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vi, [2], [xi]-xvi, 251 pp. Edited (with notes) by Richard F. Burton. Wood-engraved frontispiece; cuts in the text; folding map. 7x4¾, later full polished royal blue calf ruled in it, spine lettered in gilt with thistles stamped in the compartments, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. First Burton Edition.

"After half a lifetime spent on the western plains and in the Rocky Mountains, Captain Marcy was well qualified to advise the prospective emigrant, and he ably summarized his experiences in this book. By 1859, the routes of overland travel had been well established, and Marcy set out twenty-eight of them, including one to the Pike's Peak gold region which had recently been discovered. The book was then brought up to date in 1863 with a new edition, published in London by Trubner, and edited by Richard Burton, who had just returned from a visit to Salt Lake City" - Wagner-Camp 335:4; Cowan p.414; Graff 2677; Howes M279; Penzer p.69-70; Sabin 44515.