Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, In the Year 1852 Author: Marcy, Randolph B. Place Published: Washington, D. C. Publisher: A. O. P. Nicholson Date Published: 1854 Description: Executive Document from the House of Representatives, 33rd Congress, 1st Session. xv, [1]-286 pp. Illustrated with numerous plates, 1 folding geological topographical chart, hand-colored. (8vo) blindstamped brown cloth, gilt spine. "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 (1853 ed.); Howes M276; Sabin 44512; Wagner-Camp 226:3; Wheat Transmississippi 791. Condition: Light soiling and rubbing to cloth, minor corner bumps; foxing to endpapers; scattered light foxing; very good. Item#: 356169 Headline: Marcy's Red River Exploration, 1854
Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, In the Year 1852 Author: Marcy, Randolph B. Place Published: Washington, D. C. Publisher: A. O. P. Nicholson Date Published: 1854 Description: Executive Document from the House of Representatives, 33rd Congress, 1st Session. xv, [1]-286 pp. Illustrated with numerous plates, 1 folding geological topographical chart, hand-colored. (8vo) blindstamped brown cloth, gilt spine. "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 (1853 ed.); Howes M276; Sabin 44512; Wagner-Camp 226:3; Wheat Transmississippi 791. Condition: Light soiling and rubbing to cloth, minor corner bumps; foxing to endpapers; scattered light foxing; very good. Item#: 356169 Headline: Marcy's Red River Exploration, 1854
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