Volume I (all published). xix, 655 pp. Extensively illustrated with engravings in wood and steel, 7 maps (some folding) including one large folding map "Country Explored by John C. Frémont" mounted to rear board, a chromolithograph of Frémont's Rocky Mountain flag, etc. Frontispiece portrait with tissue-guard. 10½x7½, original ¾ dark brown morocco and pebbled cloth, gilt spine, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. First Edition.

Memoirs of the great Pathfinder (or Pathmarker), based on his original accounts of his adventures in the west. The illustrations and maps are quite noteworthy. "Embraces his first three exploring expeditions and the part played by him in the conquest of California" - Howes F367.