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Randolph B Marcy and Richard F. Burton (with his edited notes). The Prairie Traveler, A Hand-Book For Overland Expeditions. With Illustrations, And Itineraries Of The Principal Routes Between The Mississippi And The Pacific, And A Map. -- 1862 First UK Edition. Trubner And Co., London, 1863.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1863 First UK Edition with Notes by Richard F. Burton and with 31 pages of Trubner ads at the end (NOT the remainder issue). Original purplish cloth with debossed pattern decorations front and rear covers, gilt decoration of rider with a rifle on a horse front cover, Rebound with remnants of original spine cloth relaid to new spine, original boards, new EPs. The covers are relatively clean with general rubbing, a tiny 3mm diameter spot above the front cover gilt decoration, relaid spine cloth very faded, contents fresh and clean with no foxing, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, complete with all printed pages and folding map. The folding map is complete and sound with only a 1cm split in margin area of one fold. Very uncommon in the first UK issue with the gilt decorated front cover binding. The book measures 197mm tall x 140mm, and has 251 pages, b/w frontispiece engraving with tissue guard (image matches that on the front cover of the book), 12 in-text b/w illustrations, folding map at rear before the ads section. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Seller: JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS, PORTLAND, OR, U.S.A.

Marcy, Randolph B.. The Prairie Traveler, A Hand-Book for Overland Expeditions.. Trubner and Co., London 1863, 1863.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 7 x 5 inches, xvi, 251, 24 pages, original black blind-stamped cloth, titling to spine, corners bumped, joints partially cracked but strong, chipping to head and tail of spine, The first edition to be edited with notes by Richard F. Burton, Includes engraved frontispiece, folding map, advertisements, "Describes the various routes to California, modes of traveling, outfitting, etc. This for many years remained the standard authority upon the overland routes"(Cowan). edition. Good.

Seller: Dawson's Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.

Marcy, Randolph B. & Richard F. Burton [Editor]. The Prairie Traveler, A Hand-Book for Overland Expeditions, with Illustrations, and Itineraries of the Principal Routes Between the Mississippi and the Pacific. And a Map. Trubner & Co., London, 1863.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: London: Trubner & Co., 1863. One of the most important practical books written to further western expansion in America. This is a Very Good copy of the First British Edition, notable because it is the version edited ("With Notes") by famed explorer and linguist Richard F. Burton. [Penzer, 69-70] Rare. Black cloth binding, decoratively stamped on the covers; titling and rules on the spine in gilt. This must be the remaindered issue described by Penzer. All Penzer's points match but with the addition of a 24-page catalog dated "August 1882." from the "Freethought Library." Clean text; frontis plate; twelve illustrations within; fold-out map; short pencil underline to Burton's Preface. Lovely textblock! Bumped, with other rubbing to the margins; spine gilt dulled but perfectly readable. A sound copy of this desirable Burton work; in an archival plastic protector. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.