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[UNITED STATES TRAVEL]. WISE, Henry A. Lieut. U.S.N. Los Gringos: or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chile and Polynesia. New York: C. W. Benedict for Baker and Scribner, 1849. Half title. Original blue blind-stamped cloth. Provenance: A. Tucker (signature on flyleaf and title-page); Andover-Harvard Theological Library (ink stamp dated 1912 on title verso). FIRST EDITION. Wise's vivid account of Mexico and his voyage round Cape Horn to Tahiti and Hawaii. Cowan II p.691. -- FERRALL, Simon Ansley. A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles Through the United States of America. London: Effingham Wilson, 1832. 8o. Half-title with publisher's advertisements on verso, 16-page publisher's advertisements at end. Frontispiece facsimile of a portion of the Cherokee Phoenix printed in characters invented by Sequoiyah. Original drab paper boards. FIRST EDITION. A valuable resource on the Illinois and Indiana frontier. Sabin 24161. -- HUNTLEY, Sir Henry Vere. California: It's Gold and Its Inhabitants. London: Thomas Cautley Newby, 1856. Two volumes in one, 8o. Modern cloth boards. FIRST EDITION of this often condescending account of the rough, hard-driving character of Californians. Sabin 33981. -- FRANCHÈRE, Gabriel. Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwestern Coast of America in the Years 1811, 1812, 1813 and 1814, or the First Settlement of the Pacific. Translated and edited by J. V. Huntington. New York: Redfield, 1854. 8o. Engraved frontispiece and 2 engraved plates. Blue diced cloth. Provenance: John H. Swift (bookplate on front pastedown). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of this vivid first hand account of the first trading establishments created in the Oregon Territory by John Jacob Astor. Sabin 25432. -- CLEVELAND, Richard. A Narrative of Voyages and Commercial Enterprises. Cambridge: John Owen, 1842. 2 volumes, 8o. Original cloth. FIRST EDITION. Howes C-485. -- CHAPPELL, Edward. Narrative of a voyage to Hudson's Bay in His Majesty's Ship Rosamond. London: J. Mawman, 1817. 8o. Engraved folding map and 4 plates. FIRST EDITION. Sabin 12005. -- TOWNSEND, John K. Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains to the Columbia River and a Visit to the Sandwich Islands, Chili, &c. Philadelphia: Henry Perkins, 1839. 8o. Original blind-stamped cloth (covers detached). FIRST EDITION. Sabin 96381. -- COKE, Henry J. A Ride Over the Rocky Mountains to Oregon and California with a Glance at Some of the Tropical Islands. London: Richard Bentley, 1852. 8o. Frontispiece portrait. Contemporary cloth. FIRST EDITION. "On this perilous 1850 trip undertaken for sheer adventure by two young English sportsmen, two of their seven companions perished; the survival of any was a miracle." Howes C-548. -- MARSH, James B. Four Years in the Rockies; or The Adventures of Isaac P. Rose of Shenango Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. New Castle, Pennsylvania: W.B. Thomas, 1884. 12o. Frontispiece portrait. Original cloth. FIRST EDITION. Howes M-306. -- DRAYTON, Daniel. Personal Memoir of Daniel Drayton, for Four Years and Four Months a Prisoner (For Charity's Sake) in Washington Jail. Boston: Bela Marsh, 1855. 12o. Frontispiece portrait. Original cloth. FIRST EDITION. Sabin 20912. -- FAUX, William. Memorable Days in America: Being a Journal of a Tour to the United States, Principally Undertaken to Ascertain, by Positive Evidence, the Condition and Probable Prospects of British Emigrants. London: W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1823. 8o. Frontispiece plate. Original boards; cloth slipcase. FIRST EDITION of Faux's unfavorable account of the United States. Sabin 23933. -- SIMPSON, George. Narrative of a Journey Round the World. London: Henry Colburn, 1847. 2 volumes, 8o. Frontispiece portrait in vol. I. and one folding map. Original cloth. FIRST EDITION. In 1841-1842, Simpson made an overland voyage around the world, herein described, and claimed to be the first traveler to complete the journey. Lada-Mocarski 129. Together 12 works in 14 volumes, condition varies. (14)