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EMORY, W.H. Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, California, Including Parts of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers
New York, H. Long & Brother 1848, Hardcover. Good+. Deep brown cloth bind. chipped/rubbed at extremities; corners frayed; hinges cracked, ffep detached but present, though textblock tight w/in self; fold-out map roughly detached at 1st fold, but present; a few lightly pencilled margin brackets; some leaves bent at corner tips, edges chipped; owner's name inked on ffep; leaf edges, paste-downs, eps, some margins foxed/smudged, else a sturdy, clean-reading volume, w/ bright, clear ils. ; Forty nice b&w plate ils., all present, three b&w plan drawings, large fold-out map; professionally rebacked w/ black cloth, utilizing a portion of orig. backstrip cloth; pertinent news article: GENERAL KEARNY'S HISTORIC MARCH TO BE FOLLOWED BY ARMY ENGINEERS tipped-in at front & rear eps. ; 8vo; 230 pages
Offered for US$ 375.00 by: Hyde Brothers, Booksellers - Book number: 33140
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