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Sage, Rufus B.
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description
- Scenes in the Rocky Mountains, and in Oregon, California, New Mexico, Texas and the Grand Prairies: or, Notes by the Way, during an Excursion of Three Years.... Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1846.
- calf, ink
8vo (180 x 120 mm). Large folding map; minor repair at edge. Modern calf.
first edition, first issue. "Intelligent narrative of extensive travels from the Platte to the Arkansas, including the best account of Snively's abortive land-pirate expedition" (Howes). Mintz calls Sage "one of the earliest to travel the trail as an experience. Sage's prime motivation appears to have been to obtain 'adventures' for his book."
first edition, first issue. "Intelligent narrative of extensive travels from the Platte to the Arkansas, including the best account of Snively's abortive land-pirate expedition" (Howes). Mintz calls Sage "one of the earliest to travel the trail as an experience. Sage's prime motivation appears to have been to obtain 'adventures' for his book."
Literature
Cowan II pp 548-49; Field 1345; Graff 3633; Howes S16; Mintz 402; Sabin 74892;