ADVENTURES OF THE FIRST SETTLERS ON THE OREGON OR COLUMBIA RIVER: BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITION FITTED OUT BY JOHN JACOB ASTOR, TO ESTABLISH THE "PACIFIC FUR COMPANY;" WITH AN ACCOUNT OF SOME INDIAN TRIBES ON THE COAST OF THE PACIFIC

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xv,[1],352pp. plus folding frontispiece map and 16pp. of advertisements. Publisher's blindstamped red cloth, rebacked in matching cloth, new paper label. Light wear to extremities, minor soiling to boards, front hinge starting. Bookplate removed from front pastedown, one-inch tear in front free endpaper, folding map reattached with archival tape. Upper outer corner of titlepage chipped, a few other small chips throughout (due to brittle paper). Contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper. About very good. Partially unopened. In half morocco and cloth clamshell box, spine gilt. A book of the greatest importance to the history of the Astoria venture and the early Anglo-American struggle for control of the Oregon country. Ross was an officer of the Astoria company, and this is one of the fullest accounts of the entire venture, later supplemented by his FUR HUNTERS OF THE FAR WEST. He also includes accounts of Robert Stuart and Wilson Price Hunt. Elliott Coues called this one of the three "synoptical gospels" of the Astoria enterprise. Howes notes that very few copies are found with a colored frontispiece; this is not one of them. The "Map of the Columbia" illustrates Oregon Territory. Contains a section devoted to Chinook vocabulary and jargon. WAGNER-CAMP 172. FIELD 1325. PILLING, PROOF- SHEETS 3381. TWENEY 89, 67. GRAFF 3576. HOWES R448, "aa." SABIN 73327. STREETER SALE 3713. TPL 958. WHEAT TRANSMISSISSIPPI 635. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 112. N° de ref. del artículo WRCAM55955

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