Description:
Fremont, John Charles (1813-1890) Memoirs of my Life, With Two Autograph Letter Signed by Fremont. Chicago & New York: Bilford, Clarke, & Co., 1887.
First edition, volume one (all published),with two letters by Fremont inserted; the text illustrated throughout, with maps (some folding) including the large folding map pasted inside back board; bound in publisher's pictorial cloth ornately stamped in red, blue, black, gold, and silver; inner joint cracking, 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.
Estimate $600-800
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