Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$64.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Nicely re-bound in brown cloth with leather label on spine. New end papers. No frontispiece.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This is NOT the copy of the book depicted in the stock photo. First edition; mixed first state, without the addition of Fremont's account of California, but no frontispiece, with an old bookseller's notation that "this copy never appears to have had one". Original light brown cloth, stamped gilt lettering, 5x8 inches, 399 pp, no illustrations. Good. Corners bumped with cardboard exposed there, some soil and drop marks on exterior, most of the gilt rubbed off. Internally, previous owner's signature, textblock somewhat wavy, relatively moderate foxing throughout, 1x4 inch strip of paper torn off top edge of second front endpaper, otherwise tight, clean, relatively crisp, unmarked. History; Oregon; Hawaii; western; Native American Indians; travel; western
Seller: Frost Pocket Farm - IOBA, Fleetville, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: 430 pp. 8vo, contemporary full sheep, neatly repaired at joints. Second issue. Some scattered foxing and staining.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$99.97 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Bound in brown cloth with wear to the tips and spine ends.
Seller: Mark Henderson, Olathe, KS, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardback in Very Good+ condition without dust jacket. Rebound in full leather with new endsheets. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 430 pages. * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *
Seller: Easton's Books, Inc., Mount Vernon, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo; pp; xvi, (i), 18-399; frontispiece portrait; full brown leather with a leather spine label lettered in gilt; Howes A-131; "White, fervent Prebyterian missionary and political propagandist, describes his trip out in 1842 and back in 1845, as well as his part in the civic organization of Oregon" Joints started but holding well, spine ends chipped, previous 19th century owner's name on a preliminary else a good or better solid copy;
Seller: Austin's Antiquarian Books, Wilmington, VT, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First issue, with frontispiece. 8vo, pp. xvi, [17]-399, in original cloth with gilt-decorated spine. Lacks front free endpaper, cloth worn and faded, some foxing. Good. Dr. Elijah White was Presbyterian minister who first arrived in Oregon with his wife in 1836 in association with the Methodist Mission in the Willamette Valley. He made overland journeys in both directions during the next decade, and was appointed Indian Agent in 1841. He became an earnest booster for the Oregon Territory, promoting its settlement through letters published in several national newspapers. Wagner-Camp 144:1; Howes A-131.
Seller: Walkabout Books, ABAA, Curtis, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo. Stamped maroon-gone-brown cloth. (19.5 x 12.5 cm.). Rebacked in black cloth with remaining portion (lettered in gilt) of original spine laid down. With frontis portrait of Dr. and Mrs. White, often missing. Previous owner's address label affixed to top right corner of front free endpaper. Spotting throughout but not to obscure. Pages supple. Previous owner's stamp to top edge. pp. 399. Good, solid copy of the first issue, scarcer than the more common second issue (which had 430 pp. and lacked the frontis portrait). Howes A-131.
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, second issue. (Sabin 103377, Howes 131, Cowan.) Full leather, original boards, rubbed at corners, with a rebacked contemporary spine and new endpapers. Has Univ. of California perforation on title page, and ink-stamp on verso, but lacking the usual library distinctions. Mild foxing throughout. xvi, 430pp. This second issue lacks the frontis., and includes the addition of the 30-page "Col. Fremonts Adventures in Crossing California Mountain,." White, fervent Presbyterian missionary and political propagandist, describes his trip out in 1842, and back in 1845, as well as his part in the civic organization of Oregon. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall
Seller: Turn-The-Page Books, Skyway, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition, second issue (which adds one page and omits the portrait frontispiece). Octavo. 430pp. Largely disbound with front board lacking, original rear sheep board in danger of detaching, spine and spine label heavily chipped, ink blot cover the word "Ten" on the titlepage, some small stains, mostly on the titlepage, a fair only copy. *Howes* A131.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.