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Edité par C.& A. Conrad; Philadelphia; 277 +65 +53 +87 pp.; ; VG; 1808/1810, 1810
Vendeur : Watermark West Rare Books, Wichita, KS, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. "This is the first official report of a U.S. government expedition to the Southwest. ____ A soldier and explorer, Pike travelled across what is now Kansas and explored the headwaters of the Arkansas. ____ This took him into Colorado.____ They then crossed the Sangre de Cristo's and made it to the Rio Grande. ____ Pike mistakenly thought he had found the Red River. ____ After building a crude fort on the Conejos, he was arrested by the Spanish military, who took him to Santa Fe under armed guard. It has been stated by some historians that Pike wanted to be captured in order to gain information on the Santa Fe Region." -- Blumenthal / Fur Trade Forty #30 ____ "We hail Pike as the first American writer at some length on Texas, though his work be in the form of an official report.as shown in Part III.a general description of Texas and of the manners and customs of the people, with special notice of the missions and high society of San Antonio." --Raines/Texas p.164 ____ Wagner-Camp=9.1___Graff=3290 ___Howes3=P-372 ___ Basic Texas Books=163 ___Streeter/Sale=V-3125 ___ Santa Fe Trail=467. _____ ____ Retains the engraved frontispiece portrait, but lacks all three folding tables and all six maps and charts. ____ Bound in antique full leather. ____ There is an antique library bookplate on the front paste-down and label stain on the spine. ____ A library ownership stamp at the bottom of the title page has been erased, partially affecting the publisher's imprint.____ This is a sad affectation since the same stamp occurs on at least two interior pages and would have not detracted from the title page.____ [kwA_ 1st Ed. NOISBN ], _____ ZEBULON__PIKE___1805-1807__expeditions 1810_1st_EDITION _____.
Edité par John Binns for C.&A. Conrad; Petersburgh: Somervell & Conrad; Norfolk: Bonsal, Conrad & Co.; and Baltimore: Fielding Lucas, Jr., Philadelphia, 1810
Vendeur : James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
First edition. First edition. Frontispiece portrait, 3 folding tables, a chart (on 5 separate leaves) and 6 maps (5 folding). 5, [3], 277, [5]; 65, [1]; 53, [1]; 87, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The report of the first, and certainly one of the most important, exploration narratives of the Southwest. Pike's narrative includes his account of his travels to explore the headwaters of the Arkansas and Red Rivers, as well as his earlier journey to the sources of the Mississippi River. He also relates his visit to the Spanish settlements in New Mexico. Along with the writings of Lewis & Clark, Pike's ACCOUNT must stand as the most important early work on western exploration. The maps, which Wheat considers "milestones in the mapping of the American west," are the first to show geographic knowledge of the area based upon first-hand explorations. Streeter refers to the description of Texas as "excellent." Howes P-373, "b"; Wagner-Camp 9:1; Graff 3290; Wheat Transmississippi 297, 298, 299; Field 1217; Streeter Texas 1047C; Bradford 4415; Rittenhouse 467; Sabin 62936; Jones 743; Braislin 1474; Jenkins Basic Texas Books 163; Hill 1357; Reese, Best of the West, # 32 Contemporary tree calf, red morocco spine label titled in gilt. Binding rubbed, joints starting, dampstain to frontispiece and title, offsetting from frontispiece, some browning and spotting to text, offsetting and foxing to maps, small tears at mounts, repairs to 1 folding chart and Mississippi River map. In a custom blue cloth slipcase and chemise Frontispiece portrait, 3 folding tables, a chart (on 5 separate leaves) and 6 maps (5 folding). 5, [3], 277, [5]; 65, [1]; 53, [1]; 87, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo.