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BRADBURY, John (fl. 1809). Travels in the Interior of America, in the Years 1809, 1810, and 1811; including a Description of Upper Louisiana, together with the States of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee, with the Illinois and Western Territories. London: Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1819.
8o (225 x 132 mm). Engraved folding frontispiece map of the United States (some foxing). Original paper-backed blue boards, printed paper spine label, uncut (some rubbing); blue cloth folding case. Provenance: George Greaves, Moor Key (signature on pastedown); Henry Stevens (pencil identification on flyleaf).
Second edition, and best: the only one with a map. "Shortly after the publication of the first Edition of this Work, Mr. Bradbury returned to America, and is now residing in St. Louis. The rapid sale of the first Edition, and its favourable reception by the Public, have induced the publication of a second, to which a Map of the United States has been added, carefully collated from the one published by Mr. Melish" (publisher's preface). Ayer Supplement 24; Clark Old South II:137(1); Graff 384; Howes B-695; Pilling 434; Sabin 7207; Streeter III:1780; Wagner-Camp-Becker 14:2; Wheat Mapping the Transmississippi West 331.
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Second edition, and best: the only one with a map. "Shortly after the publication of the first Edition of this Work, Mr. Bradbury returned to America, and is now residing in St. Louis. The rapid sale of the first Edition, and its favourable reception by the Public, have induced the publication of a second, to which a Map of the United States has been added, carefully collated from the one published by Mr. Melish" (publisher's preface). Ayer Supplement 24; Clark Old South II:137(1); Graff 384; Howes B-695; Pilling 434; Sabin 7207; Streeter III:1780; Wagner-Camp-Becker 14:2; Wheat Mapping the Transmississippi West 331.