A JOURNEY TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN 1839
Published by Missouri Historical Society, Saint Louis, 1912
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: NorthStar Books, Spokane, WA, U.S.A.NorthStar Books
AbeBooks seller since June 4, 2019
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 150.00
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BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, 162 pgs, folding map, frontis, Original blue-grey paper over boards, blue cloth spine with gilt, top edge gilt. Limited to 500 copies, this is #173. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Ends of spine are rubbed. Top corner of book is worn with boards showing, edges rubbed. Interior is very clean and free of marks. Overall a VG copy. CONTEN TS DESCRIPTION: Friedrich Adolph Wislizenus (first name sometimes spelled Frederick) was a German-born American MD, explorer and botanist. Accompanying one of the expeditions of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, he traveled far into the northwest, towards the source of Green River in the Wind River Mountains. When the trappers turned back home, Wislizenus joined a band of Flathead and Nez Perce Indians with whom he crossed the Rocky Mountains. He ventured back along the banks of Arkansas River to the border of Missouri.-CAMP-BECKER 83. HOWES W 596. GRAFF 4722. RADER 3712. RITTENHOUSE 655.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- A JOURNEY TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN 1839
- Author
- Wislizenus, Dr. F. A.
- Publisher
- Missouri Historical Society, Saint Louis
- Publication year
- 1912
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller catalogs
- Fur Trade, Hunting, Fishing, Shooting, SIgned, Limited, Presentations
NorthStar Books
Spokane, WA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since June 4, 2019
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