Upham. Life, Explorations and Public Service of John Charles Fremont (1856)

Upham, Charles Wentworth. Life, Explorations and Public Service of John Charles Fremont. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1856. First Edition; Thirtieth Thousand. [9277] Teal publisher's cloth, blindstamped, gilt to backstrip, some fading & soil yet intact with sharp ends and corners, 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches. Steel-engraved frontis of Fremont with tissue guard, the plate is foxed and smudged. 366 generally clean pages, some foxing. 12 pp. (August, 1856) publisher's catalogue tipped in between the rear end papers. Good. Hardcover. Wagner-Camp 282. "Pages 273-399 comprise and account of Frémont's fourth expedition, mostly contained in letters from Frémont...Pages 326-332 contain a short account of the fifth expedition of 1853-4, including a letter from Frémont to Benton, dated Parowan (Utah), Feb. 9, 1854.With these additional full-page wood engravings: Cheyenne Family - a Warrior, his Mother, Wife and Child; Fremont's Speech to the Indians at Fort Laramie; Hoisting the American Flag on the