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The Discovery of the Oregon Trail Robert Stuarts Narratives Of His Overland Trip Eastward From Astoria in 1812-13 From the Original Manuscripts in the Collection of William Robertson Coe, ESQ. To Which is Added: An Account of the Tonquins Voyage and of Events at Fort Astoria (1811-12) and Wilson Price Hunts Diary of His Overland Trip Westward to Astoria in 1811-12. Translated From Nauvelles Annals des Voyages, Paris, 1821
by Stuart, Robert, Philip Ashton Rollins
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good -
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About This Item
N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 391 pages, frontis, illustrations, maps, top edge gilt, front edge untrimmed, small stain on bottom of spine, in the rare jacket with chipping to edges and some closed tears with a tape repair. Howes 1103, First English publication of this diary of a trip from Astoria to St. Louis in 1812-13, on which South Pass was discovered and the Oregon Trail established. Wagner-Camp 19..
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- Title
- The Discovery of the Oregon Trail Robert Stuarts Narratives Of His Overland Trip Eastward From Astoria in 1812-13 From the Original Manuscripts in the Collection of William Robertson Coe, ESQ. To Which is Added: An Account of the Tonquins Voyage and of Events at Fort Astoria (1811-12) and Wilson Price Hunts Diary of His Overland Trip Westward to Astoria in 1811-12. Translated From Nauvelles Annals des Voyages, Paris, 1821
- Author
- Stuart, Robert, Philip Ashton Rollins
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good -
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- N.Y.
- Date Published
- 1935
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- OREGON TRAIL, OVERLAND TRAVEL, TONQUIN, HUNT WILLIAM PRICE, ASTORIA, FUR TRADE, LEWIS AND CLARK, FREMONT, MOUNTAIN MEN,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Lewis and Clark; Fur Trade;
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- Good+
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- Chipping
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