The Ashley-Smith Explorations and the Discovery of a Central Route to the Pacific, 1822-1829; with the Original Journals Author: Dale, Harrison Clifford Place: Cleveland, OH Publisher: Arthur H. Clark Company Date: 1918 Description: 352 pp. 4 plates from various sources, double-page color frontis. map. (8vo) 9½x6½", red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. One of 810 copies. First Edition. Accounts of and narratives by William Henry Ashley, Jedediah Strong Smith, Harrison G. Rogers, and others. The Zamorano 80 calls it "The source-book of Jedediah Strong Smith, trapper and trader, and the first white man to enter California overland from the eastern United States." Re-published in 1941 by the same publisher, scarce in both editions. Howes D21; Zamorano Eighty 25. Lot Amendments Condition: Some light stains to covers, spine faded, wear to ends and corners, front hinge professionally repaired; else very good, internally fine. Lots sold without reserve are sold “as Is” and are not returnable under any circumstances. The minimum shipping and handling per invoice is $20 for shipments to the US and $30 for shipments outside the US please consider this when determining your bid amount Item number: 313772
The Ashley-Smith Explorations and the Discovery of a Central Route to the Pacific, 1822-1829; with the Original Journals Author: Dale, Harrison Clifford Place: Cleveland, OH Publisher: Arthur H. Clark Company Date: 1918 Description: 352 pp. 4 plates from various sources, double-page color frontis. map. (8vo) 9½x6½", red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. One of 810 copies. First Edition. Accounts of and narratives by William Henry Ashley, Jedediah Strong Smith, Harrison G. Rogers, and others. The Zamorano 80 calls it "The source-book of Jedediah Strong Smith, trapper and trader, and the first white man to enter California overland from the eastern United States." Re-published in 1941 by the same publisher, scarce in both editions. Howes D21; Zamorano Eighty 25. Lot Amendments Condition: Some light stains to covers, spine faded, wear to ends and corners, front hinge professionally repaired; else very good, internally fine. Lots sold without reserve are sold “as Is” and are not returnable under any circumstances. The minimum shipping and handling per invoice is $20 for shipments to the US and $30 for shipments outside the US please consider this when determining your bid amount Item number: 313772
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