Notes of a military reconnoissance from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri to San Diego, in California, including part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila rivers
Notes of a military reconnoissance from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri to San Diego, in California, including part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila rivers.
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Good Plus. Octavo. 416 pages. 40 plates (includes 26 plates of scenery, 14 plates of botanical illustrations by Endicott). Three sketch maps. NOTE: Includes REPORT OF LIEUT. J.W. ABERT, OF HIS EXAMINATION OF NEW MEXICO IN THE YEARS 1846-'47 (pp. 417-548) 22 full-page plates; REPORT OF LIEUT. COL. P. ST. GEORGE COOKE OF HIS MARCH FROM SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, TO SAN DIEGO, UPPER CALIFORNIA (pp. 549-563); JOURNAL OF CAPTAIN A.R. JOHNSTON, FIRST DRAGOONS (pp. 565 to 614). P. 454 incorrectly printed as pp.754. This copy ONCE a half-leather, but has been rebacked (possibly rebound) and reinforced in a sturdy, but amateur fashion with cloth over leatherette, with recent headbands. Minor foxing throughout, but really inconsequential and does not get in the way of enjoying this very solidly bound Reading Copy with supple, largely bright pages. Previously a non-circulating copy (given a rubber stamped impression labeled "In Treasure Room", to front pastedown and there being no circulating pockets, etc. ) from Salem College, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and bears its bookplate to front pastedown endpaper. Further, there are numerous stamp impression throughout the book and to many of the plates, though mercifully, largely restricted to the edges of those images. Several manuscript signatures as well, and some lightly penciled bibliographic notes to front free endpaper. (NOTE: One of these very lightly penciled notes explains: "...Lacks the folding map of the Arkansas Rio del Norte Strip (illeg.)...[and goes on to state] "Not Issued With All Copies". We suspect this is the case with this particular copy, as no indication is given of said map's presence, nor reference to same. Probably the House of Representatives Edition, with Lithography by C.B. Graham. ("...in some copies the 24 plates in Abert's report were executed, in a superior manner, anonymously") (Howes E145). This copy is apparently one of those copies. One of one thousand of the special Senate issue, with Emory's rank given as Lt. Colonel. "That the House edition has priority is indicated by the fact that many copies were seemingly issued before the large map was available..." Again, this copy lacks any rear envelope and gives no evidence of having contained the large fold-out map which came with other editions. In fact one reference within simply says: "See Map, 1845". Wagner-Camp 148; Howes E-145; Reese 103; Graff 1249; Etter 114; Zamorano 80-33. "Lieutenant William H. Emory was assigned to General Stephen Watts Kearny's 'Army of The West' in 1846, under orders to take possession of New Mexico and California. Emory's NOTES...became an important guide for emigrants in the rush of 1849...He also mapped the route of the Mormon Battalion over the Southern Trail and along the San Pedro River to Tucson and to the Gila Trail at the Pima villages. (Some ethnographic notes by A. Gallatin). "Emory went on to [further] explore the overland route to California and took part in the American conquest of southern California. The text is illustrated with some of the first American views of the far Southwest. NOTES provided goldseekers with valuable information by discussing various Indian groups, thus allaying fears about tribes the pioneers might meet along the way...it appears that the majority of emigrants had both Emory's book and map with them, and they all found their way by connecting with the various landmarks Emory so gracefully described." "December 16, 1847. Read, and ordered to be printed; and that 1000 copies, in addition to the usual number be printed for the use of the Senate.".; Includes reports by Abert and Cooke. ("A preliminary Senate issue has a title page with Emory's rank correctly given as "Lieut. Col." and some copies have the large map in a pocket. Though this issue "has been described as the 'first issue of the first edition', Wagner-Camp claims this "is questionable" since there were different issues of the NOTES issued with or without maps,...
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Good++ No Jacket. 8vo. 416 pp. Three quarter brown calf over marbled boards, marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Gilt ruling on boards; gilt lettering and design, and raised bands on spine. Senate issue with Emory's rank as Brevet Major, Corps Topographical Engineers. "Made in 1846-47, with the advanced guard of the 'Army of the West. '" 43 full-page plates (3 more than called for in Howes E-145): 26 plates of buildings, landscapes, people and animals, 3 of military map sketches, 12 of illustrations of a single plant, and two with multiple plant illustrations (one of which is upside down). Pocket for foldout map present, but not the map. Rubbing to extremities with boards exposed where not covered by leather. Binding is tight, text block is square and tight. Gilt is bright. Staining on margins and foxing throughout, not affecting legibility of text or quality of plates. Owner's name, place and date on blank page facing title page. Otherwise, clean throughout. Near very good condition. Remarkable primary source of illustrations, maps and scientific data on the topography, zology, culture (Native American and European) and military history (Mexican-American War) of the Southwest at mid-nineteenth century. The remarkable plates were the first views of that territory to those in the Eastern United States at the time.
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Very Good+ Nicely rebound in black cloth. Morocco spine label with gilt lettering. Thirtieth Congress, First Session. Ex. Doc. No. 41. Profusely illustrated with 64 steel engravings. The illustrations include a wide range of depictions: maps, landscapes, scenes with native americans, fossils, flora etc. Large rear fold-out map. Rear chapter containing "Report of Lieut. Col. P. St. George Cooke of his march from Santa Fe New Mexico to San Diego, Upper California". This section includes another fold-out map.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 614 pages.
Add this copy of Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, From Fort to cart. $357.00, good condition, Sold by Robinson Street Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Binghamton, NY, UNITED STATES, published by Washington, Wendell and Van Benthuysen, printers, 1848.
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Washington, Wendell and Van Benthuysen, printers, 1848
Publisher:
Washington, Wendell and Van Benthuysen, printers, 1848
Language:
English
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16175825823
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Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE boxes * Notes of a military reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, including parts of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila rivers. By W.H. Emory, brevet major, Corps Topographical Engineers. Made in 1846-7, with the advanced guard of the "Army of the West." 416 p. plates. 23 cm. Senate executive document (United States. Congress. Senate); 30th Congress, 1st session, no. 7. Zamorano 33; Cowan II, 195; Howell: 50: 76; Howes, E 145; Wagner/Camp/Becker, IV 148: 1. 43 plates lacks only the fold-out map in the rear pocket. In original binding. Page 88 and one plate loose, but present. Spine label chipped. Book complete except the fold out map in the rear pocket which is often missing. Several plates old dampstain to margins. A good copy only. Contains the: "Single-sheet sketch maps of the battles of San Pasqual (108), Rio San Gabriel (118) and Los Angeles (120) accompanied a textual description." Mapping Movement in American History and Culture rm.
Add this copy of Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, From Fort to cart. $507.00, very good condition, Sold by Crooked House Books & Paper rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Portland, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1848 by Wendell and Van Benthuysen.
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Very Good. First edition of the Senate issue, with Emory's rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Brown cloth boards with paper spine label; illustrated with engraved plates and large folding map in rear pocket; 9-
