Diary Donner Party by Patrick Breen (8 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Berkeley, California: University of California, 1910. 16 pp. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Light brown stiff paper wrappers with black lettering to cover; Publications of the Academy of Pacific Coast History, Vol. I, No. 6. Small bump to bottom corner of covers and text block. Interior is clean and unmarked. Binding firm, albeit with some rusting to staples. . Soft Cover. Very Good. …

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Original tan wrapper with black lettering on the front cover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 inches. 16 pages. Copy has a two page introduction by the editor. Breen (1790-1868) was one of the members of the Donner Party. His family including his 7 children survived. His youngest daughter, who was too young to remember the ordeal, was the last surviving member of the Donner Party. Copy is clean and complete. Binding is tight.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 22. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1910 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 22.…

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1910 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 22 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Limited Edition. Limited to 300 copies, Second commission of The Book Club of California by The L.D Allen Press. 38 pages plus 29 page facsimile of the Diary. Introduction and notes by George R. Stewart. Small octavo. White cloth boards over patterned green and white paper covered boards. Spine titles in gilt. Light shelfwear to bottom corners. Unmarked interior. Protected in mylar. The original manuscript is housed at the Bancroft Library. Stewart provides an excellent introduction and footnotes to the diary. "On the advice of author George R. Stewart, we printed this gruesome diary of a Donner Party member.".…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Introduction & Notes by George R. Stewart. Decorations by Mallette Dean. Gilt-lettered white cloth spine, decorated boards. Owner's ink name and date on free endpapers, spine a bit darkened, else a fine copy. One of 300 copies handset and printed on rag paper by the Allen Press. Includes a facsimile of the original diary. [Allen: 5]. Book.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1910 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 21 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 21.…

BREEN, Patrick. Diary of.Recounting the Ordeal of the Donner Party Snowbound in the Sierra 1846-47. Introduction and Notes by George R. Stewart. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1946. 1st ed. 38pp. plus facsimiles of the original diary. A fine copy in orig. cloth-backed boards. Limited to 300 copies.…