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London: John Murray, 1835. Book. VG. Soft cover. 8vo. 6pp extract, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London, Volume V. A contemporary review of the scarce title published by John Murray, London, 1835. Title was also published by Carey, Lea & Blanchard, Philadelphia, 1835. Housed in protective mylar report cover. Very scarce..

Hardcover. Good. University of Oklahoma, 1955, 1st printing, 275 pages, hardcover in a badly worn dust jacket, tight and square, no owner's mark, light wear to book, large chip and tears on spine faded jacket.

Carey, Lea and Blanchard. hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. 1835; Volume 2 only; Poor Condition; brown paper over boards with green cloth spine; heavy wear and discoloration to covers; no jacket; rough cut edges; internal spotting and staining; weak binding; 296 pages; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1835. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. This is Volume I only, in the publisher's green cloth, with titling in gold to the spine. Binding is a bit cocked. There is a previous owner blindstamp to the bottom of the title page. Scattered foxing. (Howes I, 79). Very Good binding.

London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1835. 8vo. Two volumes: xi, [1], 273, (3, ads); viii, 301, (2, ads) pp. Howes I-79: "Best edition, with added contents." Streeter sale III, 1795 (for the American edition). Rader 2026. Wagner-Camp 55: 2. Original pebbled brown cloth (faded), leather spine label. Chip out of top end of spine of volume one, otherwise tight and clean. Bookseller ticket of "Bain / 1 Haymarket" on front pastedown volume one.

London, 1835. Two volumes. xi,[1],273pp. plus advertisements; viii,301pp. plus advertisements. Half titles. Original cloth and boards, printed paper spine labels (volume I label chipped, missing text supplied in facsimile). Spines sunned, some wear at extremities, else very good, internally clean. First British edition (and best edition, according to Howes), published the same year as the first American. Henry Ellsworth was commissioner in charge of this government expedition, undertaken with the purpose of signing a peace treaty with the Pawnee and Otoe tribes. Irving "tells the story of the council at the Pawnee village, the signing of peace and incidentally the tale of the 'human sacrifice' afterwards so famous" - Wagner-Camp. HOWES I79. HUBACH, p.75. STREETER SALE 1795 (ref). RADER 2026 (note). SABIN 35117. WAGNER-CAMP 55:2. FIELD 764 (Philadelphia ed). REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 66 (note).

Philadelphia: Carey, Lee and Blanchard, 1835. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Two volume set, pp 272, 296, in original cloth with gilt spine lettering. Boards moderately edgeworn, spines darkened at chipped at heads, some splitting along rear joint of Volume II, light scattered foxing, both volumes lacking rear free endpaper. Otherwise complete and sound. Wagner-Camp 55:1:"In 1833 John Irving and his uncle Washington Irving accompanied a government party under the charge of Commissioner Henry L. Ellsworth to the Otoe and Pawnee Villages. There they witnessed the signing of a peace treaty and one of the last occurrences of the Pawnee 'Morning Star Sacrifice.'" Field (764) notes that "the object of this expedition was of a higher humanitarian order than those which the government has usually organized for Indian affairs." Howes I-79; Rader 2026; Graff 2157.