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The Personal Narrative of James O. Pattie of Kentucky

Lot 132
17.01.2024 11:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 132 | The Personal Narrative of James O. Pattie of Kentucky
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The Personal Narrative of James O. Pattie of Kentucky

The first printed narrative of an overland journey to California, 1833

PATTIE, James O. (1803-c.1833). The Personal Narrative of James O. Pattie of Kentucky. During an Expedition from St. Louis, through the vast Regions between that Place and the Pacific Ocean. Edited by Timothy Flint. Cincinnati: E.H. Flint, 1833.



The first printed narrative of an overland journey to California. First edition, second issue, with the 1833 title-page. In 1828, James Pattie joined the band of trappers led by his father who descended the Colorado and crossed the desert to California. Their tribulations are described in thrilling detail. When the party almost literally crawled into California, they were ordered arrested by Governor José Maria Echeandia, taken to San Diego, and jailed. The elder Pattie did not survive this ordeal. This second issue was made from the remaindered sheets of the 1831 first issue. This copy with the second of four variant copyright notices on the verso of the new title-page, assigned to John Wood (the original publisher) and dated 1831.



Octavo (200 x 118mm). With five engraved plates (text and plates with browning and foxing, a couple of marginal tears from paper). Contemporary tree sheep (rebacked, some cracks to leather on upper board, removed bookplate and illegible ownership signature on upper pastedown).

Artist:James Ohio Pattie (1804 - 1850)
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