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Overland Travel List
Last updated December 28, 2011
1. Bennett, William P. THE
FIRST BABY IN CAMP: A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE SCENES AND ADVENTURES DURING THE
PIONEER DAYS OF `49.. Salt Lake City: Rancher
Publishing Co. , 1893. 68 pages. Softbound covers. Some discoloration to the
green covers. $50.00
2. Brown, George D. FROM
COAST TO COAST. The Only Man to Drive a Single Course across the Continent,
Starting at Catalina Island, California.... Simsbury,
Connecticut: Privately Printed, 1923. Wear and discoloration to covers. Library
ink mark on spine. Softbound covers. The front cover has some chips and a
diagonal piece cut away from the bottom corner, with no text affected. This is a
fascinating Americana publication. The author rode a horse-and- buggy from
California to New York state. He kept a detailed journal of his travels and
rights of the many small towns and larger cities that he traveled throughout
history. There is good information on the people and scenery of the states that
he traveled through, including California, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado,
Kansas, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and finally New York. A
rare and fascinating privately printed United States travel narrative. $125.00
3. Clayton, William. WILLIAM
CLAYTON'S JOURNAL: A DAILY RECORD OF THE JOURNEY OF THE ORIGINAL COMPANY OF
"MORMON" PIONEERS FROM NAUVOO, ILLINOIS, TO THE VALLEY OF THE GREAT
SALT LAKE.. Salt Lake City: Clayton Family
Association, 1921. 1st Edition. 376 pages. 1921 first edition, privately
printed. Shelf wear and rubbing to the edges of the spine and the corners.
Frontispiece portrait is partially detached, but still bound in. The pages are
yellowed a bit from age. A clean and tight copy of this scarce first edition.
$150.00
4. Delafosse, Peter, Korns, J. Roderic
Korns and Dale Morgan. WEST FROM FORT BRIDGER.
Together with TRAILING THE PIONEERS. Two volume boxed deluxe set. Limited to 300
sets signed.. Logan, Utah: Utah State University
Press, 1994. Both volumes in VG condition in fine slipcase. Both volumes are
limited to 300 copies and both are signed by all authors and contributors.
"West From Fort Bridger" is signed by Harold Schindler and Will
Bagley. "Trailing the Pioneers" is signed by all of the contributors;
Peter H. DeLafosse, Steven K. Madsen, Roy D. Tea, Jack B. Tykal, Rush Spedden,
Will Bagley, and Harold Schindler. $95.00
5. Duffus, R.L. THE SANTA FE TRAIL.. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1930. 238 pages. Ex-library, with ink marks on spine and a small label removal stain on the top of the front cover and labels inside the front cover. Shelf wear to the spine and corners. Corners are rubbed through. Binding is tight. Ex-library, with labels on spine and a small label on the top of the front cover and labels inside the front cover. Shelf wear to the spine and corners. Binding is tight. $7.50
6. Eaton, Herbert. THE
OVERLAND TRAIL.. New York: G.P.Putnam's Sons,
1974. 330 pages. Ex-library, with labels on spine of book and dust jacket, and
labels and pocket inside the front cover. There is a library label on the front
cover of the dust jacket. Shelf wear to the spine and corners. The binding is
tight. $8.95
7. Ellison, Robert Spurrier. FORT
BRIDGER, WYOMING: A BRIEF HISTORY.. Casper,
Wyoming: Historic Landmark Commission of Wyoming, 1938. 58 pages. Softbound
covers. Some wear and soiling to the covers. Contents clean and complete. $25.00
8. Franzwa, Gregory M. OREGON
TRAIL REVISITED.. St. Louis: Patrice Press, 1978.
