Commerce of the Prairies or the Journal of a Santa F? Trader, during Eight Expeditions across the Great Western Prairies, and a Residence of Nearly Nine Years in Northern Mexico. Josiah Gregg. Volumes 1 & 2. Second edition. New York: J. & H. G. Langley, 1845.
8vo. New York: Langley: Astor House. 1845. Original gilt brown cloth. There are 3 volumes in this set, with an extra 'volume one' to the set making three all together. Illustrated. Accompanied by a rare ca. 1900 postcard featuring Native Americans viewing the first train to approach Santa Fe. A famous Americana work featured in most all scholarly sources on Americana: Howes, Sabin, Wagner Camp and Streeter.