Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$15.53 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
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Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo; pp 458-825, plus folding map at end of text. Limited to 1,000 copies. Water stain to lower front cover, extending through prelims. Textblock edges with faint foxing (NO accompanying odor). Owner gift inscription, ffe. No dj. A square and tight copy, perhaps unread.
Seller: La Playa Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover in DJ; First Edition; 457pp; DJ edgeworn & protected by mylar sleeve, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, includes folded map in rear pocket, VG/Good condition. First volume only of two-volume set. Contains diaries and letters from the overland emigration on the California-Oregon Trail of 1846. Includes the diary of William E. Taylor with a letter by John Craig; the Diary of Nicholas Carriger; the Diary of Virgil Pringle; the Journal of Thomas Holt; Diary of George McKinstry with a Letter; Diary of James Mathers; Map of T. H. Jefferson; Diary of Hiram Miller & J. F. Reed with Letters by J. F. Reed & Virginia E. B. Reed; Diary of Patrick Breen; Diaries of the Donner Relief; Notes, and the Jefferson Map in the rear pocket.
Seller: Book Happy Booksellers, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$98.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Maps are present and in great shape, A couple of corners show small bumps but books are otherwise excellent, very clean and sharp, looking nearly as new. Dust jackets have a hint of wear to corners, modest toning to spines and edges. still very clean and presentable, now protected in clear covers.
Seller: Recycle Bookstore, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1000 sets printed. The bindings are tight, corners sharp. A few tiny dents on the bottom edges of the panels. Text and images are unmarked. Foldout map in rear pocket of volume one. The dust jackets shows some toning and sticker damage on the spines, taped repairs, edge wear and light soiling, clipped, in mylar cover. 8vo. 9-457 & 458-825.
Seller: Chaparral Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Volumes I & II, 825 pages. Map in pocket at end of Volume I; folding map at end of Volume II. Index. Very good in dust jacket. (067)
Seller: Colorado Pioneer Books, Centennial, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Original two tone pictorial cloth, 825 total pages, illustrations, fold-out map, two maps in envelope on the rear pastedown as issued, errata. Limited to 1,000 copies. Mintz 336, "An important overland work of the first magnitude. Contains an abundance of information on the emigrants of 1846 never before published in book form."
Seller: Old West Books (ABAA), St. Robert, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2 vols. Nice presentation inscription by Morgan to one Jeanne Dunsworth
Seller: James Cummings, Bookseller, Signal Mountain, TN, U.S.A.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 2 Volume Set, 8vo. No DJs. Includes two fold-out maps found within pouch attached to rear cover of Volume I. Red cloth spines with salmon colored cloth front and rear boards, gilt lettering along spine, red and pink illustration of covered wagons on front covers. Minor shelfwear. Volumes are tightly bound, no marks. Set is in Near Fine condition.
Seller: Russian Hill Bookstore, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$149.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Cloth-backed pictorial boards. Trace foxing to edge, points gently softened else square tight unmarked copies. The DJs in mylar are faintly toned to spine. Two volumes. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$185.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Two volumes. Volume I: Octavo. Pictorial Boards with Cloth Spine. 457 pp., preface, introduction, map, chapter head illustrations, notes. The Jefferson map is enclosed in a pocket affixed to rear pastedown sheet. Introduction by Dale Morgan. Volume II: Octavo, Pictorial Boards with Cloth Spine. 458-825 [1] pp., chapter head illustrations, introduction, appendix, notes, map, index. Introduction by Dale Morgan. Fold-out map of the California-Oregon Trail at the end of Volume II. A thoroughly-researched study of the overland emigration of 1846, with much new insight into the tragic experiences of the Donner party, as well as new information about the pioneering of the Hastings and Applegate cut-off. Morgan's excellent introduction to each volume adds greatly to this important work. "An important overland work of the first magnitude. Contains an abundance of information on the emigrants of 1846 never before published in book form."--Mintz 336. Very slight bump to lower fore-corner of back panel of Volume II, else a near fine set in fine dust jackets.
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Front free end paper of Vol. I is inscribed & signed in ink by Dale Morgan. Very slight musty odor, lightly foxed endpapers, tape stain on fore-edges of endpapers to both volumes. News article clipping glued to fep of Vol. I, otherwise textblocks are very clean and tight, and appear unread; No remainder marks. Dark red cloth spine and red paper boards are immaculate, with illustrated front covers; Dust jackets are sun-toned but unclipped, with tape stain on both jackets; Vol 2 jacket has a closed tear and a chip at the head of the spine, both jackets shelf soiled with overall light edge wear; Vol. I is 457pp. Vol. II is pages 458-825 with rear folded map. One of 1,000 sets. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, 1/110 copies in a special edition printed on Ticonderoga text, bound in leather and marbled papers, and signed by the editor. 8vo. 2 volumes: 457; (4), 458-825 pp. Illustrated from old wood engravings, title page vignettes, folding map in rear pocket of volume one, folding map at rear of volume two. Fine copy in the taped box. Black quarter-leather and marbled boards, publisher's plain pink slipcase (spine edges taped). (#8135).
Seller: Bartleby's Books, ABAA, Chevy Chase, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$425.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: TWO VOLUMES 22 x 15 cm, 457; [ii], 458-825, colophon, folding map [California-Oregon Trails 1846] pp., Illus. with 5 b/w folding maps [4 of which on 2 sheets printed 2 sides]. 8vo. One of 100 specially bound copies signed by the author on the half title in volume one. "An important overland work of the first magnitude. Contains an abundance of information on the emigrants of 1846 never before published in book form" (Mintz p. 97). Volume One contains the Shiveley Guidebook and eleven diaries; volume two contains mostly letters. The maps in the rear on two sheets are the rare T.H. Jefferson map. Lacking the slipcase. Mintz 336. Quarter black morocco over marbled boards.
Seller: T. W. Palmer Books, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: 825 pp. Illus. with 5 b/w folding maps [4 of which on 2 sheets printed 2 sides]. 8vo. One of 100 specially bound copies signed by the author on the half title in volume one. "An important overland work of the first magnitude. Contains an abundance of information on the emigrants of 1846 never before published in book form" (Mintz p. 97). Volume One contains the Shiveley Guidebook and eleven diaries; volume two contains mostly letters. The maps in the rear on two sheets are the rare T.H. Jefferson map. Lacking the slipcase. Mintz 336. Quarter morocco over marbled boards
Seller: Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB, East Jewett, NY, U.S.A.