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Marryat, Frank (1792-1848) Mountains and Molehills or Recollections of a Burnt Journal. New York: Harper, 1855. First American edition, octavo, illustrated, publisher's cloth, 7 3/4 x 5 in.
[Together with] Samuel Parker's (1779-1866) Journal of an Exploring Tour Beyond the Rocky Mountains, Ithaca: Mack, Andrus, & Woodruff, 1842, octavo, third edition, with the large folding map of the Oregon Territory dated 1838, publisher's original cloth, 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. (2)
Estimate $60-80
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