Nov 17, 2016 - Sale 2432

Sale 2432 - Lot 69

Price Realized: $ 1,000
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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(CALIFORNIA.) Frémont, John Charles. Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains . . . and to Oregon and North California. 5 maps, 22 lithographed plates. 693 pages. 8vo, publisher's cloth, minor wear, rear joint starting; moderate foxing, short separations at intersection of folds to large map; later bookplate on front pastedown. Senate Document, 28th Congress, 2nd Session, Doc. 174. Washington, 1845

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first edition, senate issue, with additional scientific data not included in the House issue. Includes the report on Frémont's 1842 expedition along the Oregon Trail, as well as his second expedition concluded in 1844: "Guided by Kit Carson, Frémont proceeded down the Snake River and on down the Columbia to Fort Vancouver. Moving into northwestern Nevada, Frémont suddenly took his expedition on a rash midwinter crossing of the Sierra Nevada"--Hill 640. Howes F370 ("aa"); Sabin 25845; Wagner-Camp 115:1; Zamorano Eighty 39.