417 pages. Ex-library, with labels on spine and a small label on the top of the
front cover and labels inside the front cover. Shelf wear to the spine and
corners. Binding is tight. $20.00
9. Fuller, Clark. PIONEER
PATHS.. Broken Bow, Nebraska: Purcells, 1975. 269
pages. Ex-library, with labels on spine and a small label on the top of the
front cover and labels inside the front cover. Shelf wear to the spine and
corners. Binding is tight. $20.00
10. Hafen, Leroy R. THE
FAR WEST AND ROCKIES: Volume XV (15). GENERAL ANALYTICAL INDEX TO THE FIFTEEN
VOLUME SERIES AND SUPPLEMENT TO THE JOURNALS OF FORTY-NINERS, SALT LAKE TO LOS
ANGELES. . Glendale, Calif.: Arthur H. Clark,
1962. 360 pages. Some shelf wear to binding and slight dulling to title. $50.00
11. Hafen, Leroy R. And Hafen W. TO
THE ROCKIES AND OREGON, 1839-1842. Volume III (3) in the Far West and Rockies
Series.. Glendale, California: Arthur H. Clark,
1960. 315 pages. Ex-library, with labels on labels inside the covers. Shelf wear
to the spine and corners. Binding is tight. $37.50
12. Harris, Everett W. THE
EMIGRANTS PASSED THIS WAY.. Virginia City, Nevada:
Western Trails Research Association, 2002. 152 pages. Large glossy softcover
binding. Shelf wear to binding. The top front corner is bumped. $13.50
13. Hebard, Grace Raymond & E. A.
Brininstool. THE BOZEMAN TRAIL - HISTORICAL
ACCOUNTS OF THE BLAZING OF THE OVERLAND ROUTES INTO THE NORTHWEST, AND THE
FIGHTS WITH RED CLOUD'S WARRIORS. Two volumes in one edition. . Glendale,
California: Arthur H. Clark Co, 1960. Ex-library. Entirely rebound in library
buckram. with spine marks and label and pocket removal marks inside the front
cover. $50.00
14. Henderson, Paul C. LANDMARKS
ON THE OREGON TRAIL. Great signed copy.. New York:
The Westerners, 1953. 61 pages. Ex-library, with labels on spine and a small
label on the top of the front cover and labels inside the front cover. Shelf
wear to the spine and corners. Binding is tight. $50.00
15. Hill, Burton S. BOZEMAN
AND THE BOZEMAN TRAIL.. Cheyenne, Wyoming: Wyoming
State Historical Society, 1964. 31 pages. Ex-library. Entirely rebound in
library buckram. with spine marks and label and pocket removal marks inside the
front cover. $10.00
16. Holmes, Kenneth L. COVERED
WAGON WOMEN, DIARIES & LETTERS FROM THE WESTERN TRAILS, 1840-1890: Volume 3,
1851.. Glendale, California: Arthur H Clark, 1984.
283 pages. Ex-library, with labels on spine and a small label on the top of the
front cover and labels inside the front cover. Light shelf wear to the spine and
corners. Binding is tight. $10.00
17. Holmes, Kenneth L.-compiler. COVERED
WAGON WOMEN, DIARIES AND LETTERS FROM THE WESTERN TRAILS, 1840-1890. Volume VIII
(8)--1862-1865. Spokane, Washington: Arthur H
Clark, 1989. 264 pages. Ex-library, with labels on spine and a small label on
the top of the front cover and labels inside the front cover. Shelf wear to the
spine and corners. Binding is tight. $22.00
18. Holmes, Kenneth L.-compiler. COVERED
WAGON WOMEN: DIARIES AND LETTERS FROM THE WESTERN TRAILS, 1840-1890: Volume IV
(4)-The California Trail.. Glendale, California:
Arthur H Clark, 1985. 295 pages. Ex-library, with labels on spine and a small
label on the top of the front cover and labels inside the front cover. Light
shelf wear to the spine and corners. Binding is tight. $13.95
19. Holmes, Kenneth L.-compiler. COVERED
WAGON WOMEN: DIARIES AND LETTERS FROM THE WESTERN TRAILS, 1840-1890. VII (7)--
1854-1860.. Glendale, California: Arthur H Clark,
1988. 295 pages. Ex-library, with labels on spine and a small label on the top
of the front cover and labels inside the front cover. Shelf wear to the spine
and corners. Binding is tight. $21.00
20. Holmes, Kenneth L.-compiler. COVERED
WAGON WOMEN: DIARIES AND LETTERS FROM THE WESTERN TRAILS, 1840-1890. Volume IX
(9)--1864-1868.. Spokane, Washington: Arthur H.
