Title: The Santa Fé Trail to California, 1849-1852: The Journal and Drawings of H.M.T. Powell Author: Powell, H.M.T. Place: San Francisco Publisher: The Book Club of California Date: [1931] Description: [14], 272 pp. Edited by Douglas S. Watson. With 18 maps and plates, some folding. (Folio) 13½x9¼, quarter niger & buckram, spine lettered in blind, raised bands, edges untrimmed. One of 300 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. First Edition. Inscribed and signed by the printer on front free endpaper: "This book is my pet, hand-bound in our own shop. Ed Grabhorn." Signed by the editor, Douglas S. Watson, at the end of the foreword. 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. Lot Amendments Condition: Some rubbing to spine ends and corners, top right corner with short tear to cloth, 1" dark stain to lower front joint; hinges a little tender, slight darkening to extreme page edges, else very good. Item number: 172810
Title: The Santa Fé Trail to California, 1849-1852: The Journal and Drawings of H.M.T. Powell Author: Powell, H.M.T. Place: San Francisco Publisher: The Book Club of California Date: [1931] Description: [14], 272 pp. Edited by Douglas S. Watson. With 18 maps and plates, some folding. (Folio) 13½x9¼, quarter niger & buckram, spine lettered in blind, raised bands, edges untrimmed. One of 300 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. First Edition. Inscribed and signed by the printer on front free endpaper: "This book is my pet, hand-bound in our own shop. Ed Grabhorn." Signed by the editor, Douglas S. Watson, at the end of the foreword. 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. Lot Amendments Condition: Some rubbing to spine ends and corners, top right corner with short tear to cloth, 1" dark stain to lower front joint; hinges a little tender, slight darkening to extreme page edges, else very good. Item number: 172810
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