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Edwin James (1797-1861)
Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823. 3 volumes, 8°, 8 engraved plates, folding map, folding plan (lacking half-titles, ownership stamp offset onto top margin of frontispiece in volume I, short tear to folding map, occasional light spotting), later red half morocco, spines gilt (joints and edges rubbed). Provenance: E. Hillsdon (stamp).
FIRST EDITION. Abbey Travel 650; Sabin 35683: 'A valuable contribution to geographical and ethnographical literature'. (3)
Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823. 3 volumes, 8°, 8 engraved plates, folding map, folding plan (lacking half-titles, ownership stamp offset onto top margin of frontispiece in volume I, short tear to folding map, occasional light spotting), later red half morocco, spines gilt (joints and edges rubbed). Provenance: E. Hillsdon (stamp).
FIRST EDITION. Abbey Travel 650; Sabin 35683: 'A valuable contribution to geographical and ethnographical literature'. (3)
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