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Pioneers of the Sacramento : A Group of Letters By & About Johann Augustus Sutter, James W. Marshall & John Bidwell
Sutter,Johann Augustus (1803/02/23-1880/06/18); James W. Marshall (1810/10/08-1885/08/10); John Bidwel (1819/08/05-1900/04/04)l; Jane [Bissell] Grabhorn (1911/06/29-1973/10/01)
Editore: The Book Club of California, San Franciso, 1953
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Da: T. W. Palmer Books, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.T. W. Palmer Books
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Usato - Molto buono
EUR 54,16
EUR 4,38 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. 30.5 x 22 cm, xii, 34, colophon pp., folding map of the Valley of the Sacremento with the gold region colored yellow, fancy gilt initial for each of five letters, reproduction of broadside "Account of the Discovery of Gold" in collection of Edward Grabhorn, contents,…introduction by Jane Grabhorn, 400 copies printed by Edwin & Robert Grabhorn for the Colt Press. [GB 544] [BCC 84] In the Introduction by Jane Grabhorn, she describes Bidwell and Sutter as "the two most important figures in this classic drama". Contents include: Map -- The Valley of the Sacramento; Letter One -- J. A. Sutter to John Bidwell; Letter Two -- John Bidwell to Captain J. A. Sutter; Letter Three -- James W. Marshall to John Bidwell; Broadside -- Account of the Discovery of Gold; etc. Original prospectus laid in. Black and white marbled paper over borda, black cloth spine, printed paper label. Fine except for substantial bumping to two corners.
32d CONGRESS, | 2d Session. SENATE. EXECUTIVE, | No. 54. [rule] EXPLORATION | OF THE | RED RIVER OF LOUISIANA, | IN THE YEAR 1852: | BY | RANDOLPH B. MARCY, | CAPTAIN FIFTH INFANTRY U. S. ARMY; | ASSISTED BY GEORGE B. McCLELLAN, | BREVET CAPTAIN U. S. ENGINEERS. [rule] WITH REPORTS ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY, | AND NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS. [rule] WASHINGTON: | ROBERT ARMSTRONG, PUBLIC PRINTER. | 1853.
Marcy, Randolph B[arnes] (1812/04/09 - 1887/11/22); George B[rinton] McClellan (1826/12/3 - 1885/10/29)
Editore: ROBERT ARMSTRONG, PUBLIC PRINTER, Washington, D. C., 1853
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- Prima edizione
Da: T. W. Palmer Books, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.T. W. Palmer Books
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Usato - Ottimo
EUR 338,47
EUR 4,38 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, xv, 320 pp., octavo 22.5 x 13.5 cm., 65 plates on unnumbered leaves some folding. [Howes M 276; WCB 226:1; Graff 2675; Meisel III, p. 143; Rader 2346; Goetzmann p. 213; Pilling 2471; Sabin 44512] [The two large folding maps are MTW 791, 792]. Rebound in white cloth with qu…arter red morocco and gilt lettering, fine. They are, as always brittle on thin paper. There are numerous lithographed plates (some tinted) of views, botany, zoology, paleontology, geology, and geography executed by Ackerman. "Written by one of the greatest nineteenth-century American explorers, this is one of the most interesting accounts of an original exploration of unknown parts of Texas [Marcy] was the first Anglo-American to discover and explore Palo Duro Canyon and Tule Canyon. Marcy described in detail the little-known Wichita tribe and compiled the first Wichita dictionary" (Jenkins, 'Basic Texas Books' 135B). "[Marcy's] large map was an attempt not only to bring together information obtained from his own explorations, but to show the relation of that country to the areas lying to the north, south and west, as far as the Colorado River of the West. Marcy's map is one of the best of the period. No southern emigrant could afford to be without it" (TMW #791 & #792, Vol. III, pp. 15-16). Captain Marcy, "a veteran of the Mexican War who had made an 1849 reconnaissance from Fort Smith to Santa Fe, argued that the Red River, formerly an international frontier and now the boundary between Texas and Indian Territory, was too important for its source to remain unknown to the government. The War Department agreed and designated him to "collect and report everything that may be useful or interesting in relation to [the region's] resources, soil, climate, natural history, and geography." The Adjutant General also ordered him to remind any Indians that he encountered of the military power of the United States and the certainty of punishment if they continued to resist Anglo immigration and to determine whether the area could sustain a large Indian population and, if so, could they be induced to settle down and take up farming. He undertook the survey, noting that it was "remarkable that a portion of one of the largest and most important rivers in the United States remained up to that period wholly unexplored and unknown a 'terra incognita.' " "While Marcy was ultimately unsuccessful in finding the true headwaters of the Red, he did accomplish some of his other goals and, in the process, provided the first lithographic documentation of the unexplored and dramatic Palo Duro Canyon, in fact the first of the great southwestern canyons to be documented and published for a popular audience" (Dr. Ron Tyler reported by Dorothy Sloan).
Da: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.Mullen Books, ABAA
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EUR 63,18
EUR 11,38 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 2 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: VG: Smudged to the wraps. Wraps. 64 pp. 645 works listed, index of artists at rear.