IRVING, Washington.

Astoria, or Anecdotes of An Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains.

Item #46062

IRVING, Washington. Astoria, or Anecdotes of An Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1836. Two volumes. 285;279,8pp. plus folding map. Modern three quarter crushed morocco and marbled boards, gilt, spine gilt. Original cloth bound in at rear of each volume. Very good condition. WAGNER-CAMP 61:1. BAL 10148. HOWES I81. FIELD 760. TWENEY 89, 34. GRAFF 2158. SABIN 35129. STREETER SALE 3347. WHEAT TRANSMISSISSIPPI 419. FORBES HAWAII 1003. First edition, Blanck's first state, with the copyright notice and imprint on the verso of the titlepage in the first volume, and the garbled footnote on page 239 of the second volume. The classic early work on John Astor's Pacific coast fur trading enterprise, based in part on the journals of Robert Stuart, Wilson Price Hunt, and Ramsay Crooks, along with extracts from Capt. Bonneville's notes on the western Indians. The map, "Sketch of the routes of Hunt and Stuart," is not detailed, but as Wheat says, "for what it purports to be it is an excellent map."

Price: $1,000.00