Mount Pleasant, MI: The Private Press of John Cumming, 1985. First Edition. 142pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Rust colored cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Better than very good. Ex-libris from the notable collection of Todd I. Berens, with his bookplate on the front pastedown. Berens has inscribed..... More
Fairfield, WA: Ye Galleon Press, 1999. 186pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Dark blue buckram with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Early Oregon Trail travel narrative. According to Eberstadt: "The personal narrative of an Argonaut of 1851, with details of hardships and adventures on the..... More
Spokane: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1990. First Edition. 274pp. Octavo [24 cm] Burgundy cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Very good/Near fine. A previously unpublished journal, Hammer's account is one of the few day-to-day narratives known for the 1844 emigration. He traveled with the first "northsider" train..... More
[Reno, NV]: Desert Research Institute, 1993. First Edition. 278pp. Quarto [27.5 cm] White illustrated boards. About very good. Name in ink on the front free endsheet. 'Discard' in ink on the top edge. Frederick West Lander was in many ways the epitome of a nineteenth century American hero. A handsome..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2011. First Edition. 304pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] 1/2 tan cloth over gray boards. "Long before Hollywood brought the landscapes of the American West to movie screens, clever impresarios invented ways of simulating the experience of western travel and selling it to mass audiences. In 1851..... More
Fairfield, WA: Ye Galleon Press, 1981. 72pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Grained burgundy buckram with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Includes black and white illustrations and pictorial endsheets. "This little volume, a chronicle of events in the life of the writer during two trips..... More