Mar 31, 2011 - Sale 2241

Sale 2241 - Lot 176

Price Realized: $ 270
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(INDIANA.) Thomas, David. Travels through the Western Country in the Summer of 1816. Folding map. 12mo, contemporary calf, moderate wear; first line of title slightly cropped, moderate foxing, lacks lower half of leaf M4 (facsimile laid in), dampstaining on last few pages; errata slip pasted to final blank; inscription 'D.K. Jones, presented by The Author, 1819' on verso of map, early owner's signature on front pastedown. Auburn, NY, 1819

Additional Details

first edition. "An important account of the early Indiana frontier"--Streeter sale III:1409. Thomas's journey began in western New York and took him through Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio. Clark II:236; Graff 4126; Howes T162 ("aa"); Sabin 95384.