The Adirondack; or, Life in the Woods.
New York: Baker and Scribner, 1849. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. Item #2348339
First edition. Includes all plates (though the final one is ten pages early than called for in the list of plates preceding the text). Minor loss from corners, scattered foxing throughout, ink stamp and names on front endpaper, related letter and article laid in.
xi, [12]-288 pp. Four-page publisher ad bound in preceding text. Engraved frontispiece and plates (8 total). A collection of letters from two summers the author spent in the Adirondack forests, preceded by a preface explaining the scope of the work, and an introduction giving a general description of the region. The area in which the author traveled includes the high peaks region, and the areas around Raquette Lake and Schroon Lake.
Price: $350.00