator).
