Route Across the Rocky Mountains by Johnson, Overton and William H. Winter. Preface and notes by Carl L. Cannon - 1932

n.p.:: Readex Microprint,. Near Fine. 1966. Hardcover. A facsimile reprint of the 1846 edition. Near fine in a brown leatherette binding. No dust jacket. .

hardcover. 8vo, cloth; (previous owner's rubberstamp on front flyleaf, otherwise very good). N.p: Readex Microprint, (1966). Facsimile of the Lafayette, Indiana, 1846 edition.<br/><br/>

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1932. 199pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Burgundy cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Better than very good. Lacks the dust jacket. Volume in the 'Narratives of the Trans-Mississippi Frontier.' "In 1843 two Indiana young men could stand the Western fever no longer, and so left home with a small party, not, following the usual procedure, to select a farm two of three hundred miles away, but with the intention of pushing clear through to the Pacific Coast. California was still a Mexican province, Oregon was in dispute, with English subjects in possession; but these facts counted little at all with our Indiana explorers. Westward the tide of empire took its way! they were gone more than a year, and in that time saw strange lands, Indian tribes, the towering Rockies, vast herds of buffalo, droves of wild horses, fur traders, Mexicans dancing fandangos - and visions of an American commonwealth on the western shores of the continent." from the Preface.

Princeton, New Jersey:: Princeton University Press, 1932.. Reprint Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: burgundy cloth with gilt text and vignette; Very Good+ condition; no dust jacket.. 8vo (about 8.75 inches tall) . Appendix, index. Description: Includes one black and white plate (a facsimile of the title page of the original 1846 edition). Preface and notes by Carl L Cannon. Lannon W Mintz states, ''One of the best of the early overland narratives and one of the two contemporaneously printed accounts of the 1843 migration to Oregon. Only a few copies of the first edition are known to exist.'' (The Trail, number 259.)

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1932. Reprint edition, 8vo, pp. xix, [1], 199; facsimile frontispiece and copyright page of original 1846 edition and 2 other plates; a very good copy in somewhat tattered dustjacket with 2" x 1" loss in center of spine panel and a couple 1/2" chips out along top of front panel. Part of the publisher's series, Narratives of the Trans-Mississippi Frontier.

Lafayette, In: John B. Semans, printer, 1846. Octavo. 152pp. Original green drab boards with cloth spine. Cloth worn, hinges cracked but solid. Corners worn. Bookplate on front pastedown, contemporary ink inscription on front flyleaf. Some light foxing. In a red half morocco and cloth slipcase and chemise, spine gilt. A very rare key overland guide. One of the earliest and rarest of overland guide books to the Oregon Trail, chronologically the second such guide, preceded only by the Hastings guide of 1845. The authors went overland to Oregon in 1843. Winter went to California the following year, then returned to Indiana, where he arranged to publish this guidebook in time for the 1846 emigrant season. The guide provides a detailed account of the 1843 trip, a long description of Oregon, Winter's route to California, the Bear Flag movement, gold at Santa Barbara, and of northern California. The return route from California is also described, and there is a table of distances in the rear. Winter… Read More

1846. JOHNSON, OVERTON, and William H. WINTER. Route Across the Rocky Mountains, With A Description of Oregon and California; Their Geographical Features, Their Resources, Soil, Climate, Productions.... Lafayette, In.: John B. Semans, Printer, 1846. 152pp. Original half cloth and plain paper boards, evidence of a paper spine label. Boards edgeworn and rubbed. Scattered foxing. Overall, very good, in original condition. In a cloth chemise and half morocco and cloth slipcase, spine gilt. GRAFF 2221. HOWES J142, "d." SABIN 36260. STREETER SALE 3145. WAGNER-CAMP 122. COWAN, p.315. One of the earliest and rarest of overland guide books to the Oregon Trail, chronologically the second such guide, preceded only by the Hastings guide of 1845. The authors went overland to Oregon in 1843. Winter went to California the following year, then returned to Indiana, where he arranged to publish this guidebook in time for the 1846 emigrant season. The guide provides a detailed account of the 1843 trip, a long… Read More