Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$18.75 + shipping
Description: 256 pages. A very good hardcover copy, lacking the dust jacket. Inscription to previous owner on front end paper.
Seller: Eureka Books, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$23.49 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Inscribed to Commander & Mrs. Hugh Johnson, no other markings. A lot of wear and moisture damage. Inside back hinge is mostly detached. Book is only listed because of the inscription.
Seller: Dilly Dally, Mobile, AL, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Frontispiece, with 16 pp. photographs. First edition, limited to 1,054 copies. Founded in 1853 by W.K. Osborn to service the burgeoning population of reprobates following the gold rush, the San Francisco YMCA is the city's oldest social service institution, bearing witness to and playing a role in the larger history of California's most important 19th century town. Signed by Drury on the title page, and additional inscribed by him on the dedication page. Laid is some related ephemera, including a typed letter signed (TLS) from Drury to Roy Sorenson, the fifth Managing Director of the San Francisco Association. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt stamping. A bit of mild wear along the bottom edge of the boards. The dust jacket is slightly rubbed; otherwise a very good copy. Inscribed by Author.
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed neatly by the author on the title page, with additional signature and inscription by Roy Sorenson, the Y's fifth managing director. A clean copy in bright well-preserved covers. With illustrations. Thin jacket with general wear, but protects book well.
Seller: Eve's Book Garden, Albany, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 280pp; Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, deckle edges, water damage to back cover, water staining to rear endpaper & last few pages, bookplate to front pastedown, text unmarked, binding is tight, Fair condition. Signed by Author. Signed letter from Author, letter from publisher and Whitman Mission postcard laid in. First volume only of two-volume work. Diaries, letters and biographical sketches of Mrs. Marcus Whitman, Mrs. Henry H. Spalding, Mrs. William H. Gray, and Mrs. Asa B. Smith. Northwest Historical Series VI. Illustrated with photos.
Seller: Book Happy Booksellers, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: 3 volume set, original blue cloth with gilt titles on spines, octavos (6.5 x 9.75 inches), pp 280 + 12 plates; 382 + 15 plates; 332 + 12 plates Numbers VI, VII, VIII in the publisher's Northwest Historical Series. Third volume autographed on title page by Clifford Merrill Drury. Neat repair to spine of first volume, else very good, quite clean and unworn
Seller: Chanticleer Books, ABAA, Fort Bragg, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$234.56 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: THREE [3] volume set in near fine + condition. All three volumes SIGNED by Drury.
Seller: Wm Burgett Bks and Collectibles, san diego, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$675.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo. VOLUME I: Light blue cloth, gold stamping on spine, 280 pp., frontis., sources and acknowledgments, introduction, the six women, illustrated, maps, portraits, top edges colored, edges untrimmed. Presentation inscription from the author on the half-title page dated 16 July 1964, "To Robert Peterson, These two volumes give the story of six courageous women who were the first white women to cross overland to the Pacific Northwest. I hope you will find these books both informative and inspirational. Sincerely Clifford M. Drury." This volume presents the narratives of Mrs. Marcus Whitman, Mrs. Henry H. Spalding, Mrs. William H. Gray, and Mrs. Asa B. Smith. Lightly rubbed at spine ends and corners, else a very good, tight copy. VOLUME II: Light blue cloth, gold stamping on spine, 382 pp., frontis., persons and places mentioned in the text, illustrated, portraits, top edges colored, edges untrimmed, epilogue, bibliography, index. Signed by the author on the title page. This volume presents the narratives of Mrs. Elkanah Walker and Mrs. Cushing Eells. Lightly rubbed at foot of spine, else near fine, tight copy. VOLUME III: Light blue cloth, gold stamping on spine, 332 pp., frontis., sources and acknowledgments, documents in three volumes, preface, illustrations, portraits, folding map, top edge colored, edges untrimmed, bibliography, index. This volume presents the narratives of Sarah White Smith (Mrs. Asa B. Smith) and letters of Asa B. Smith, and other documents relating to the 1838 Reenforcement to the Oregon Mission. An American Century 76 says "These women were pioneers in the truest sense of the word, living in a world completely foreign to them after a trans-continental journey, the route of which was still in large part being discovered and developed. The set contains extremely rich and valuable primary source material." Volumes of the Northwest Historical Series, VI, VII, and VIII. Very good set.
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.