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New Year January Western Collector Sale

Sat, Jan 23, 2021 11:00AM EST
Lot 421

Murray's Travels in North America Vol.1&2 1st Ed.

Estimate: $250 - $500

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$0 $5
$50 $10
$100 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$25,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000
Included in this lot is "Murray's Travel in North America", Volume I and II, by Charles Augustus Murray. These books are both first edition and were published in 1939 in London by Richard Bentley. The full title of the books is "Travels in North America: During the years 1834, 1835, &1836, Including a Summer Residence with the Pawnee Tribe of Indians in the Remote Prairies of the Missouri and a Visit to Cuba and the Azore Islands." Murray offers the last accurate description of the Pawnees before their decimation by smallpox. The author went to Canada, New York, Washington, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Missouri, New Orleans, and Cuba. Field: "...we follow him with unabated interest in his narration of his adventures...in the Indian territory." The books are in good condition for their age and appear to be rebound with marble cloth and gilt lettered spine labels. The books measure 8 3/4" by 5 3/4".