The Northwest Coast or Three Years' Residence in Washington Territory

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Much shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book, spine just legible, dampstainging to the page edges, not affecting the text, preliminares through page 19 including the map edges, the rear end papers are also dampstained on the edges; 19th century library association bookplate with no other marking. First printing, same dates. "The intention of this volume is to give a general and concise account of that portion of the Northwest Coast lying between the Straits of Fuca and the Columbia River ..."--Introduction. "This account by a renegade Bostonian, who lived among the Indians at Willapa Bay, is particularly valuable because it shows us a man who was both a sensitive observer and participant in the white settlers' invasion of the Indians' lands..As the earliest book about Washington Territory, The Northwest Coast, according to Murray Morgan, 'sets a standard few other works about the area have met. A self-taught scientist, runaway husband, promoter, teacher, essayist, townboomer, probate judge and alcoholic, Swan wrote with robust humor about the period in which the territory was created."--Pacific Northwest review of the 1972 U of Washington Press edition. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!