Tour on the Prairies

London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. Good. 1835. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, Setting B with chapter heading incorrectly given as XXIV and page 21 numbered correctly. Missing the "General Series Title Page" as is common. Half leather rebacked with original backstrip and new pastedowns and endpapers. Previous owner's name stamped on an original endpaper. Boards have moderate wear and soiling; original endpaper and a few leaves of text block have light toning. This is Washington Irving's personal account of touring the then-Far West of the American prairies, including descriptions of Osage burns of the prairie and vast buffalo herds. BAL 10139. Wagner Camp 56:1. Howes I-86. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 335 pp . (Inventory #: 022064)