NOTES OF A MILITARY RECONNAISSANCE, FROM FORT LEAVENWORTH, IN MISSOURI, TO SAN DIEGO, IN CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING PART OF THE ARKANSAS, DEL NORTE, AND GILA RIVERS. by Emory, William H. [Lt. Col.] - 1848

British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011-03-24. Paperback. Good.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Notes of a military reconnaissance from Port Leavenworth in Missouri to San Diego, in California, including parts of the Arkansas, del Norte and Gila Rivers..

Paperback / softback. New.

British Library, Historical Print Editions. paperback. New. 7x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Washington DC: Wendell and Van Benthuysen. Poor with no dust jacket. 1848. Hardcover. Hard cover published by Wendell and Van Benthuysen in 1848. No dust jacket. Brown covers with pastedown (has title on it) on spine. Spine is torn down back side and pastedown and cloth are partially detached from binding. Spine is also torn down fron side, and is torn and fraying at top end of spine. Corners of covers are bumped and worn, and covers have some edge wear, scuffing and some stains. A name is written inside front cover. Some pages are partially loose from the binding. Pages have some foxing and spotting, and some tanning. The large foldout map of the Territory of New Mexico and the large foldout sketch of the march and wagon road of Lt. Colonel Cooke are attached toward the rear of the book. Emory's rank is listed as Lt. Colonel on title page. Rear endpapers have some water stains. Book is in acceptable condition. 614 pages, 1.9 lb.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 614 pages .

1848 1st ed Emory Military Reconnaissance California MAP Indians Texas Wild West

"A library of Western Americana is incomplete without this book!" (Zamorano 80).

William Emory was a 19th-century American engineer who is best remembered for his detailed journal describing the events of his journey down the Rio Grande into Southern California. This journal was published by the U.S. Congress under the title 'Notes of a Military Reconnaissance' and was one of the most important travel guidebooks of 19th-century California. It was notable for its illustrations and extensive details of the Southwest.

According to Wagner-Camp on Emory,
"His report was a major contribution to the geographical knowledge of North America the report includes sections on the plants and animals, as well as on the geology and the prehistoric town sites and other archeological remains. Emory's descriptions of the various Indian tribes that he encountered were steps toward the newly-forming discipline -Anthropology- concerned with… Read More

1848 1ed Emory Military Reconnaissance California MAP Indians Texas New Mexico
"A library of Western Americana is incomplete without this book!"(Zamorano 80).
William Emory was a 19th-century American engineer who is best remembered for his detailed journal describing the events of his journey down the Rio Grande into Southern California. This journal was published by the U.S. Congress under the title 'Notes of a Military Reconnaissance' and was one of the most important travel guidebooks of 19th-century California. It was notable for its illustrations and extensive details of the Southwest.
According to Wagner-Camp on Emory,
"His report was a major contribution to the geographical knowledge of North America the report includes sections on the plants and animals, as well as on the geology and the prehistoric town sites and other archeological remains. Emory's descriptions of the various Indian tribes that he encountered were steps toward the newly-forming discipline -Anthropology- concerned with… Read More

Washington: Wendell and Van Benthuysen, 1848. First edition, House issue; 8vo, pp. 614; 2 folding maps (1 miscreased), 67 lithograph plates and plans, a few illustrations in the text; original brown cloth, printed paper label on spine scraped, affecting 3 letters; small breaks at the spine ends; piece from p. 395-6 torn, but with no loss of text; a good, sound copy. "That the House issue has priority is indicated by the fact that many copies (including this one) were seeming issued before the large map was available. The plates of the scenery in the Senate edition were lithographed by Weber & Co.; in the House edition these are all usually done by C. B. Graham, though in some copies the 24 plates in Abert's report were executed, in a superior manner, anonymously" (Howes). Such is the case in this copy which has the superior plates. Howes E-145; Graff 1249; Cowan, p. 195; Sabin 22536; Wheat, Transmississippi West, 544; Wagner-Camp 148:5; Zamorano Eighty, 33.