REPORT OF THE EXPLORING EXPEDITION TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN THE YEAR 1842, AND TO OREGON AND NORTH CALIFORNIA IN THE YEARS 1843-44. by Fremont, John C - 1845

Washington DC: Gales and Seaton, 1845. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, 693 pages, publisher's brown embossed cloth, leaf 503/4 minor loss of paper and half of the final line of text at bottome of page 504, upper right corner dampstained for first quarter of pages, foxed. [ Howes F370; Streeter 3131; Wagner-Camp IV: 115:1; Graff 1436; Field 565; Sabin 25845. Soliday I:861. Rosenbach 32:146. Wheat 497 ]. Important Report by the amazing John C. Fremont, also known as "The Pathfinder". This copy has the 22 plates, and two maps, but lacks the two folding text maps, and lacks the important Preuss map from the rear pocket.

Washington: Gale and Seaton Printers, 1845. 8vo. 693 pp. Twenty-two plates, five maps, three folding, the largest in rear pocket. Howes F-370. Wagner-Camp 115:1. Wheat Gold Regions 3266. Wheat Transmississippi 497. Zamorano 80, 39. Cowan, p. 223. Graff 1437. Grolier Club One Hundred American Books 49. Mintz 165. Rittenhouse 229. Streeter sale 3131: "Though the map accompanying the report is unsigned, Lt. G.K. Warren in his Memoir, p. (45), says 'it was drawn by Charles Preuss, whose skill in sketching topography in the field and representing it on the map has probably never been surpassed.'" This, the Senate printing, is considered the best edition of this work, containing one of the most historically important maps of the Western exploration. Original brown blindstamped cloth, rebacked, with original spine laid down. Usual foxing, a few tears to large map in pocket.

Washington, D.C.: Gales and Seaton, 1845., 1845. First edition. 28th Congress, 2nd Session, Senate Exec. Doc. 174. Serial 461. First Edition, Senate Issue. Original blind-stamped, brown cloth, with title in gilt on spine, 693pp. Illus. with 22 lithographed plates, 5 maps, 3 folding with large folding map in pocket at rear. An outstanding report and Fremont's greatest work. It records Fremont's first two expeditions. "The first expedition consisted of 25 men, with Kit Carson as a guide. They went a little beyond South Pass. The second expedition, consisting of about 40 men, was guided by Thomas Fitzpatrick (joined by Kit Carson en route) and reached the Columbia River and Fort Vancouver. The expedition then looped back to California by a spectacular winter crossing of the Sierra Nevada and returned to St. Louis via the San Joaquin Valley, Tehachapi Pass, and the Great Salt Lake."--The Pacific Northwest. The great Fremont (Preuss) unusually nice condition with a few minor splits at… Read More

Washington: Gales and Seaton, Printers, 1845., 1845. First edition. 28th Congress, 2nd Session Senate Executive Document No. 174, Serial 461] [Includes Geological, Astronomical and meteorological appendices]. First edition. 8vo. 693 pp., Five maps (two fold out) including the large Preuss map (with light blue tinted waters, in rear pocket), 22 plates of illustrations, appendices of charts and schedules; Original brown cloth covers with blind-stamped designs and border with gilt lettering on spine, map pocket with ribbon on rear cover, all edges trimmed, custom half morocco and brown cloth clamshell box with gilt lettering on spine and rules; This 1845 Senate report covers the First and Second expeditions that made Frémont well known and set him on a path of further explorations, adventure and adding to the knowledge of the American West. The reports and maps were significant in providing reliable information and routes to Oregon and California. The maps are; (1) Bear River p.132… Read More