Title: Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey...Volume I Author: Emory, William H. Place: Washington Publisher: Cornelius Wendell Date: 1857 Description: Volume One (two parts) only. xvi, 258; viii, 174 pp. Illustrated with 2 (of 3) maps; 9 steel-engraved plates of views (1 of which, "View of Monument Mountain" is not listed); 12 color lithographs of Indians or views; 33 plates with 66 engraved outline sketches; 1 folding profile; 1 folding chart; 21 steel-engraved paleontological plates. (4to), original blindstamped cloth, lettered in gilt on spine. House Issue. 34th Congress, 1st Session. Ex. Doc. No. 135. Report on government explorations in the Southwest, noteworthy for the striking illustrations as well as the text. With a large folding map: "Map of the United States and Their Territories Between the Mississippi and the Pacific Ocean and Part of Mexico Compiled from Surveys Made Under the Order of W.H. Emory," Lacking the color map, "Map Illustrating the General Geological features of the Country West of the Mississippi." Howes E146; Wagner-Camp 291; Wheat Transmississippi 916. Lot Amendments Condition: Very light wear to binding, hinges a touch shaken; lacking one folding map; foxing to plates and to a few leaves at front and rear; very good. Item number: 227113
Title: Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey...Volume I Author: Emory, William H. Place: Washington Publisher: Cornelius Wendell Date: 1857 Description: Volume One (two parts) only. xvi, 258; viii, 174 pp. Illustrated with 2 (of 3) maps; 9 steel-engraved plates of views (1 of which, "View of Monument Mountain" is not listed); 12 color lithographs of Indians or views; 33 plates with 66 engraved outline sketches; 1 folding profile; 1 folding chart; 21 steel-engraved paleontological plates. (4to), original blindstamped cloth, lettered in gilt on spine. House Issue. 34th Congress, 1st Session. Ex. Doc. No. 135. Report on government explorations in the Southwest, noteworthy for the striking illustrations as well as the text. With a large folding map: "Map of the United States and Their Territories Between the Mississippi and the Pacific Ocean and Part of Mexico Compiled from Surveys Made Under the Order of W.H. Emory," Lacking the color map, "Map Illustrating the General Geological features of the Country West of the Mississippi." Howes E146; Wagner-Camp 291; Wheat Transmississippi 916. Lot Amendments Condition: Very light wear to binding, hinges a touch shaken; lacking one folding map; foxing to plates and to a few leaves at front and rear; very good. Item number: 227113
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