The Seat of Empire, a trip to the American Northwest, by Charles Carleton Coffin.

Published in 1870 by Fields, Osgood & Co., Boston.  First edition.

The author goes on a journey, starting with a train ride from Chicago to Minneapolis and visiting along the way:

• St. Cloud, Minnesota
• The Sauk Valley
• The Red River Valley
• Fort Abercrombie
• Winnipeg
• Hudson Bay Company Teams
• Wyoming
• Montana
• Idaho
• Oregon
• Washington
• Fisheries of the Pacific
• etc.

Gilt decorated, light brown cloth hardcover, 232 pages, plus several pages of publisher's ads (a couple illustrated) in the very back.  Contains six black and white plates (including the tissue-guarded frontispiece) and a chart showing the elevation of various points along the journey.  Missing the fold-out map.

Acceptable condition.  Frayed spine ends, rubbed through board corners, stains on the exterior (mostly in back).  A thin, approx. 1 in. split in the back spine edge.  Repaired tears in the front hinge paper, a small scuff on the front endpaper and a small sticker on the back endpaper advertising Welch & Co., "University Bindery."  Otherwise unmarked, securely bound.  Repaired tear (leaving a light glue stain on one page) and a corner chip (the latter not affecting text) on page 215/216 (see the final two pics).  A few small tears, a couple corner bends, slightly bumped top page corners.

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