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Lot 343
Sale 2065 - Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana
Nov 14, 2024
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[SNELLING, William Joseph as:] BELL, Solomon (1804-1848). Tales of Travels West of the Mississippi. Boston: Gray and Bowen, 1830.
12mo. Double-page map, wood-engraved frontispiece and numerous plates. (A few quires becoming sprung.) Original cloth-backed boards, morocco lettering-piece (library call number on spine, label rubbed, splitting to front joint). Provenance: Anna B. Laurence (ownership signature on title-page dated 1830); University of Minnesota (small embossed stamp on title-page).
FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST AMERICAN JUVENILE BOOK ON THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI REGION, a rewriting of the Lewis & Clark, Long, and Jewitt narratives. Howes S-739. Sabin 85429.
Selections from the Library of Dr. John Talbot Gernon