Clark Company, 1990. 249 pages. Ex-library, with labels on spine and a small
label on the top of the front cover and labels inside the front cover. Shelf
wear to the spine and corners. Binding is tight. $15.00
21. Holmes, Kenneth L.-compiler. COVERED
WAGON WOMEN: DIARIES AND LETTERS FROM THE WESTERN TRAILS, 1840- 890: Volume V
(5)-1852, The Oregon Trail.. Glendale, California:
Arthur H Clark, 1986. 312 pages. Ex-library, with labels on spine and a small
label on the top of the front cover and labels inside the front cover. Shelf
wear to the spine and corners. Binding is tight. $15.00
22. Hooker, William Francis. THE
PRAIRIE SCHOONER.. Chicago: Saul Brothers, 1918.
156 pages. Ex-library. Entirely rebound in library buckram. with spine marks and
label and pocket removal marks inside the front cover. $24.50
23. Inman, Colonel Henry. THE
OLD SANTA FE TRAIL.. New York: The Macmillan
Company, 1899. 493 pages. 1899 second edition. Green cloth binding is slightly
cocked. Shelfware to the side edges and corners. The spine title is faded a bit.
$33.00
24. Inman, Henry. THE
OLD SANTA FE TRAIL: THE STORY OF A GREAT HIGHWAY.. Minneapolis:
Ross and Haines, 1966. 493 pages. Ex-library, with labels on spine of book and
dust jacket, and labels and pocket inside the front cover. There is a library
label on the front cover of the dust jacket. Shelf wear to the spine and
corners. The binding is tight. $12.50
25. Johnson, Overton & Winter, William
H. ROUTE ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.. New
York: Da Capo Press, 1972. 199 pages. Ex-library, with labels on spine and a
small label on the top of the front cover and labels inside the front cover.
Shelf wear to the spine and corners. Binding is tight. $6.50
26. Johnson, Jean & LeRoy-et al. JOHN
ROGERS, DEATH VALLEY'S UNSUNG HERO OF 1849.. Death
Valley, California: Death Valley '49ers, 1999. 22 pages. Signed by author LeRoy
Johnson. New condition. $15.00
27. Lewis, Ernest A. FREMONT
CANNON: HIGH UP AND FAR BACK: UNRAVELING THE PUZZLE OF THE BRASS CANNON
ABANDONED IN 1844 AND NEVER RECOVERED FROM CALIFORNIA'S SIERRA NEVADA.. Glendale,
California: Arthur H Clark, 1981. 156 pages. Ex-library, with library label on
spine, a small library label remnant on front cover, and labels inside the front
cover. Light shelf wear. Binding is tight. $45.00
28. Little, James A. FROM
KIRTLAND TO SALT LAKE CITY.. Salt Lake City:
Juvenile Instructor Office, 1890. 1st Edition. 260 pages. Some shelf wear to the
spine and corners. Gold on cover and spine still bright. A very nice copy, near
very good condition. An important Mormon pioneer overland narrative. $150.00
29. Maxwell, William Audley. CROSSING
THE PLAINS, DAY OF 57: A NARRATIVE OF EARLY EMIGRANT TRAVEL TO CALIFORNIA BY THE
OX TEAM METHOD.. San Francisco: Sunset Publishing
House, 1915. 179 pages. Ex-library, entirely rebound in orange library buckram,
with labels on spine and a small label on the top of the front cover and labels
inside the front cover. Shelf wear to the spine and corners. Binding is tight.
$33.00
30. Meeker, Ezra. OX-TEAM
DAYS ON THE OREGON TRAIL.. New York: World Book,
1922. 1922 edition. Spine and edges shelf-worn. Slight fading to the covers.
