KC: Franklin Hudson, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. 12mo gilt-stamped green cloth. 125pp. Personal overland account to California in 1852 from Monroe, Mich., to Hangtown, Cal.. Ex-lib, but good reading & reference copy. "Cole took only three months to cross the continent. His recollections are refreshing for their vividness.....
College Station: Texas A & M Univ Pr, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 225pp. Illus. Maps. Notes on sources. Index. Fine in pc dj.
Portland: Oregon Historical Society, 1978. 2nd Edition. Soft cover. 2nd edition. 4to pictorial wraps. 77pp. Many maps & very descriptive b/w photos. A truly excellent resource for Oregon coastal history as it relates to its old trails. Fine, as new.
Tudor, NY, 1934, 1934. Reprint. Hardcover. Reprint, second printing thus. Gilt-stamped & pictorial gilt cloth. 283pp. Index. Bibliography. "Best book of the century on the subject." (Dobie). Water-stain on back cover, else bright & tight. Reading copy priced accordingly. No dj. Dobie pp.75-78, Rader 1231, SFT 177.
Chicago: Rand McNally, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Pictorial, hard leather-like hardbound. 208pp. Illus. Bibliography. Index. "Here are the wagons, the trails, and the drivers -- Western Americana at its most exciting..." Fine in dj. Front flap has small red ink owner's signature.
Fairfield: Ye Galleon, 1966. Limited/Numbered. Soft cover. 1st printing thus of ltd reprint edition. Ltd to 732 copies. Printed wraps. 16pp. Originally published as HR Doc in 1861. Report on an "entire (emigrant) train of forty-six persons" killed near Salmon Falls in 1860. Fine. WCB 273.
NY: Farrrar, Straus & Giroux, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 116pp. Portrait. Index. Fine in dj.
NY: Bobbs Merrill, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped cloth. 392pp. Illus. Index. Endpaper maps. Signed by Kincaid on a blank preliminary page (signature only). This is a volume in the American Trails Series edited by Jay Monaghan. The Wilderness Road ran from Watkins Ferry, WV, down into the.....
Eugene: Spencer Butte Pr, 1995. 2nd Edition. Soft cover. 6th printing of 2nd edition. Pictorial wraps. 220pp. Illus. Bibliography. List of Illustrations. Genealogies. Cover corners curling. Good.
Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1987, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth. 201pp. Illust. Index. Appendices ("Red Herrings", "Alphabetical Listing by Year of Travel"). Map of the Overland Trail. A well-respected reference. Fine in dj.
Bend: Maverick, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped blue cloth. 200pp. Illus. Maps. Bibliography. Index. About 17 chapters on many obscure & forgotten pioneer roads of central Oregon: The Dalles, Maupin, Canyon City, McKenzie Pass, Prineville, Shaniko, Antelope, Steens, Lakeview, Deschutes, Tygh Valley, Warm Springs, Yreka Trail, Central Military.....
Portland: Oregon Council for the Humanities, 1992. First Thus. Soft cover. 1st printing this issue. Pictorial 4to magazine-size wraps. 56pp. Illus. "Special Oregon Trail Issue." A fine publication. Fine condition.
Oregon: Cooperative Library Services, 1993. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. Pictorial wraps. (8pp.) A short list/bibliography of key Oregon Trail books as identified by the "Reference Librarians of the Public Libraries in..." Washington County, Oregon. Fine.
n.p. Cooperative Library Services, 1993. First Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial wraps. (8pp.). Obviously uncomprehensive, but interesting as librarians' take on what is important. Fine, like new.
San Francisco: John Howell, 1963. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Unstated limited edition. Pictorial cloth. 59pp. Appendices. Folding Map. Facsimile of original cover of the guide. Intro by Dale Morgan. Highly regarded, with less than a handful of the original copies known to exist. Fine. No dj (issued in.....
West Palm Beach: Privately Printed, 1963. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Revised & Enlarged Edition. Gilt-stamped cloth. 147pp. Endpaper artwork. Illustrated with photos. Seven folding maps. Bibliography. An excellent resource. Fine. No dj as issued. Maps are in plastic pouch. SFT 483.
Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1971, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth. 271pp. Index. Illust. Introduction by Rittenhouse, "Trail of Commerce and Conquest." Also, "Index to Congressional Documents." Signed by Rittenhouse. A key bibliography of the West. Fine in pc dj with some short edge tears. Signed 1st editions are now.....
Frank T. Riley, Kansas City, 1913, 1913. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st wrappers edition. Small 8vo pict wraps. 176pp. Illust. "First hand account of staging on the SFT" Fine, likely unread copy. SFT 500. Graff 3628.
Superio, Seattle, (1951), 1951. First Thus. Hardcover. 3rd edition, revised, but first printing thus. 4to decor cloth. 264pp. Profusely illustrated with photos. Much on Lewis & Clark, Oregon Trail, Indian Wars, etc. Upper front cover bumped, else fine in edgeworn dj. 6-guns 1932.
Union OR: Bear Wallow, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. "Limited First Printing." 4to oblong hardbound with color painting on front cover. 212pp. Beautifully illustrated. Endpaper maps of the Oregon Trail. Signed by Steber & also by photographer Jerry Gildemeister & artist Don Gray. A wonderfully designed & produced book on the.....
Missoula: Morton John Elrod, Press of the Missoulian Publishing Co, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped maroon cloth. 304pp. Illus. Owner's name & address on ffep. "The stories which make up this little book were written originally for The Missoulian and for a year constituted a feature of the.....