Lot 94
- 94
Pattie, James O.
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description
- The Personal Narrative of James O. Pattie, of Kentucky, During an Expedition from St. Louis, Through the Vast Regions Between that Place and the Pacific Ocean, and Thence Back Through the City of Mexico to Verz Cruz. Cincinnati: E. H. Flint, 1833
- Paper, ink, leather
8vo (7 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches, 190x115 mm). 5 engraved plates. Foxing and browning, minor staining; hinges reinforced. Contemporary half morocco over marbled paper covered boards rebacked to style.
Provenance
John R. Bartlett (signature on the title page) — Rhode Island Historical Society (Henry A. Bartlett bequest bookplate on the front pastedown, blindstamp on the title)
Literature
Graff 3217; Howes P132; Sabin 59150; Wagner-Camp 45:2; Zamarano 80:60
Catalogue Note
The harrowing story of Pattie's expedition, the second overland journey to California.
This edition from the same sheets as the first of 1831, but with a new title. "Both the first and second editions of the Pattie Narrative are of extreme rarity" ( Zamarano 80).
This edition from the same sheets as the first of 1831, but with a new title. "Both the first and second editions of the Pattie Narrative are of extreme rarity" ( Zamarano 80).
WESTERN TRAVELLER JOHN R. BARTLETT'S COPY, author of Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora and Chihuahua (New🐻 York, 1854), with his penciled notations to text.