Memoir historical and political, on the northwest coast of North America, and the adjacent territories; illustrated by a map and a geographical view of those countries

Greenhow, Robert

Published by Wiley and Putnam, New York, 1840

About this Item

8vo, pp. xi, [1], 228; large folding map; original brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine; ex-Northern Pacific Railway Co. with their small rubberstamp on the flyleaf and a small accession label at the base of the spine; spine ends lightly chipped, else a very good copy. "Among contemporary writers on the Oregon Question, and on the events of Oregon history on which that question depended Greenhow should deservedly be mentioned in first place" (Eberstadt). Cowan, p. 249; Graff 1653 citing the first Washington, D.C. edition of the same year; Howes G-389: "Leading contemporary authority, well documented." Tweney, Washington 89, no. 5, citing the revised and enlarged Boston edition of 1844.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Memoir historical and political, on the northwest coast of North America, and the adjacent territories; illustrated by a map and a geographical view of those countries
• Publisher: Wiley and Putnam, New York
• Publication Date: 1840
• Seller catalogs:
  • Western Americana
  • Pacific Northwest