Adventure on Red River. Report on the Exploration of the Headwaters of the Red River by Captain Randolph B. Marcy and Captain G. B. McClellan.

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1937 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. Small octavo. 7¾ x 5¼ inches. Pp. xxxi, [1], 199. Illustrated with 8 photographs and portraits, large folding map. Extensive notes, index. Bluish-green cloth, printed paper spine label. A very fine copy with the elusive pictorial dust jacket. Jacket with light rubbing, slight chipping to spine ends, small closed tear to rear bottom edge. Very scarce, especially with the book in this condition and with the often lacking dust jacket. Marcy's account of his 1852 exploration of the territory extending from what is now central Oklahoma to New Mexico, first published in 1853. Editor Grant Foreman provides a 20 page scholarly and informative introduction. .