Notes Of A Military Reconnaissance From Fort Leavenworth In Missouri To San Diego In California

by William H Emory Lt Col

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First edition

Washington: Wendell and Van Benthuysen, 1848. First edition, House issue; 8vo, pp. 614; 2 folding maps 1 miscreased , 67 lithograph plates and plans, a few illustrations in the text; original brown cloth, printed paper label on spine scraped, affecting 3 letters; small breaks at the spine ends; piece from p. 395-6 torn, but with no loss of text; a good, sound copy. That the House issue has priority is indicated by the fact that many copies including this

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