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THWAITES, Ruben Gold (1853–1913), editor. Early Western Travels 1748–1846. Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1904-06.
32 volumes and atlas volume, 8vo and large folio. Atlas contains 81 plates after Charles Bodmer illustrating the travels of Prince Maximilian and fold-out map. Original maroon cloth with titles gilt, top edges gilt (rubbing, taped numbers to spines of some volumes, damp stains to folio volume). Provenance: Wesley Reinhold Hiller (bookplates).
LIMITED EDITION number 439 of 750 copies, SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER. A collection of significant works reprinted from scarce original texts relating to early exploration of the American West and including the journals of Maximilian, Thomas Hulme, Stephen Long, Josiah Gregg, and others. “This series established, in large part, the reputation of the publisher for scholarly publishing” (Clark and Brunet 253). Rare as a complete set. Howes T255, “c”.