HOFFMAN, C. F.

A WINTER IN THE FAR WEST

London: Richard Bentley, 1835. First English edition. Two volumes. 8vo. 11, [1], 336; 7, [1], 340 pp. Original cloth backed drab boards. New paper spine labels. Joints starting in a couple of places, blank rear endpaper in volume two lacking. Author's first book. Howes H 568. BAL 8521. Buck 274: "Hoffman spent most of the first three months of 1834 in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin, visiting Chicago, Galena, and Peoria. Then he went to St. Louis...and later down the Mississippi and up the Ohio. His letters are detailed and valuable." Graff 1918. Clark III, 55. Item #67316

Price: $250.00