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OLDMIXON, JOHN.
The British Empire in America.
8 folding maps. 2 vol-
umes. 8vo, contemporary calf, minor wear, rebacked in period style; front hinge split,
frontispiece map coming detached, short closed tears on 3 maps; early owner’s signatures
on front pastedowns.
London, 1741
[2,500/3,500]
Second edition, much revised. The first volume covers the North American colonies, and the
second volume covers the West Indies. “His main interest in writing was to emphasize the
value of the colonies to the mother country”—Kraus and Joyce, Writing of American History,
34. European Americana 741/164; Hough, Lesser Antilles 191; Howes O-61 (“aa”);
Sabin 57157.
229
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(OREGON.) Greenhow, Robert.
Memoir, Historical and Political, on the
Northwest Coast of North America.
Folding map with short closed tear. 8vo, contem-
porary
1
/
2
calf, moderate wear; foxing to early leaves, library markings and adhesions on title
page, final index leaf worn with minimal loss of text; bookplates on front pastedown. 26th
Congress, 1st Session, Senate Doc. 174.
Washington, 1840
[200/300]
FIRST EDITION
.
Graff 1653; Howes G389; Sabin 28633; Smith 3848; Wheat,
Transmississippi West 447 and pages III:169-170.
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(OREGON.) Irving, Washington.
Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise
beyond the Rocky Mountains.
Folding map. 2 volumes. Large 12mo, blue publisher’s
cloth, minor wear; minor foxing; with 8 undated pages of publisher’s ads at end; small
bookplate on front pastedown. In modern cloth slipcase.
Philadelphia, 1836
[250/350]
FIRST EDITION
,
FIRST STATE
, with Rees imprint on verso of title page and garbled footnote on
page II:239. “Classic account of the first American attempt at settlement on the Pacific
coast”—Howes I-81. BAL 10148; Graff 2158; Sabin 35129; Wagner-Camp 61:1.
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