Art + Antiques
Sat, Oct 16, 2021 01:00PM EDT
Lot 41
Alexander Ross "Adventures on the Oregon River" (1849)
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Alexander Ross (Scottish-Canadian, 1783-1856)
Adventures of the First Settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River: Being a Narrative of the Expedition Fitted Out by John Jacob Astor (1849)
First edition
Pub. Smith, Elder & Co. (London)
Half calf over marbled boards, with marbled endpapers and gilt lettering to the spine. Gilt top edges, all edges nicely trimmed. A single octavo-size volume. Complete with fold-out lithographic map.
Measures 7 3/4" x 5 1/4" x 1 1/4".
Good condition. Some wear to the edges of the cover. Foxing present on the fold-out map. A few torn page corners including a small loss to a corner of the title page. Very minimal toning.
Adventures of the First Settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River: Being a Narrative of the Expedition Fitted Out by John Jacob Astor (1849)
First edition
Pub. Smith, Elder & Co. (London)
Half calf over marbled boards, with marbled endpapers and gilt lettering to the spine. Gilt top edges, all edges nicely trimmed. A single octavo-size volume. Complete with fold-out lithographic map.
Measures 7 3/4" x 5 1/4" x 1 1/4".