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The rocky mountains
A golden regional guide 1964 160 pages in12. 1964. broché. 160 pages.
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Exploration and Survey of the valley of the Great Slt Lake of Utah, including a Reconnaissance of a New Route through the Rocky Mountains. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States.
Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co, 1852. In-8(235x160mm). Frontispice, 487pp., Binding embossed brown cloth: lacks the 3 maps, foxed. Split back. Howard Stansbury (february 8, 1806-April 17, 1863) was a major in the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers. His most notable achievement was leading a two-year expedition (1849-1851) to survey the Great salt Lake and its surroundings. The expedition report entitled Exploration and survey of the valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah, including a reconnaissance of a new route through the Rocky Mountains was published in 1852 providing the first serious scientific exploration of the flora and fauna of the Great Salt Lake Valley as well as a favourable impression of the members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who had settled there beginning in 1847.
THE CHILDREN'S FRIEND, JAN. 1904 (Contents: Tom & the Enemy, C.R. Fenn. Some of my Boys, by a Schoolmaster. Peril and Pluck in Many Lands, I. Patrick and the Bear: a Tale of the Rocky Mountains. Wonders of the deaf and dumb, Boys and girls who hear...)
The Children's Friend. 1904. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, 1er plat abîmé, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 20 pages. Illustré de nombreux dessins et de nombreuses photo-gravures en noir et blanc dans et hors texte. Texte sur 2 colonnes.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
Contents: Tom & the Enemy, C.R. Fenn. Some of my Boys, by a Schoolmaster. Peril and Pluck in Many Lands, I. Patrick and the Bear: a Tale of the Rocky Mountains. Wonders of the deaf and dumb, Boys and girls who hear with their eyes. Some famous lighthouses, I. Dungeness... Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
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.
"6. London, Richard Bentley, 1852, in-8°, frontispiece portrait, x + 388+(1) pp, marbled boards, gilt lettering, blind fillets, bound ""by Remnant & Edmonds, London"" (extremities worn, top turn-in gone), first leaves slightly foxed, slightly browned throughout. The author had already published 'Vienna in 1848'; he dedicated this book to his brother the Earl of Leicester. It also describes the Caribbean - Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Cuba."
Narrative of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains, in the year 1842, and to Oregon and North California, in the years 1843 - 4. Reprinted from the official copy published by order of the Senate of the United States.
New York, D. Appleton & Company 1846, 230x145mm, IV - 186pages, paperback. Lower cover missing. Spine used. Name of the owner on the superior cover.
The North-West Passage by Land. being the Narrative of an Expedition from the Atlantic to the Pacific, undertaken with the View of Exploring a Route across the Continent to british Colombia through British Territory, by one of the Northern Passes in the Rocky Mountains.
London, Chassell, Petter and Galpin, [1867]. In-8 de XXIV-394p. et 10p. pour le catalogue des éditeurs, pleine percaline verte d'éditeur, titre doré au dos, petite scène nordique dorée au centre du premier plat. Petit accroc à la toile sur le premier mors (sans manque), gardes changées, rarissimes rousseurs. Nom de propriétaire au recto du front.
Illustré d'une carte dépliante (folding map) et de 8 planches hors-texte (8 wood engraving). Un récit vivant d'une expédition à travers le Canada, à travers le Yellow head Pass dans les montagnes Rocheuses du nord, en Colombie-Britannique. Après un passage difficile et risqué des Rocheuses, l’expédition atteignit Kamloops, et de là se rendit à Westminster et Victoria, de retour sur le continent pour visiter les mines d'or Cariboo. Malgré la double attribution, le travail a été écrit par Cheadle. Sabin 24631. Smith 6846.
