AN EXPEDITION TO THE VALLEY OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE OF UTAH: Including a Description of Its Geography, Natural History, and Minerals, and an Analysis of Its Waters: With an Authentic Account of the Morman Settlement. Also, a Reconnoissance of a New Route Through the Rocky Mountains

First Edition, first issue for the trade with the American sheets printed in Philadelphia, the original binding done for that issue and the title-page with the slug added showing both Sampson Low and Lippincott as the publishers. "Illustrated by numerous beautiful plates from drawings taken on the spot", these being a profusion of fine Ackerman lithographs, many tinted in colour and several folding, many engraved plates and a folding La Hontan map. The two large folding maps are present, the largest one now rolled and backed for easy use and the other in a binding specially made for it incorporating materials from the original map folder. Tall 8vo, in the original Lippincott tan cloth binding, with blind embossed covers featuring an American Eagle within ornate blind stamped framework surrounding the borders of the covers, the spine gilt lettered and with "Lippincott, Grambo and Co." in gilt with another American Eagle seal and gilt ruling. 487 pp. A very well preserved copy of this scarce and important book, especially so for being in the publisher's cloth binding. The hinges are strong and tight and the text is still largely unopened, the foxing always found on this title is there but lightly so and sporadic, frequently not being present at all, some offset as is common too from the lithographs, the plates themselves being quite fresh and clean. The brown cloth is faded, there is some expected edge wear and the spine has mellowed but the gilt is still quite bright.