$21.95
31. Millennial Star-Spencer, Orson-editor.
THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS' MILLENNIAL STAR. Volumes 7,
8 & 9 bound together. 1846-1847.. Liverpool:
Edited & Published by Orson Spencer, 1846. 1st Edition. 380 pages. This
volume contains the Millennial Star volumes 7, 8, and 9 complete in 24 issues
each. Bound in original deep purple half leather with paper over board covers.
The leather spine has some wear to the edges. There is a small scratch line
running down about 2/3 of the spine length. The corners are rubbed through at
the bottom exposing the pasteboard underneath. The top corners are slightly
bumped and somewhat rubbed. A tight, sound text block and binding. These are
truly significant historical volumes. The time period that these were published
saw the Mormon pioneers leaving Nauvoo and arriving in the valley of the Great
Salt Lake. The letters, dispatches, and news reports from the various parts of
the Mormon trek make these volumes excellent primary source material. There is
also an excellent amount of historical information on missionary work and the
growth of the church in England at the time. Capably edited by Orson Spencer,
these early Millennial Star volumes are a wonderful documentation of early LDS
Church history. $1250.00
32. Moody, Ralph. STAGECOACH WEST: THE STORY OF FRONTIER EXPRESS LINES THAT LINKED THE NATION TOGETHER.. New York: Promontory Press, 1967. 341 pages. Ex-library, with labels on spine of book and dust jacket, and labels and pocket inside the front cover. There is a library label on the front cover of the dust jacket. Shelf wear to the spine and corners. The binding is tight. $9.00
33. Murphy, Virginia Reed. ACROSS
THE PLAINS IN THE DONNER PARTY.. Palo Alto,
California: Lewis Osborne, 1966. 56 pages. Slight wear and a small bit of
discoloration to the ends of the covers. The dust jacket has some wear and a
couple of small tears to the edges. This edition was limited to 1400 copies.
$10.00
34. Napton, William B. OVER
THE SANTA FE TRAIL 1857.. Santa Fe, New Mexico:
Stagecoach Press, 1964. 73 pages. This is the Wagonmaster edition, limited to 99
copies. Ex-library, with labels on spine and a small label on the top of the
front cover and labels inside the front cover. Light wear to the spine and
corners. Binding is tight. $75.00
35. National Park Service. DRAFT
ELIGIBILITY-FEASIBILITY STUDY & ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT. California &
Pony Express Trails. MO-IA-NE-KS-CO-WY-UT-ID-NV-OR.. Washington,
DC: U. S. Dept. of the Interior, 1987. Some shelf wear. Corners bumped.
Softbound covers. Some Underlining. Scarce. Covers have light soiling. Includes
dozens of fold-out maps. A great reference book on the California and Pony
Express Trails. $60.00
36. Palmer, Rosemary G. CHILDREN'S
VOICES FROM THE TRAIL: NARRATIVES OF THE PLATTE RIVER ROAD.. Spokane,
Washington: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 2002. 336 pages. Fine condition. $24.50
37. Parrish, Philip H. WAGONS
WEST: OLD OREGON TRAIL CENTENNIAL, 1843-1943.. Portland,
Oregon: Old Oregon Trail Centennial Commission, 1943. 31 pages. Color
illustrated softcover binding. Light wear to the covers. A former price is
written in small ink at the top of the right corner of the front cover. $6.95
38. Settle, Raymond W. THE
MARCH OF THE MOUNTED RIFLEMEN. FIRST UNITED STATES MILITARY EXPEDITION TO TRAVEL
THE FULL LENGTH OF THE OREGON TRAIL FROM FORT LEAVENWORTH TO FORT VANCOUVER, MAY
TO OCTOBER, 1849.. Glendale, California: The
Arthur H. Clark Company, 1940. 380 pages. Ex-library, with ink marks on the
bottom of the spine and and labels inside the front cover. Shelf wear to the
spine and corners. Binding is tight. $33.00
39. Wood, Dean Earl. THE OLD SANTA FE TRAIL FROM THE MISSOURI RIVER.. Kansas City: E. L. Mendenhall, 1951. 272 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to spine and corners, else near very good. Faint ex-library marks on the spine and former library bookplate inside front cover. A scarce title. Scarce. $50.00