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THE EXPANSION OF THE UNITED STATES EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
(Lots 118-156)
CARVER, Jonathan (1732-1780). Travels through the Interior Parts of North-America, in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768. London: Printed for the author and sold by J. Walter, 1778.
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CARVER, Jonathan (1732-1780). Travels through the Interior Parts of North-America, in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768. London: Printed for the author and sold by J. Walter, 1778.
8o (241 x 1152 mm). 2 engraved folding maps and 4 engraved plates (2-in. tear on first map). (Some minor spotting to preliminaries.) ORIGINAL PAPER-BACKED BLUE BOARDS, ENTIRELY UNCUT (front hinge cracked, spine worn at head and foot); green quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: Herschel V. Jones; Frank T. Siebert (his sale Sotheby's New York, 28 October 1999, lot 680).
THE HERSCHEL V. JONES--FRANK T. SIEBERT COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL BOARDS. "Carver, one of the English soldiers wounded and captured at the massacre of Fort William Henry by the French and Indians in 1757, gives a vivid though short eye-witness account of the battle. Though a prisoner of the French and Indians for only three days, when he escaped to Fort Edwards, his is one of the most spirited accounts of the famous massacre. His later frontier experiences in Minnesota and Wisconsin, though formerly discredited, have been accepted as one of the earliest and best accounts of pioneer days in this region" (Vail). Howes C-215; Jones 563; Lande 108; Sabin 11184; Streeter III:1772; Vail 654; Wheat Mapping the Transmississippi West 175. SCARCE IN BOARDS.
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THE HERSCHEL V. JONES--FRANK T. SIEBERT COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL BOARDS. "Carver, one of the English soldiers wounded and captured at the massacre of Fort William Henry by the French and Indians in 1757, gives a vivid though short eye-witness account of the battle. Though a prisoner of the French and Indians for only three days, when he escaped to Fort Edwards, his is one of the most spirited accounts of the famous massacre. His later frontier experiences in Minnesota and Wisconsin, though formerly discredited, have been accepted as one of the earliest and best accounts of pioneer days in this region" (Vail). Howes C-215; Jones 563; Lande 108; Sabin 11184; Streeter III:1772; Vail 654; Wheat Mapping the Transmississippi West 175. SCARCE IN BOARDS.