KIT CARSON. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF CHRISTOPHER CARSON, THE CELEBRATED ROCKY MOUNTAIN HUNTER, TRAPPER, AND GUIDE. TOGETHER WITH HIS HUNTING EXPLOITS, THRILLING ADVENTURES, AND HAIR-BREADTH ESCAPES AMONG THE INDIANS. ALSO, HIS SERVICES RENDERED THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, AS GUIDE TO THE VARIOUS EXPEDITIONS, UNDER COL. J.C. FREMONT AND OTHERS
by Burdett, Charles
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About This Item
Philadelphia: G.G. Evans, 1860. 374pp. plus 22pp. advertisements and six plates (including frontispiece). Original cloth, spine gilt. Cloth uniformly sunned, spine ends frayed, corners worn. 19th- century library bookplate on front pastedown, private library stamp on front free endpaper. Overall a good plus copy. Biography of this western legend who accompanied Fremont. "This work is largely a compilation of stories and legends. Parts are taken from Fremont and DeWitt Peters" - Wagner-Camp. This first edition is rather scarce. WAGNER-CAMP 353:1. RADER 539. SABIN 9213.
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- Title
- KIT CARSON. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF CHRISTOPHER CARSON, THE CELEBRATED ROCKY MOUNTAIN HUNTER, TRAPPER, AND GUIDE. TOGETHER WITH HIS HUNTING EXPLOITS, THRILLING ADVENTURES, AND HAIR-BREADTH ESCAPES AMONG THE INDIANS. ALSO, HIS SERVICES RENDERED THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, AS GUIDE TO THE VARIOUS EXPEDITIONS, UNDER COL. J.C. FREMONT AND OTHERS
- Author
- Burdett, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G.G. Evans
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1860
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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