Publication: G P Putnam's Sons, 1897, New York & London
Tacoma Edition. Two Volumes. TEG. White Cloth with elaborate gilt imprint on front cover and spine. xxi, 389pp. and xvi, 391pp. Illustrated with 28 Plates. "Classic account of the first American attempt at settlement on the Pacific coast, 1811--initial action toward substantiating our claim to Oregon--including the earliest extended relation of Wilson P. Hunt's overland expedition from St. Louis to that settlement."--HOWES I81. Irving also used the journals of Robert Stuart and Ramsey Crooks. This beautiful edition was designed by Margaret Armstrong, the preeminent designer of trade bindings in the United States. An exceptionally beautiful set, in As New condition in original cloth dust jackets (also in As New condition).
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