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HARMON, Daniel Williams (1778-1845). A Journal of Voyages and Travels in the Interiour of North America. Andover: Flagg and Gould, 1820.
8vo. Half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece and engraved folding maps; errata slip on rear pastedown. (Browning and spotting.) Contemporary tree calf (re-backed to style, original lettering-piece laid down, small chip with loss near lettering-piece); folding case.
FIRST EDITION. "Harmon was a partner in the North West Company, and his journal prepared for the press by the Reverend Daniel Haskel who regularized the text and evidently added some religious reflections gives a detailed account of the daily routine of a fur trader in the Northern Great Lakes region, the Rockies, and the Pacific Northwest. The well detailed map depicts the area traversed by Harmon. Brief vocabularies of the Cree language and Carrier dialect are given" (Siebert Sale).
Field 656; Graff 1786; Howes H-205; Lande 1216; Sabin 30404; Siebert 810; Streeter 3692; Wagner-Camp 17.
8vo. Half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece and engraved folding maps; errata slip on rear pastedown. (Browning and spotting.) Contemporary tree calf (re-backed to style, original lettering-piece laid down, small chip with loss near lettering-piece); folding case.
FIRST EDITION. "Harmon was a partner in the North West Company, and his journal prepared for the press by the Reverend Daniel Haskel who regularized the text and evidently added some religious reflections gives a detailed account of the daily routine of a fur trader in the Northern Great Lakes region, the Rockies, and the Pacific Northwest. The well detailed map depicts the area traversed by Harmon. Brief vocabularies of the Cree language and Carrier dialect are given" (Siebert Sale).
Field 656; Graff 1786; Howes H-205; Lande 1216; Sabin 30404; Siebert 810; Streeter 3692; Wagner-Camp 17.
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HARMON, Daniel Williams. A Journal of Voyages and Travels in the Interiour of North America. 1820.
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