Cuming, F.[ortescue] Sketches Of A Tour To The Western Country, Through the States of Ohio and Kentucky; A Voyage Down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and a Trip Through the Mississippi Territory, and Part of West Florida. Comenced [sic] at Philadelphia in the Winter of 1807, and Concluded in 1809. by F. Cuming. With Notes and An Appendix Containing some Interestin... Pittsburgh, Printed and Published by Cramer, Spear & Eichbaum, 1810. first edition, 12mo, viii, [9]- 504, bound in contemporary calf, leather label, some wear and scuffing to binding, light scattered foxing to text, one leaf, pp., 349-350, lacking bottom corner of text, affecting the ends of three lines on each page, otherwise a very good clean copy. A very scarce account of the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys, and one of the most interesting works pertaining to the early western frontier. Cuming provides minute descriptions of the towns and localities through which he passed and of the pioneers he met. The appendix includes narratives of great importance, including an 18th century account of Louisiana, many of which were published here for the first time. Buck 739; Clark, Old South, 2:13; Eberstadt 138: 192; Graff 944; Howes C-947; Jones 739; Sabin 17890; Streeter Sale 3:1325; Siebert Sale 342 Price: USD 2,250.00 other currencies   order no. 103    inquire

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