Lot 11

American Travel, Exploration & Expansion
PATTIE, James O. (1803-ca 1833). The Personal Narrative of James O. Pattie of Kentucky. During an Expedition from St. Louis, through the vast Regions between that Place and the Pacific Ocean. Edited by Timothy Flint. Cincinnati: E.H. Flint, 1833.

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American Travel, Exploration & Expansion
PATTIE, James O. (1803-ca 1833). The Personal Narrative of James O. Pattie of Kentucky. During an Expedition from St. Louis, through the vast Regions between that Place and the Pacific Ocean. Edited by Timothy Flint. Cincinnati: E.H. Flint, 1833.

8vo (191 x 114 mm). 5 engraved plates. (Title-page with small repair to loss in margin, slightly affecting text, C2 with old sellotape repair to top margin loss, slightly affecting heading and some text, faint dampstaining near foot). Late 19th century half navy morocco gilt, all edges gilt (recased, head a bit worn, extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Louis E. Goodman (bookplate); Boone County Public School (bookplate).

FIRST EDITION, second issue, with the 1833 title-page. THE FIRST PRINTED NARRATIVE OF AN OVERLAND JOURNEY TO CALIFORNIA. In 1828, James Pattie joined the band of trappers led by his father, Sylvester Pattie, who together embarked on a treacherous expedition across the American Southwest, navigating areas now known as New Mexico and Arizona before reaching California. When the party almost literally crawled into California, they were ordered arrested by Governor Jose Maria Echeandia under suspicion as spies, taken to San Diego, and jailed. Field 1186; Graff 3217; Howes P123 ("c", variant with 1833 Wood copyright on verso of title-page); Streeter 3139; Wagner-Camp 45:2; Zamorano 80, 60 ("of extreme rarity").

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American Travel, Exploration & ExpansionPATTIE, James O. (1803-ca 1833). The Personal Narrative of James O. Pattie of Kentucky. During an Expedition from St. Louis, through the vast Regions between that Place and the Pacific Ocean. Edited by Timothy Flint. Cincinnati: E.H. Flint, 1833.

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American Travel, Exploration & Expansion
PATTIE, James O. (1803-ca 1833). The Personal Narrative of James O. Pattie of Kentucky. During an Expedition from St. Louis, through the vast Regions between that Place and the Pacific Ocean. Edited by Timothy Flint. Cincinnati: E.H. Flint, 1833.