Price: $95.00
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Book Condition: Very Good
This important biography, based on original sources provides a picture of the western United States at the latter half of the 19th century. Additionally, the influence of Jessie Benton Frémont on her husband's success is well-documented.
2 Volumes - Complete. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo; [12] 344; [10] 345 - 738. appendix and index. 9.5 inches tall (No, Errata slip tipped-in.) Frontis portrait in each volume, and 62 plates from period photography.
Publisher's navy-blue cloth with gilt stamped titles. Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. minimal handling wear but with a bump to the lower text-block of volume 2 causing folds and small closed tears in pages 523 - 547.
REF: Graff: 2986; Howes I: N-64; Merk, NEQ, 1928, pp. 577-579; Howgego: 230
Title: Frémont, the West's Greatest Adventurer. Being a Biography From Certain Hitherto Unpublished Sources of General John C. Frémont Together With His Wife Jessie Benton Frémont and Some Account of the Period of Expansion Which Found a Brilliant Leader in The Pathfinder.
Categories: HISTORY, TRAVEL, GEOGRAPHY & EXPLORATION, BIOGRAPHY / AUTOBIOGRAPHY / MEMOIR,
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: New York and London, Harper & Brothers Publishers: 1926
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Type: Book
Seller ID: 008934