Life on the Plains and among the Diggings; Being the Scenes and Adventures of an Overland Journey to California: with particular Incidents of the Route, Mistakes and Sufferings of the Emigrants, the Indian Tribes, the Present and the Future of the Great West

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Sale 420: Americana - Cartography - Gene Gammel Collection of Cowboy Toys & Memorabilia, Part I (#420) 01/21/2010 11:00 AM PST Closed
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Lot #97Life on the Plains and among the Diggings; Being the Scenes and Adventures of an Overland Journey to California: with particular Incidents of the Route, Mistakes and Sufferings of the Emigrants, the Indian Tribes, the Present and the Future of the Great West

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Sale 420: Americana - Cartography - Gene Gammel Collection of Cowboy Toys & Memorabilia, Part I (#420) 01/21/2010 11:00 AM PST Closed
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Title:

Life on the Plains and among the Diggings; Being the Scenes and Adventures of an Overland Journey to California: with particular Incidents of the Route, Mistakes and Sufferings of the Emigrants, the Indian Tribes, the Present and the Future of the Great West

Author:

Delano, A[lonzo]

Place Published:

Auburn & Buffalo

Publisher:

Miller, Orton & Mulligan

Date Published:

1854

Description:

384 pp. Illustrated with 4 wood-engraved plates, including frontispiece. 7½x5,modern tan half calf and marbled boards. Second Thousand.

"Alonzo Delano... crossed the Missouri River at Saint Joseph in mid-April of 1849 and entered California by way of Lassen's Cutoff, arriving on the Feather River on September 9. He became a well-known and prosperous banker in Grass Valley, where he finally made his home..." - Wagner-Camp. Cowan p.163; Graff 1042; Howes D230; Kurutz 177a; Rocq 6041; Sabin 19348; Wagner-Camp 238:1; Wheat Books 57. Same imprint and collation as first issue.

Condition:

Some foxing; early ownership marks on rear flyleaf; very good.

Item#:

206989

Headline:

Life on the Plains and among the Diggings
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