COMMERCE OF THE PRAIRIES OR THE JOURNAL OF A SANTA FE TRADER, DURING EIGHT EXPEDITIONSACROSS THE GREAT WESTERN PRAIRIES, AND A RESIDENCE OF NEARLY NINE YEARS IN NORTHERN MEXICO

GREGG, JOSIAH

Published by J. and H.G. Langley, New York, 1845

About this Item

Two volumes uniformly bound, black cloth-covered boards. Collated complete with six full-page plates, four text illustrations, the full-page map of Northern Mexico in Volume 2, AND the large folding map of the Indian Territory in Volume 1. According to most sources, the second edition was published without the large folding map. This map is a cloth-backed facsimile copy bound-in at the time of the rebinding of the volumes. See photos please. Previous owner's book-plate on both front pastedowns. Small paper defect beginning on front preliminary page and extending to p.x. Title-pages are toned, some foxing through text material, usually peripheral and not heavy. Paper in Volume 2 is a bit more browned that Volume 1. A very important landmark in Western Americana. It remains the source for all other books written about the Santa Fe Trail and trade along the route. Rittenhouse says'If you can read only two books about the Trail, read Gregg and Lewis Garrard". A very good copy of the second edition, published a year after the first edition, and with the added facsimile copy of the large map, not found in the second edition. 320-327pp. Cited in many references including; Graff 1662, Howes G-401, Rader 1684, Sabin 28712, Rittenhouse 255. Size: Octavo. Seller Inventory # 014299

Bibliographic Details

Title: COMMERCE OF THE PRAIRIES OR THE JOURNAL OF A...

Publisher: J. and H.G. Langley, New York

Publication Date: 1845

Binding: Rebound in 1/2 Crimson Calf

Condition: Minor Wear

Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

Edition: Second Edition.