The Oregon Territory. A Geographical and Physical Account of that Country and Its Inhabitants; with Outlines of Its History and Discovery.

London: Charles Knight & Co., 1846. First edition. Small octavo. 226 pp. with a frontispiece of the mouth of the Columbia River, a folding map of the Pacific Northwest and a single page map of Vancouver's Island.A fine overview of Oregon in the 1840s. "In addition to presenting the British arguments in the Oregon Controversy, Nicolay describes in detail the early settlement of the Pacific Northwest and the rise and development of the fur trade. He takes freely from the printed primary sources, such as Ross Cox, Fremont, and others" (Wagner-Camp).[Bound, as issued, with (and preceding the above)]TRAILL, Catharine Parr. Backwoods of Canada: Being Letters from the Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America to Which is Appended an Account of the Country of the Oregon. London: Charles Knight & Co., 1846.Second edition. Small octavo. 243, [1] pp. With twelve illustrations including the frontispiece of Peter, the Chief."Traill's best-known book had its genesis in a series of letters she wrote home to her mother in England describing her impressions of early life in Canada. The book was published in London in 1836 with the following informative title: The Backwoods of Canada; Being the Letters from the Wife of an Emigrant Officer; Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British North America. It was an instant success and was soon translated into German and French. For actual or potential emigrants it provided useful information on the hazards of pioneer settlement and practical hints on how to survive these hazards" (Encyclopedia of World Biography).Contemporary half red calf over marbled boards, expertly rebacked preserving the original spine and endpapers, spine gilt in compartments and with black morocco gilt lettering label, marbled endpapers, red sprinkled edges. Modern bookplate on rear pastedown. Very clean and complete copies of both these titles, attractively bound.