ASTORIA; or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains.
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, and Blanchard, 1836. , [. Hardcover. 2 volumes, octavo, original slate blue textured cloth with gilt spine titles, [1]-6, [vii]-xii, [13]-285; viii, [9]-279, 8 (adverts) pp. Folding map frontispiece in vol. 2. In 1834 Washington Irving (1783-1859) was commissioned by fur magnate John Jacob Astor (1763-1848) to..... More