Crofutt's New Overland Tourist, and Pacific Coast Guide.

Omaha, Nebraska, The Overland Publishing Company, 1880. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 281pp, 18 engraved folding plates and numerous illustrations. Red stiff pictorial wraps. Moderate cover soil and light wear, map not present. Contents are age-toned but otherwise unmarked. The engraved plates show wonderful panoramic views of many national park sights. Good.

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Book number: 002600

Catalogue: Travel and Geography, American West

Keywords: Tourism Sightseeing California Yosemite

Fearon, Henry Bradshaw

Sketches of America. A Narrative of a Journey of Five Thousand Miles Through the Eastern and Western States of America; Contained in Eight Reports Addressed to the Thirty -Nine English Families

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees,Orme, and Brown, 1818. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No Binding. iiv, errata, 462pp. FIRST EDITION. Disbound, foxing, endpapers missing, text is complete and binding is holding well. Could be rebound. Unflattering picture of the western frontier" (Howes F-65) Poor.

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Book number: 004040

Catalogue: American History, Travel and Geography, American West

Keywords: "New England" "New York" Illinois Virginia Pennsylvania Territories Slavery

Hall, Basil

Travels in North America, in the Years 1827 and 1828. (2 Volume Set)

Philade;phia, Carey, Lea & Carey, 1829. First American Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 322, 339pp. Later binding blue paper over boards, tan buckram backing, paper spine labels, uncut edges, armorial bookplate on pastedowns of both volumes, Slight mottling to spine of volume II, contents foxed, some cracking to front gutter volume II, bindowner's name on front free endpaper, bindings of both volumes are tight, corner tear to contents page (end of Vol.I) with slight loss of text, tiny hole in front endpaper of Vol.II. A critical account of 19th century American society. Good.

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Book number: 003911

Catalogue: Social History, Travel and Geography, American West

Keywords: "New England" Mississippi Slavery Charleston

Houstoun, Mrs. (Charlotte Houstoun)

Hesperos: Or Travels in the West. (2 Volumes as One)

London, John W. Parker, 1850. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 293, 279pp. Blue embossed cloth, gilt ship vignette to front cover, all edges gilt, frontispiece with tissue-guard for each volume. Covers edgeworn, spine chipped at head and tail and darkened, contents age-toned most heavily at first and last few pages, light foxing to fronitspieces and c first and last few pages, binding is tight. Evocative descriptions of the landscapes, environment and the people in America in mid 19th century. Good.

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Book number: 003920

Catalogue: Social History, Travel and Geography, American West

Keywords: "New England" Mississippi Settlers Slavery Washington "New Orleans" Louisiana "Women's Issues"

Marryat, Frederick

Narrative of the Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet, In California, Sonora, and Western Texas

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1843. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 133pp. Text block has been disbound from binding, text is age-darkened and partially dampstained (most heavily to latter half), front endpapers missing, rear endpapers and rear cover of original wraps present, text block is solid. Howes M-302. Fair.

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Book number: 003986

Catalogue: Travel and Geography, American West

Keywords: Califronia Territories Indians

Tuckerman, HenryT.

America and Her Commentators. With a Critical Sketch of Travel in the United States

New York, Charles Scribner, 1864. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 460pp. Brown cloth, gilt spine lettering. Light rubbing to extremities, spine faintly sunned, small chip to spine, foxing throughout, owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Travel in America from the early explorers to the 19th century. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003185

Catalogue: American History, Travel and Geography, American West

Keywords: "De Tocqueville" Burnaby Chateaubriand Anbury Crevecoeur Hamilton Trollope Bartram Clinton

Victor, Frances Fuller

The River of the West. Life and Adventure in the Rocky Mountains and Oregon; Embracing Events in the LIfe-time of a Mountain-Man and Pioneer: With the Early History of the North-Western Slope....

Hartford, CT, Columbian Book Company, 1870. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. xxii, 602pp. Full calf, engraved frontispiece portrait with tissue-guard, numerous additional engravings. Spine missing, covers worn, scuffed and have been re-attached with hinge tape , contents mildly toned, occasional light scattered foxing, some internal separation, former owner's name and date in pencil on front endpaper, contents are complete, and book is restorable. Poor.

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Book number: 004079

Catalogue: Travel and Geography, American West

Keywords: Pioneers Indians 'fur traders"