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Western Exploration List
Last updated January 2, 2010
1. Alter, J. Cecil-editor. UTAH
HISTORICAL QUARTERLY. Complete volume 19. 1951. Salt
Lake City, Utah State Hist. Society: 1951. Maroon buckram hardback covers. Some
wear, else near VG. This volume was later published as the book "West
From Fort Bridger", and was written by J. Roderic Korns. $60.00
2. Barrett, Glen. MACKINAWS
DOWN THE MISSOURI: JOHN C. ANDERSON'S JOURNAL OF A TRIP FROM SAINT LOUIS MO. TO
VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA & RETURN, 1866. Logan,
Utah, Western Text Society: 1973. . Some shelf wear. $5.50
3. Carter, Carrol J. PIKE
IN COLORADO. Fort Collins, Colorado, Old Army
Press: 1978. 83 pages. Hardback edition, limited to 500 copies. Ex-library,
with labels on the front cover and the front of the dust jacket. Shelf wear to
spine edges. Jacket has light wear only. The front hinge has pulled away from
the binding, but binding is tight and contents are complete. Scarce limited
edition. $15.00
4. Chavez, A.-translator (Escalante). Dominguez-Escalante
Journal of Their Expedition Through Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico in
1776 Provo, Utah, Brigham Young University: 1976.
. 240 pages. As new condition. Still in the original publisher's shrink wrap.
$19.95
5. Egan, Ferol. INCIDENTS
OF TRAVEL IN NEW MEXICO. Ashland, Oregon, Lewis
Osborne: 1969. . Some shelf wear. $6.50
6. Feiler, Seymour-editor. JEAN-BERNARD
BOSSU'S TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF NORTH AMERICA, 1751-1762. Norman,
Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma: 1962. . Shelf wear to spine edges and corners.
Dust jacket has small tears and chips to the edges. $30.00
7. McDermott, John Francis. AUDUBON
IN THE WEST. Norman, Oklahoma, University of
Oklahoma: 1965. . Slight Shelf wear, else VG in edge-worn dust jacket. $5.25
8. Nuttall, Thomas. A
JOURNAL OF TRAVELS INTO THE ARKANSAS TERRITORY DURING THE YEAR 1819. Norman,
Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma: 1980. . Slight shelf wear, else VG in slightly
worn dust jacket. $45.00
9. Powers, Kate Ball. JOHN
BALL: MEMBER OF THE WYETH EXPEDITION TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, 1832, AND PIONEER
IN THE OLD NORTHWEST. Glendale, California, Arthur
H. Clark: 1925. . Ex-library, with internal stamps and ink marks on spine. Shelf
wear to spine and corners. Binding tight. A solid copy. $33.00
10. Priestley, Herbert Ingram (John
Bidwell). A JOURNEY TO CALIFORNIA: WITH
OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE COUNTRY, CLIMATE AND THE ROUTE TO THIS COUNTRY BY JOHN
BIDWELL... A Day-by-Day Record of the Journey from May 18, 1841, to Nov. 6,
1841. San Francisco, John Henry Nash: 1937. . 48
pages. A beautiful fine press printing. In excellent condition, both book and
dust jacket. $70.00
11. Ray, Verne F. LEWIS
AND CLARK AND THE NEZ PERCE INDIANS. Washington,
D.C., Potomac Corral: 1971. . 26 pages. Softbound covers. Slight shelf wear. A
publication of the Potomac Corral of Westerners. $15.00
12. Robinson, Jacob S. A
JOURNAL OF THE SANTA FE EXPEDITION UNDER COLONEL DONIPHAN. Princeton,
Princeton University Press: 1932. Some shelf wear. Front board slightly warped. Front
cover is bowed upward a bit. $25.00
13. Robinson, Sandra Chisholm. EXPEDITION
YELLOWSTONE: A MOUNTAIN ADVENTURE. Boulder,
Roberts Rinehart: 1986. 173 pages. Slight shelf wear to book and d.j. Jacket has
slight chipping to the edges. $17.50
14. Rollins, Phillip Ashton-Editor. THE
DISCOVERY OF THE OREGON TRAIL: ROBERT STUART'S NARRATIVES OF HIS OVERLAND TRIP
EASTWARD FROM ASTORIA 1812-13. From the Original Manuscripts in the Collection
of William Robertson Coe, Esq. New York, Edward
Eberstadt & Sons: 1935. 391 pages. Red cloth covers show some shelf wear to
the edges of the binding. There is a small water stain to the upper right corner
of the front cover, no other staining. $100.00
15. Schiel, Jacob H. JOURNEY
THROUGH THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND THE HUMBOLDT MOUNTAINS TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. Norman,
Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma: 1959. . Shelf wear, else VG in d.j. with
slight chipping to edges. Not ex-library. $5.75
16. Thomas H. Ford. REPORTS OF EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS, TO ASCERTAIN THE MOST PRACTICABLE AND ECONOMICAL ROUTE FOR A RAILROAD FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. Washington, D.C., Thomas H. Ford: 1860. . This is volume 12 Book 1 in the series. Original black cloth binding. Some tears and pulling away of the cloth on the spine. Shelf wear to spine and edges. Corners are bumped and rubbed. A few small chips to the cloth on the spine. I collated this book and there are 70 plates and 3 folding maps. $350.00
17. Wagner, Henry R. THE
SPANISH SOUTHWEST, 1542-1794: Two volume set. New
York, Arno Press: 1967. 269 pages. Two volume set. Arno Press 1967 reprint of
the Quivera Society original edition. Near new condition. $60.00
18. Welsh, Stanley L. JOHN
CHARLES FREMONT, BOTANICAL EXPLORER. Missouri
Botanical Press: 1998. $32.95
19. Willingham, William F. ENLIGHTENMENT
SCIENCE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION: ONE DAY
SYMPOSIUM GIVEN ON FEBRUARY 18, 1984. Portland,
Oregon, Lewis & Clark College: 1984. . Slight wear. Softbound covers. Softbound
covers. $7.50