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Journal of John Udell reissues of 1st & 2nd Eds.

Title: Journal of John Udell, Kept During a Trip Across the Plains, Containing an Account of the Massacre of a Portion of His Party by the Mohave Indians, in 1858
Author: Udell, John
Description: 45 pp. Facsimile of original 1859 edition. Saddle-sewn wrappers, publisher's blue paper folder (with Roger K. Larson's bookplate) & slipcase with paper label. No. 97 of 200 copies. With printed Preface leaflet, laid in. Yale Univ. Library, Western Historical Series #1, [1952]. * Journal Kept During a Trip Across the Plains Containing an Account of the Massacre of a Portion of His Party by the Mojave Indians in 1859. Intro. by Lyle H. Wright. Cloth, jacket. Kovach, 1946. Together, 2 volumes.The first item is a facsimile of the very rare 1859 first edition published in Suisun City, California, made from the only known copy, at Yale University; the second book reprints the rare 1868 edition, of which only eight copies are known. The journal recounts Udell's fourth voyage across the plains. Wagner-Camp 346a.
Heading: zzcPlace Published: New Haven & Los Angeles
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Date Published: [1952] & 1946