Narrative of a voyage to the northwest coast of America in the years 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814; or the first American settlement on the Pacific ... Translated and edited by J.V. Huntington

New York: Redfield, 1854. First American edition, 12mo, pp. 376; 3 engraved plates; orig. dark green cloth, gilt lettering on spine; light wear at the spine ends, occasional foxing, but generally a very good, sound copy. Franchere was a member of the original party sent out by Astor to establish the colony of Astoria. He describes his four-year sojourn in the original French edition (1820), on which Washington Irving based his Astoria. Field 558: "It is the earliest narrative of adventure among the Indians of the Pacific Coast, descriptive of their manners and peculiarities..." Sabin 25432; Howe F-310: "Most important source on the Astor adventure." Includes two prefaces by Franchere.