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Title: Memoirs of My Life...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...by Jessie Benton Frémont Author: Frémont, John Charles Place: Chicago and New York Publisher: Belford Clarke Date: 1887 Description: Volume I only (all that appeared). xix, 655, [4] pp. Frontispiece portrait with tissue guard, numerous engraved portraits and illustrations, chromolithograph of Frémont's Rocky Mountain Flag; 7 maps (some folding) including one large folding map at rear. 10½x7½, original half brown morocco, spine with raised bands, gilt lettering and eagles, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. First Edition. Handsomely bound and lavishly illustrated, with portraits of Frémont, Jessie Benton Frémont, Thomas Hart Benton Thomas Jefferson et al. The large folding map at rear is unopened and perfect. Memoirs of the great pathfinder, based on his original accounts of his adventures in the west. "Embraces his first three exploring expeditions and the part played by him in the conquest of California" - Howes F367. Cowan, p. 224-5; Howes F367; Wagner-Camp 115:25 note. Lot Amendments Condition: Spine tips lightly rubbed; occasional foxing; lacking one plate (p. 430); else near fine. Item number: 195350