Title:
Travels In The Interior of America, in the Years 1809, 1810, and 1811; Including a Description of Upper Louisiana, Together with the States of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee, with the Illinois and Western Territories, and containing Remarks and Observations Useful to Persons Emigrating to Those Countries
Publisher:
Printed for the Author by Smith & Galway
Description:
[2], v-xi, [9]-364 pp.; errata slip. 8½x5, rebound in later cloth. First Edition.
Interested in botany, Bradbury came to America and spent much time in the St. Louis area. Accompanied by another English botanist, Thomas Nuttall, he joined Wilson Hunt's party on the first leg of the journey up the Missouri, stopping near the Mandan villages. Lacking pp. [iii-iv], the first page of the preface immediately follows the title. The errata slip, present in this copy, is often lacking. Graff 383; Howes B695; Sabin 7207; Streeter 1779; Wagner-Camp 14:1.
Lot Amendments
Condition:
Soiling and rubbing to the covers, old call number on spine; some soiling and occasional stains to the contents, top corner of title-page torn off, top ¾"of pp. v-vi torn off affecting the page numbers, ink name at top of title, inscripition on front pastedown, good condition.
