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Auction archive: Lot number 1248

HARMON, DANIEL. 1778-1845.

Estimate
US$0
Price realised:
US$776
Auction archive: Lot number 1248

HARMON, DANIEL. 1778-1845.

Estimate
US$0
Price realised:
US$776
Beschreibung:

A journal of voyages and travels in the interiour of North America: between the 47th and 58th degrees of north latitude, extending from Montreal nearly to the Pacific ocean ... including an account of the principal occurrences, during a residence of nineteen years, in different parts of the country. To which are added, a concise description of the face of the country, its inhabitants ... and considerable specimens of the two languages, most extensively spoken. Andover: Printed by Flagg and Gould, 1820. xxiii, [25]-432 pp. Portrait and folding map. 8vo (205 x 120 mm). Contemporary tree calf. Signature of George Brush to title page, and C. G. James [?] to front flyleaf, lacking errata slip, maps with repair to separation at one fold, short closed tear to lower margin of p. 183-4 without affecting text, some spotting and age toning, rebacked, else very good. First edition. An important early account of Canada and the Great Lakes region. Howes H-205, Graff 1786; Wagner-Camp 17.

Auction archive: Lot number 1248
Auction:
Datum:
19 Feb 2006
Auction house:
Bonhams London
San Francisco 220 San Bruno Avenue San Francisco CA 94103 Tel: +1 415 861 7500 Fax : +1 415 861 8951 info.us@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

A journal of voyages and travels in the interiour of North America: between the 47th and 58th degrees of north latitude, extending from Montreal nearly to the Pacific ocean ... including an account of the principal occurrences, during a residence of nineteen years, in different parts of the country. To which are added, a concise description of the face of the country, its inhabitants ... and considerable specimens of the two languages, most extensively spoken. Andover: Printed by Flagg and Gould, 1820. xxiii, [25]-432 pp. Portrait and folding map. 8vo (205 x 120 mm). Contemporary tree calf. Signature of George Brush to title page, and C. G. James [?] to front flyleaf, lacking errata slip, maps with repair to separation at one fold, short closed tear to lower margin of p. 183-4 without affecting text, some spotting and age toning, rebacked, else very good. First edition. An important early account of Canada and the Great Lakes region. Howes H-205, Graff 1786; Wagner-Camp 17.

Auction archive: Lot number 1248
Auction:
Datum:
19 Feb 2006
Auction house:
Bonhams London
San Francisco 220 San Bruno Avenue San Francisco CA 94103 Tel: +1 415 861 7500 Fax : +1 415 861 8951 info.us@bonhams.com
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