Atkinson SolomonABAA
TALES Of TRAVELS WEST Of The MISSISSIPPI. With a Map and Numerous Engravings
183044001Boston: Gray and Bowen 1830. 1st Edition American Imprints 3535; Erickson p. 225; Graff 3875; Howes S-739; Sabin 85429. Original publishers salmon colored cloth spine over drab paper boards; leather title label to spine with gilt stamped lettering. General wear. Spotting & browning throughout. P. xiii with prior owner initials & date 1936 in gutter. A VG copy. xvi 162 pp. Illustrated with a two-page map frontis & t.p. vignette 37 intratextual cuts. 12mo. 6" x 3-5/8" <br/><br/>The volume consists of "Lewis and Clark's Travels" pp. 1 - 105 "Long's Expedition" and "Jewitt's Narrative." The work publishes the earliest known printed image of Fort Clatsop Oregon. Per Graff "This was Snelling's first book the earliest juvenile on the Far west." Howes adds "First American juvenile book on the trans-Mississippi region giving account of its early explorers wild tribes etc." While well represented in institutional settings now somewhat uncommon in the trade. Gray and Bowen hardcover books
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