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FRANCHERE, Gabriel (1786-1863). Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America in the Years 1811…or the First American Settlement on the Pacific. New York: Redfield: 1854. 8vo. Illustrated with 3 woodcut plates. 376, [6, ads] pp. Approximately 7 x 4 ½”. Modern library binding of full green cloth, spine stamped in gilt (some rubbing to binding, library stamps and pockets on endleaves, embossed library stamp on the title-page, one leaf chipped at lower corner with no loss to text, some foxing, occasional soiling in text). Good. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of “the first printed account in book form of John Jacob Astor’s scheme for a fur trading company with headquarters at the mouth of the Columbia, and the first printed account of the overland journey back from Oregon to the east through Canada” (Streeter 3691). Sabin 25432.