Reports of the Secretary of War with Reconnaissances (1850) Johnston, Simpson, Marcy & Whiting HC Near Fine

Union Office, Washington, 1850. First edition rebound octavo hardcover of Reports of the Secretary of War with Reconnaissances of Routes from San Antonio to El Paso by Brevet Lt. Col. J.E. Johnston; Lieutenant W.F. Smith; Lieutenant F.T. Bryan; Lieutenant N.H. Michler; and Captain S.G. French. Also, The Report of Capt. R.B. Marcy's Route from Fort Smith to Santa Fe; and the Report of Lieut. J.H. Simpson of an Expedition into the Navajo Country; and The Report of Lieutenant W.H.C. Whiting's Reconnaissances of the Western Frontier of Texas. July 24, 1850. 3,000 copies printed. Rebound in gray cloth hardcover library binding with gilt lettering to spine. Senate Ex. Doc. No. 64. 31st Congress, 1st Session. 250pp. 2 large folded maps and 72 lithographic full-color and black & white plates, 3 folded, numbered 1-75. Complete as issued without numbered plates 2, 21, and 39. Contains a printing error with a duplicated plate 72 appearing consecutively. A volume of many firsts including the f