Astoria, or anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains.

£375 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

First state of both volumes. Compiled with his nephew’s help from the journals of: Robert Stuart, Wilson Price Hunt, and Ramsay Crooks, amongst others. John Jacob Astor was Washington Irving’s patron, and as such, he undertook this commission to describe his endeavours. Howes I81; Wagner-Camp 61:1; Field 760.

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