A Winter in the West

Harper & Brothers, 1835. Hardcover. Fair+, spine coming off of Volume 1, which also has two contemporary reviews related to the work pasted onto the ffep. Vol. 2 has loss to the top of the spine but not to any lettering of the title. Text blocks are solid, very minor marginalia noted on one page of volume 2. Overall a very nice set in untouched condition. `. Two volumes in original publishers plain brown paper-covered boards with thin paper spine with gilt embossed title and publishers name at base. Vol. 1: (2), pp. 1-337. Vol. 2: 346 pp. Narrative of a journey through Pennsylvania, the old Northwest, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia. "Hoffman's first book, an entertaining and informative journal of his travels from New York to Ohio, Missouri and Illinois in the winter of 1833. Field thought highly enough of Hoffman's account of the various Western Indian tribes to give it a "high rank in aboriginal literature." "BAL 8521; Sabin 32389; Howes H 568; Graff 1918; Clark II, Field 706 - "The numerous incidents of personal intercourse with Indians of various western tribes, the interesting details which the author's ardent curiosity regarding them drew from persons familiar with their life and habits, and the voluminous notes appended to these volumes, extracted from works not easily accessible, entitle them to a high rank in aboriginal literature.