Simpson, James Hervey (1813-1883) Journal of a Military Reconnaissance from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to the Navajo Country, Authors Prese

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Simpson, James Hervey (1813-1883) Journal of a Military Reconnaissance from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to the Navajo Country, Author's Presentation Copy. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo, & Co., 1852. First edition, signed presentation dated July 1852 on ffep, octavo, illustrated with large folding map and seventy-five lithographs, many in color, bound in unrestored publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth; bottom two-thirds of flyleaf with inscription trimmed away and lacking, 9 x 5 1/2 in.
Provenance: The Estate of David Spinney.
Estimate $400-600


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