IRVING, Washington

ASTORIA; OR, ENTERPRISE BEYOND THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS

Paris, [FR]: Baudry's European Library, 1836. 8vo. xvi, 336pp. Later red buckram cloth with gilt title on spine. Wear to spine ends, spine faded. BAL 10298. "Classic account of the first American attempt at settlement of the Pacific coast, 1811 - initial action towards sustaining our claim to Oregon - including the earliest extended relation of Wilson P. Hunt's overland expedition from St. Louis to that settlement."- Howes-I 81, not mentioning this edition published the same year as the London and American firsts. Item #67362

Price: $100.00