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McClure, A(lexander) K.. Three Thousand Miles Through the Rocky Mountains. J.B. Lippincott & Co, Philadelphia, 1869.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Original maroon cloth covered boards with light wear to extremities, bottom fore corners a little bumped, spine a little faded, head and tail of spine a little frayed. ; Tight solid book, maroon end papers, hinges intact, frontispiece with intact tissue guard & two other engravings in section on Mormon church. Titles in gilt on spine. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 456 pages; ``A(lexander) K(elly) McClure (January 9, 1828 – June 6, 1909) was a journalist, editor, writer, politician, and historian, active in Pennsylvania Republican Party politics, especially in the 1860s, and a prominent supporter, correspondent, and biographer of President Abraham Lincoln.`` This book is written as two series of letters to the public, one series published in the New York `Tribune` and the other in the `Franklin Repository`. Colonel J.X. Beidler, Judge L.P. Williston, Colonel Geo. L. Shoup, Colonel Neil Howie and Colonel Wilbur L. Sanders, whose faces appear on the frontispiece are encountered by McClure on his travels. Extensive section on Utah and the Mormon church.

Seller: Ainsworth Books ( IOBA), Chilliwack, BC, Canada

McClure, A.K. Three Thousand Miles Through the Rocky Mountains. J.B. Lippincott & Co, Philadelphia, 1869.

Price: US$195.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Corners bumped and rubbed through. There are some faded and discolored spots to the edges of the covers. Includes a section and commentary on Salt Lake City and the Mormons. ; 456 pages

Seller: Orrin Schwab Books, Providence, UT, U.S.A.

McClure, A.K.. Three thousand Miles Throught the Rocky Mountains. Lippincott Philadelphia 1869, Philadelphia, 1869.

Price: US$295.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Very good tight condition, hardback, light edgewear Howes M-49. Author's account of his tour through the Rockies, Wyoming, Montana, Denver, Colorado, Indians etc.

Seller: Abracadabra Books 50% Off Sale!, Denver, CO, U.S.A.

MCCLURE, A. K.. THREE THOUSAND MILES THROUGH THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.. J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1869., Philadelphia, 1869.

Price: US$485.00 + shipping

Description: First edition. Cloth, brown front and rear endpapers, 456 pp., preface, three plates, appendix. The author traveled extensively by stage throughout the northern Rockies in 1867 and 1868. He visited Denver and Salt Lake City and Montana. His travel was frequently disrupted by problems with hostile Indians. McClure tells much about Colorado; the Mormons; the mines and vigilante justice in Montana; military trouble protecting the travel routes; and the typical problems between the military, politicians, and ordinary citizens about dealing with hostile Indians. Very good tight copy. Very scarce.

Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.

McCLURE, A. K.. Three Thousand Miles through the Rockies. J. B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1869.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Description: 8vo. Three plates. 456 pp. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered on spine. A few discreet repairs to cloth, generally fresh and bright. FIRST EDITION, signed by the author on the front flyleaf. "Trip across the plains and great divide into Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, and Montana; adventures in the mines; the Indian Campaigns; first settlers; gambling hells; the Montana Vigilants and Organization of Plummer's Band; the history and exploits of Col. John X. Beidler; the murder of Col. Bozeman by the savages; savagery of the plains, 5,000 whites murdered in a year; the Bozeman Route, etc., etc." (Eberstadt cat 111:338); Graff 2576; Howes M49; Sabin 43059 ("A clever book, including details of Indian warfare, etc. ").

Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts, ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.