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Powell: The Santa Fé Trail to California
Powell: The Santa Fé Trail to California
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Author: Powell, H.M.T.
Title: The Santa Fé Trail to California, 1849-1852: The Journal and Drawings of H.M.T. Powell
Place Published: San Francisco
Publisher:The Book Club of California
Date Published: [1931]
Description:
[14], 272 pp. Edited by Douglas S. Watson. With 18 maps and plates, some folding. (Folio) 13½x9 ¼, quarter niger & buckram, spine lettered in blind, raised bands, edges untrimmed. One of 300 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. First Edition.


Prospectus and announcement laid in. Daily journal from Illinois, via Santa Fe, to San Diego and continuing account of the mines. Kurutz calls the work "one of the most important and highly celebrated overland narratives. Its superb narrative combined with the elegant presentation of the Grabhorn Press make this a cornerstone of any Western travel collection. His delicate sketches of the missions and pueblos further embellish the volume." GB 158; Graff 3334; Howes P525; Kurutz 515; Rocq 17100; Eberstadt 137:517; Wheat Books 161.

Condition
Light rubbing and sunning of spine, a few scratches; some rippling of leaves, front hinge cracked; very good or better.
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