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Gregg, Josiah
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description
- Commerce of the Prairies: or the Journal of a Santa Fe Trader, during Eight Expeditions across the Great Western Prairies, and a Residence of nearly Nine Years in Northern Mexico. New York: Henry G. Langley, 1844.
- paper, ink
2 volumes. 12mo (73/8 x 41/2 in.; 187 x 114 mm). Folding map and 6 plates; mild foxing, closed tear to edge of folding map. Original brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind; some fraying to ends, gilt rubbed.
first edition, first issue of "one of the classics of bedrock Americana" (Dobie).
first edition, first issue of "one of the classics of bedrock Americana" (Dobie).
Literature
Graff/Storm 1659; Howes G401; Sabin 28712; Streeter sale 1:378; Streeter Texas 1502; Wagner-Camp-Becker 108:1; Wheat 482