WALDO, William. Albert Pike: Frontiersman. Being the vignette written by William Waldo now in the Collection of the Missouri Historical Society
Item #2608
[12] blanks, title page, blank, [1], blank, 6 photostatic sheets printed on rectos only, [12] blanks pp., folio, 17.5öx12.5ö; quarter morocco & cloth, patterned endpapers.. Letterpress title & text pp. by Arthur M. Ellis. Los Angeles: Arthur M. Ellis, [c. 1930]. A unique production, both in number & manner. The photostatic copies reproduce a manuscript in the possession of the Missouri Historical Society. The numerous blanks were necessary to furnish sufficient bulk to the text-block for binding. Pike ôàin 1831 reached St. Louis and accompanied a Charles Bent wagon train to Taos, arriving November 29. In August 1832, he joined a trapping party eastward, into Comanche country, the group reaching Fort Smith, Arkansas, December 10. In the fall of 1832 he assisted in the defense of Fort Towson, on the Red River, against a large force of ComanchesàöùThrapp, Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography, III, p. 1145. ôWilliam Waldo, the author of the sketch which is now presented, is known to us here in California as the vigorous Whig candidate for Governor in 1853. He had previously held a high standing amongst the Americans at Taos.öùArthur M. Ellis, introductory commentary to the manuscript. Created for his personal library by Arthur M. Ellis. . Morocco rubbed in several places, cloth mildly darkened, else this unique publication is fine. |
