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(TRAVEL.) [Sage, Rufus.]
Scenes in the Rocky Mountains and in Oregon,
California, New Mexico, Texas, and the Grand Prairies.
Folding map with short
repaired tear. Small 8vo, modern
1
/
4
calf in period style; dampstaining on a few interior
leaves, a few early notes in pencil; small bookplate on front pastedown.
Philadelphia, 1846
[4,000/6,000]
FIRST EDITION
.
“Intelligent narrative of extensive travels from the Platte to the Arkansas”—
Howes S16 (“b”). An early owner of this copy offered his own assessment in a pencil note on
page 257: “This book is well written, but the author is too fond of showing his own poems.”
The map is one of the first to show the emigrant road to California, and also notes scenes from
the abortive Snively on New Mexico, in which Sage participated. Cowan 1933, page 548;
Graff 3633; Sabin 74892; Streeter sale V:3049; Wagner-Camp 123:1; Wheat,
Transmississippi West 527 and page III:41-43.
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(TRAVEL.) Simpson, George, Sir.
Narrative of a Journey Round the World.
Folding map (worn and restored), frontispiece portrait. 2 volumes. 8vo, publisher’s cloth,
minor wear; endpapers renewed, intermittent foxing; uncut; small bookplates on front
pastedowns. 24 pages of undated ads.
London, 1847
[250/350]
Describes a trek across Canada, and further travels in California, Alaska, Hawaii, and Siberia,
comprising a largely overland voyage around the world. “A model record of travels by an
exceedingly able man and keen observer”—Cowan 1933, page 589. Forbes 1670; Howes
S495; Lada-Mocarski 129; Sabin 81343.
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