Becker Robert Christy Thomas (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A lovely, clean, crisp, hardcover in very good condition; light shelf wear. Dust jacket in very good condition with mild rubbing, light age toning. We are a brick-and-mortar store and sell our own inventory.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. . . . . 4to, hardcover. No dj, grey decorative cloth. Vg condition. Library of Congress surplus stamp on front endpaper. Spine slightly dulled, contents clean, no marking or writing. Binding square and tight. 24 pages of introductory material, with subsequent 94 maps, with the original route superimposed onto current roadmaps, with accompanying original diary entries. American, Emigration, History, Western,

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Book is in very good condition. Clean, fresh text and a tight spine. most likely hardly read if ever. An interesting look at Mormon history.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Clean crisp copy with no markings., Slight tears to jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible-Fine. First Edition. "Via the north Side of the Platte River to Fort Laramie; Thence to Caspar, Wyoming; following the Sweetwater River to South Pass, Thereafter by Sublette's and hudspeth's Cut-Offs to the Humboldt and Carson Rivers, and Over the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the Famous Gold Diggings in California in California, compiled from His Personal observations During the Spring and Summer of 1850 by Thomas Christy of Van Buren County, Iowa, together with His Diary of the Same Journey, Edited and Cartographically Interpreted by Robert Becker." Publisher's pictorial cloth. No dust wrapper. 111 1/4 by 7 3/4 inches. Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. 230 pages. Publisher's prospectus laid in. 2000 copies printed. 230 pages.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+ (in mylar). Maps (illustrator). First Edition. previous owner's faded return address stamped inside the front cover, else very clean and tight; binding has minimal wear; light edge wear to the dust jacket; Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Following The Sweetwater River To South Pass. Thereafter by Sublett's and Hudspeth's Cut-offs, To The Humbolt And Carson Rivers, And Over The Sierra Nevada Mountains To The Famous Gold Diggings In California Compiled From His Personal Observations During The Spring And Summer Of 1850. 230 pages, maps. LIMITED EDITION, of 2,000 copies. Mintz 90.

Condition: Good. 4 pp.; map. One folded sheet advertising the forthcoming edition. This is an advertisement for the book, not the book itself.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. "A Guide to the Route from Mormon Crossing, Now Omaha Nebraska, to the City of Sacramento, Callifornia. . ." - title page. The ninety-four "maps of Christy's route are the most comprehensive and accurate pertaining to any one emigrant." - Merrill J. Mattes, "Platte River Road Nattratives,." #756 (four stars). Includes a bibliography titled, "Some Overland Diaries of 1850." Excellent book. A very nice copy.