Emory, W[illiam]. H[emsley]. Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Parts of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers. Washington: Wendell and van Benthuysen printers, 1848. 30th Congress, 1st Session, Senate Exec. Doc. No. 7. 8vo, brown cloth, paper label on spine. Large folding map in rear pocket; 45 plates (duplicates of Cereus Giganteus, Head of Female Mountain Goat and Sketch of the Battle of Los Angeles). Early view of San Diego, the Gila and Colorado Rivers, Indians, and more. Bookplate of Richard Ashhurst Bowie [(1836-1887) author, lawyer, book collector]. Condition: Rear hinge split, opening the pocket where the map is stored. A candidate for some repairs.
Emory, W[illiam]. H[emsley]. Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Parts of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers. Washington: Wendell and van Benthuysen printers, 1848. 30th Congress, 1st Session, Senate Exec. Doc. No. 7. 8vo, brown cloth, paper label on spine. Large folding map in rear pocket; 45 plates (duplicates of Cereus Giganteus, Head of Female Mountain Goat and Sketch of the Battle of Los Angeles). Early view of San Diego, the Gila and Colorado Rivers, Indians, and more. Bookplate of Richard Ashhurst Bowie [(1836-1887) author, lawyer, book collector]. Condition: Rear hinge split, opening the pocket where the map is stored. A candidate for some repairs.
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