Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-'44

Washington DC: Gales and Seaton, 1845. Decorative Cloth. Very Good -. The 1845 1st edition, still in the publisher's original black cloth, with its decorative blindstamping. Light wear along the rear outer hinge, very light chipping at the spine crown. Mild soiling to the panels, light foxing at the preliminaries. Thick octavo, 693 pgs. Printed by order of the Senate. 22 lithographed plates, 4 maps (2 of them fold-outs) in the text, which is complete. (Missing only the large folding pocket map at the rear pastedown. No sign of a pocket either, suggesting it was issued by publisher as such?).