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Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the Year 1852

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Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 125

Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the Year 1852

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200 $ - 300 $
Zuschlagspreis:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Title: Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the Year 1852 Author: Marcy, Randolph B. with George B. McClellan Place: Washington Publisher: A.O.P. Nicholson, Public Printer Date: 1854 Description: xv, [1], 286 pp. + plates. Illustrated with many lithographed plates including views, geological sections (1 hand-colored and folding), paleontology, zoology and botany plates. (8vo), original blind-stamped cloth. Second Edition, House Issue. This copy without the two accompanying maps, often found in a separate folder. Important explorations of previously unknown areas of present-day Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arkansas by one of the major figures in the reconnaissance and settlement of the frontier. "Contains authentic information regarding the peculiar customs of the Indians of the southern plains. Their mode of warfare, their invariable violation of the chastity of female prisoners, and the condition of their dwellings and villages, are particularly described" (Sabin). Wagner-Camp adds that "Marcy's report abounds in topographical and geographical detail." Graff 2675; Howes M276; Sabin 44512. Lot Amendments Condition: Binding worn, page block split in two pieces following the final text leaf; folding plate detached, foxing; in need of binding repair. Item number: 223712

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 125
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Datum:
16.02.2012
Auktionshaus:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Title: Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the Year 1852 Author: Marcy, Randolph B. with George B. McClellan Place: Washington Publisher: A.O.P. Nicholson, Public Printer Date: 1854 Description: xv, [1], 286 pp. + plates. Illustrated with many lithographed plates including views, geological sections (1 hand-colored and folding), paleontology, zoology and botany plates. (8vo), original blind-stamped cloth. Second Edition, House Issue. This copy without the two accompanying maps, often found in a separate folder. Important explorations of previously unknown areas of present-day Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arkansas by one of the major figures in the reconnaissance and settlement of the frontier. "Contains authentic information regarding the peculiar customs of the Indians of the southern plains. Their mode of warfare, their invariable violation of the chastity of female prisoners, and the condition of their dwellings and villages, are particularly described" (Sabin). Wagner-Camp adds that "Marcy's report abounds in topographical and geographical detail." Graff 2675; Howes M276; Sabin 44512. Lot Amendments Condition: Binding worn, page block split in two pieces following the final text leaf; folding plate detached, foxing; in need of binding repair. Item number: 223712

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 125
Auktion:
Datum:
16.02.2012
Auktionshaus:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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