BODDAM-WHETHAM, J[ohn] W[hetham] [b.1843]. Western Wanderings A Record Of Travel In The Evening Land. 8vo. pp. xii, [2], 364. with half-title. title in red & black. 12 wood-engraved plates. untrimmed in original black & gilt-stamped cloth (spine stained & ends slightly frayed, bookplate partly removed from front paste-down, light foxing to outer leaves). London: Richard Bentley And Son, 1874.
First Edition. Impressions of an overland tour through western America, with remarks on social and economic life, aboriginal tribes and natural history. The author visited New York, Niagara, Chicago, Omaha, Salt Lake City, Virginia City, Stockton, Yosemite Valley, San Francisco, Mount Shasta, Yreka, Fort Lamath, Jacksonville, Oregon City, Kalama, San Juan, Victoria, New Westminster, and Nanaimo. Four of the chapters are devoted to British Columbia.
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