HARMON, Daniel Williams. A Journal of Voyages and Travels in the Interiour of North America. 1820. FIRST EDITION.
Sale 1336 - Fine Books and Manuscripts, including Worlds of Tomorrow, and Americana
Jun 7, 2024
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$400 -
$600
Sold for $826
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
HARMON, Daniel Williams (1778-1845). A Journal of Voyages and Travels in the Interiour of North America. Andover: Flagg and Gould, 1820.
8vo. Half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece and engraved folding maps; errata slip on rear pastedown. (Browning and spotting.) Contemporary tree calf (re-backed to style, original lettering-piece laid down, small chip with loss near lettering-piece); folding case.
FIRST EDITION. "Harmon was a partner in the North West Company, and his journal prepared for the press by the Reverend Daniel Haskel who regularized the text and evidently added some religious reflections gives a detailed account of the daily routine of a fur trader in the Northern Great Lakes region, the Rockies, and the Pacific Northwest. The well detailed map depicts the area traversed by Harmon. Brief vocabularies of the Cree language and Carrier dialect are given" (Siebert Sale).
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