The Oregon Territory: A Geographical and Physical Account of that Country and its inhabitants with Outlines of its History and Discovery

12mo (6x3 ¾”) rebound in1/4 tan morocco and marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, new endpapers, illustrated with folding map and wood engraved frontispiece, 226 pp. Mild toning to contents, map in good shape, overall very good in fine binding. According to Wagner-Camp “In addition to presenting the British arguments in the Oregon Controversy, Nicolay describes in detail the early settlement of the Pacific Northwest and the rise and development of the fur trade. He takes freely from the printed primary sources, such as Ross Cox, Fremont, and others.” Nicolay includes discussion of the Indian tribes in the region as well as the commercial possibilities.