Volume I (all published). xix, [1], 655 pp. Extensively illustrated with engravings in wood and steel, 7 maps (some folding) including one large folding map at rear, a chromolithograph of Frémont's Rocky Mountain flag, etc. Frontispiece portrait with tissue-guard. 27x19.5 cm (10½x7¾"), brown full morocco rebacked, spine tooled & lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, decorative endpapers. First Edition. Deluxe issue in full morocco of the Memoirs of the great Pathfinder (or Pathmarker), based on his original accounts of his adventures in the west. The illustrations and maps are quite noteworthy. Map of "Country Explored by John C. Frémont" tipped to rear pastedown. "Embraces his first three exploring expeditions and the part played by him in the conquest of California" - Howes F367.
Volume I (all published). xix, [1], 655 pp. Extensively illustrated with engravings in wood and steel, 7 maps (some folding) including one large folding map at rear, a chromolithograph of Frémont's Rocky Mountain flag, etc. Frontispiece portrait with tissue-guard. 27x19.5 cm (10½x7¾"), brown full morocco rebacked, spine tooled & lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, decorative endpapers. First Edition. Deluxe issue in full morocco of the Memoirs of the great Pathfinder (or Pathmarker), based on his original accounts of his adventures in the west. The illustrations and maps are quite noteworthy. Map of "Country Explored by John C. Frémont" tipped to rear pastedown. "Embraces his first three exploring expeditions and the part played by him in the conquest of California" - Howes F367.
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