![Item #4032 [OREGON TERRITORY 1844]. The Claims to the Oregon Territory Considered. Adam Thom](https://michaellaird.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4032.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1691516223)
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1844. First Edition. 8vo. 44 pp. Stitched as issued without wrappers. First and last pages a trifle dusty, p. 44 with blemishing (SEE IMAGES). AGAINST AMERICAN CONTROL OF THE OREGON TERRITORY, WHICH AT THAT TIME ENCOMPOSSED WASHINGTON AND BRITISH COLUMBIA AND WAS HELD JOINTLY BY..... More
![Item #4028 [CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS]. [A COLLECTION OF SIX HAND-COLORED ENGRAVINGS FROM "THE GREAT...](https://michaellaird.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4028.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1689173043)
New York: George F. Tuttle, 1858. First Edition. A quantity of six hand-colored engravings extracted from a bound volume of Howe's "The Great West," versos blank, evidence of offsetting from printed pages opposite, inner margins ragged where removed, somewhat browned. These are original engravings, NOT reproductions! A quantity of six..... More
![Item #3968 [INDIAN WARS / WESTERN AMERICANA / OHIO VALLEY]. Letter of Col. Bomford on Ordnance...](https://michaellaird.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3968.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1681227186)
Washington DC: Printed by Order of the House of Representatives by Gales & Seaton, 1823 (Feb. 24). First Edition. 8vo. 6 pp. Offprint (NOT extracted from a larger volume), with running numeral "83" crossed out and renumbered "42" in ink, usual age toning on account of the paper stock. Recent..... More
![Item #3959 [UNIQUE (?) PRINTING OF "THE DYING CALIFORNIAN"]. "By Request" (caption title)....](https://michaellaird.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3959.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1681227147)
North Dartmouth, Mass. Broadsheet (238 x 202 mm), printed on recto only (foxing and browning, stained along left margin, short tear along right margin closed with tape on verso). With faults, and priced correctly. ΒΆ An unrecorded (?) printing of this famous Gold-Rush themed songsheet in broadside format, telling the..... More
![Item #3954 [INDIAN CAPTIVITY NARRATIVE]. The Indian Captivity Of Mary Kinnan 1791-1794. A Long...](https://michaellaird.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3954.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1681227137)
Boulder, Colorado: Pruett Press, 1967. 8vo. 138 pp., printed on fine paper. Included in the pagination is a complete reproduction of the original Kollack Narrative and other reproductions. With initial letters illuminated by the author's wife, Carolyn Phelps. Original cloth, fitted with a (unique?) leather book jacket, extensively tooled to..... More
![Item #3952 [IMPORTANT WESTERN AMERICANA]. Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky...](https://michaellaird.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3952.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1681227106)
Washington DC: Gales and Seaton, 1845. First Edition. Thick 8vo (23.5 x 16 cm). 693 [1 blank] pp., 5 lithographic maps (list below), 22 lithographed plates (views, fossils, botany), 3 of the maps and 12 of the plates are attributed to Weber in image. Original blindstamped dark brown cloth, spine..... More
