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Title: Memoirs of My Life, by John Charles Frémont. Including in the Narrative Five Journeys of Western Exploration, During the Years 1842, 1843-4, 1845-6-7, 1848-9, 1853-4. Together with a Sketch of the Life of Senator Benton, in Connection with Western Expansion by Jessie Benton Frémont. A Retrospect of Fifty Years, Covering the Most Eventful Periods of Modern American History... Author: Frémont, John Charles Place: Chicago and New York Publisher: Belford, Clarke & Co. Date: 1887 Description: Volume I (all published). xix, 655 pp. Extensively illustrated with engravings in wood and steel, 7 maps (some folding) including one large folding map at rear, a chromolithograph of Frémont's Rocky Mountain flag, etc. Frontispiece portrait with tissue-guard. 27x19.5 cm. (10½x7½"), original decorative brown cloth in gilt, silver, black and red, lettered in gilt. First Edition. Memoirs of the great Pathfinder (or Pathmarker), based on his original accounts of his adventures in the west. The illustrations and maps are quite noteworthy. "Embraces his first three exploring expeditions and the part played by him in the conquest of California" - Howes F367. Lot Amendments Condition: Binding worn, spine chipped and torn, edges rubbed, hinges cracked; folding map detached; good. Item number: 237484