Description: Please note we do not work weekends. All offers, questions, or concerns may not be answered until Monday.Please understand this means you may need to resubmit your offer Sunday evening. Thank you for supportingour libraries and have a great weekend. William Hemsley Emory (September 7, 1811 – December 1, 1887) was a prominent American surveyor and civil engineer of the 19th century. As an officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers he specialized in mapping the United States border, including the Texas–Mexico border, and the Gadsden Purchase border, 1844–1855, and published lasting scientific reports on the border region. This is Notes Of A Military Reconnoissance From Fort Leavenworth, In Missouri to San Diego, In California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers. by Lieut. Col. W. H. Emory. Made in 1846-7, with the advanced guard of the "Army of the West". February 9, 1848-Ordered to be printed. February 17, 1848-Ordered that 10,000 extra copies of each of the reports of Lieutenant Emory, Captain Cooke, and Lieutenant Albert, be printed for the use of the House; and that the said number, 250 copies be furnished for the use of Lieutenant Emory, Captain Cooke, and Lieutenant Albert, respectively. Thirtieth Congress-First Session, Ex. Doc. No. 41. Published in Washington D.C. by Wendall and Van Benthuysen in 1848. There is foxing to the pages. A private library plate and bookseller label inside front cover. A date stamped on free end sheet and a name and date stamped inside the rear cover (C. M. Wallace Mar 12, 1894). Page 60 and the following illustration are loose from the binding. Page 161 is dog-eared. Brown cloth hardcover, paper label on spine is missing and spine is coming loose. 415 pp. All proceeds benefit the Libraries of Pima County. Please review all photos. This listing has been donated.Please note that the listing is for what you see in the listing. We photograph all of it so you know what you arepurchasing. The sale of the item(s) benefits Friends of the Pima Library (501c3 non-profit).
Price: 211 USD
Location: Tucson, Arizona
End Time: 2024-08-06T16:09:49.000Z
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: Washington D.C.
Signed: No
Subject: Military/History
Year Printed: 1848
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Region: North America
Author: Lieut. Col. W. H. Emory
Personalized: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Military/History
