Title: Ten Years in Oregon Author: Lee, D[aniel ] & J[oseph] H. Frost Place: New York Publisher: Published for the Authors Date: 1844 Description: 344 pp. Folding frontispiece map; title page vignette. 7x4¼, period full speckled sheep, spine ruled in gilt, morocco lettering piece. First Edition, First issue. Written by two missionaries of the Methodist Episcopal Church. “A minute and doubtless veracious journal of incidents of an arduous mission among the Northwestern Indian, with vocabularies of their dialects” - Field. Folding map shows the Northwest including Vancouver Island, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Columbia River, Mt. St. Helen, Walamet [sic] River, etc. First issue without the subtitle "Containing account of journey with Capt. Wyeth." Field 904; Graff 2440; Howes L197; Wagner-Camp 111. Lot Amendments Condition: Small chip to spine label edge, light staining to leather, front joint starting to crack; front free endpaper lacking, moderate staining and foxing to contents, else good to very good. Item number: 167802
Title: Ten Years in Oregon Author: Lee, D[aniel ] & J[oseph] H. Frost Place: New York Publisher: Published for the Authors Date: 1844 Description: 344 pp. Folding frontispiece map; title page vignette. 7x4¼, period full speckled sheep, spine ruled in gilt, morocco lettering piece. First Edition, First issue. Written by two missionaries of the Methodist Episcopal Church. “A minute and doubtless veracious journal of incidents of an arduous mission among the Northwestern Indian, with vocabularies of their dialects” - Field. Folding map shows the Northwest including Vancouver Island, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Columbia River, Mt. St. Helen, Walamet [sic] River, etc. First issue without the subtitle "Containing account of journey with Capt. Wyeth." Field 904; Graff 2440; Howes L197; Wagner-Camp 111. Lot Amendments Condition: Small chip to spine label edge, light staining to leather, front joint starting to crack; front free endpaper lacking, moderate staining and foxing to contents, else good to very good. Item number: 167802
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