REPORT UPON THE COLORADO RIVER OF THE WEST, Explored in 1857 and 1858; Under the direction of the Office of Explorations and Surveys, A.A. Humphreys, Captain Topographical Engineers, in charge. By order of the Secretary of War
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1861. First edition, 36th Congress, 1st Session, Senate Ex. Doc. 4to. 131, 14, 154, 30, 6, 31, (1) pp. Illustrated, 25 plates (as called for in "List of Illustrations," with 8 chromolithographs and 6 scientific plates), 2 large folding maps, 8 panoramic views, profile. SABIN 35308: "The river, flowing between perpendicular walls a mile and quarter in altitude, is not the only development of this exploration that excites our interest. Lieutenant Ives was the first to give us the results of an intelligent observer of the celebrated, yet almost mythical, fortified villages of the Moquis Indians." Howes I-92. Streeter Sale 177. Wagner-Camp 375. Wheat Transmississippi 947. Farquhar 21. Flake 4287. Original brown blind stamped cloth (slight stain to upper outer corner of front cover), gilt image of a boat on front board, gilt spine title (mostly rubbed away). Internally fine with the exception of a small tear to first three leaves of the Geological Report, at gutter. Item #62245
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