Journals of Forty-Niners Salt Lake to Los Angeles The Far West and Rockies Historical Series, 1820-1875 Volume II
Glendale, California: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Small 4to. Pp. 333. Frontis. photo portrait of Jefferson Hunt. Introduction by Hafen. Illustrated with reproductions of historical images. Folding map printed black and blue. Index. Fore-edge untrimmed. Bound in dark green cloth with gilt lettering and rules stamped on spine. Brown topstain, fore-edge untrimmed. A bright, fresh copy mostly unopened. Fine. Item #6411 A work of enduring quality and scholarship, this volume mined significant primary source material, particularly diaries, to thoroughly document the early American emigration to the Southwest. Production run of this volume was 1,116 copies. CLARK & BRUNET, 104: II.
Title continues: With Diaries, and Contemporary Records of Sheldon Young, James S. Brown, Jacob Y. Stover, Charles C. Rich, Addison Pratt, Howard Egan, Henry W. Bigler, and Others. Handsomely printed on Corsican paper. According to CLARK & BRUNET, the Hafens had done prior work with the Arthur H. Clark Company, but their relationship was "fully established with the 15-volume Far West and Rockies Series."
Price: $75.00