A RIDE OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS TO OREGON AND CALIFORNIA WITH A GLANCE AT SOME OF THE TROPICAL ISLANDS INCLUDING THE WEST INDIES AND THE SANDWICH ISLES

Coke, Henry J.

Published by Richard Bentley, London, 1852

About this Item

Octavo. (9 in. x 6 in.) x+390 pages. Brick-red blind-stamped boards. Ex-Library copy. Rebacked with maroon leather(ette?) spine over original boards, with two printed paper labels affixed. . Bookplate to front pastedown from University of Utah Library with several felt-tip rubouts. Below this, the deaccession stamp from University of Utah Libraries ("Withdrawn 12-70") Frontis engraving of "The Hon.ble (abbreviated) Henry J. Coke" Considerable (amateurish) mending to preliminary pages up to and including title page, and final pastedown. Perforated library stamp to first and final two pages, and accession number ("72564") to bottom of author's dedication page ("To The Right Hon. The Earl of Leicester"). Textblock evenly age-toned and otherwise unmarked. First issue by Bentley of marbled cloth; this issue, with no advertisements either originally, or after the savageries of home-made repair. Nonetheless, a tight, not-UN-Handsome, working copy of this lively, if tragic account. "On this perilous 1850 trip undertaken for sheer adventure by two young English sportsment two of their seven companions perished; the survival of any was a miracle." (Howes C-548);.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A RIDE OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS TO OREGON AND CALIFORNIA WITH A GLANCE AT SOME OF THE TROPICAL ISLANDS INCLUDING THE WEST INDIES AND THE SANDWICH ISLES
• Publisher: Richard Bentley, London
• Publication Date: 1852
• Binding: Very Good Minus
• Edition: Early Printing.
• Condition: Hardcover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Americana, Western