Lot 7
American Travel, including Simpson, Thomas
Narrative of the Discoveries on The north Coast of America
Auction: 02 October 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
London: Richard Bentley, 1843. First edition, 8vo, with one folding map only (of 2), that being 'Northern America [and] Discoveries of the Honble. Hudson's Bay Company's Arctic Expedition in 1838 & 1839', map repaired to centre-fold, original brown cloth gilt, rebacked retaining some elements of original spine, bookplate of John R. Anderson and ownership signature of J. Hackett to paste-down endpaper;
Bancroft, Hubert Howe. History of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming, 1540-1888 [being volume xxv of his Works]. San Francisco: The History Company, Publishers, 1890. 8vo, original cloth gilt, neat ownership stamp of James E. Hicks;
Ibid. History of Washington, Idaho, and Montana, 1845-1889 [being volume xxxi of his Works]. San Francisco: The History Company, Publishers, 1890. 8vo, original cloth gilt, hinges splitting;
Ibid. History of Utah, 1540-1887. San Francisco: The History Company, Publishers, 1890. 8vo, portrait, additional lithographed title-page, plates, original red cloth gilt, upper hinge repaired, lower hinge detached, ownership signature, stamps of the Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary Library;
Muir, John, editor. Picturesque California: The Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope. New York: The J. Dewing Company, 1888. Folio, contemporary half morocco over red cloth gilt, joints split;
Savage-Landor, A. Henry. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. 2 volumes, 8vo, original red cloth, hinges weak and repaired, rubbed;
Cook, Frederick A. To the Top of the Continent. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1908. 8vo, frontispiece, plates, original green cloth, rubbed;
Lawson, Andrew C. The California Earthquake of April 18, 1906. Report of the State Earthquake Investigation Company… Washington, D.C., 1969 reprint; [with] Atlas of maps and Seismograms Accompanying the Report… Washington, D.C., 1970 reprint (10)