Sep 17, 2015 - Sale 2391

Sale 2391 - Lot 8

Price Realized: $ 281
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(AMERICAN INDIANS.) De Smet, Pierre Jean. Oregon Missions and Travels over the Rocky Mountains. Folding map, 14 tinted lithograph plates including additional title page. 408, [4] pages. 12mo, publisher's cloth, moderate wear; foxing, frontispiece detached, one gathering coming loose; early owner's signature on illustrated title, American Catholic Historical Society bookplate on front pastedown, other library markings. New York, 1847

Additional Details

first edition of De Smet's missionary travels in what are now Oregon, Washington, Alberta, and British Columbia. Field 1424; Graff 3829; Howes D286 ("aa"); Sabin 82268; Streeter sale IV:2099; Wagner-Camp 141:1.