Title: Political History of Oregon. Provisional Government. Treaties, Conventions, and Diplomatic Correspondence on the Boundary Question; Historical Introduction of the Explorations on the Pacific Coast; History of the Provisional Government from Year to Year, with Election Returns and Official Reports; History of the Cayuse War, with Original Documents Author: Brown, J[ames] Henry Place: Portland, OR Publisher: Lewis & Dryden Date: 1892 Description: Vol. I [all published]. viii, 462 pp. With 2 portrait plates & 2 folding facsimiles. (8vo), original blindstamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. An extremely scarce work of meticulous archival scholarship. Howes queries, "Practically entire edition burned or lost at sea?" Soliday avers, "Rare and important work of which there are probably not more than twenty copies extant." The latter part of this statement is easily disproven by listed institutional holdings on OCLC, but there is no denying either the scarcity or the historical importance of the work. Howes B841; Smith 1169; Soliday I:1349. Lot Amendments Condition: Slight stain to lower front cover and to the foot of the title-page, still in nearly fine condition. Item number: 228710
Title: Political History of Oregon. Provisional Government. Treaties, Conventions, and Diplomatic Correspondence on the Boundary Question; Historical Introduction of the Explorations on the Pacific Coast; History of the Provisional Government from Year to Year, with Election Returns and Official Reports; History of the Cayuse War, with Original Documents Author: Brown, J[ames] Henry Place: Portland, OR Publisher: Lewis & Dryden Date: 1892 Description: Vol. I [all published]. viii, 462 pp. With 2 portrait plates & 2 folding facsimiles. (8vo), original blindstamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. An extremely scarce work of meticulous archival scholarship. Howes queries, "Practically entire edition burned or lost at sea?" Soliday avers, "Rare and important work of which there are probably not more than twenty copies extant." The latter part of this statement is easily disproven by listed institutional holdings on OCLC, but there is no denying either the scarcity or the historical importance of the work. Howes B841; Smith 1169; Soliday I:1349. Lot Amendments Condition: Slight stain to lower front cover and to the foot of the title-page, still in nearly fine condition. Item number: 228710
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