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Minton, Balch & Co, 1934. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Minton, Balch & Co, 1934. hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. Autograped with short inscription, Hoffman Birney 1934. Highlighting or writing on some pages. Ex-library book with typical stickers and stampings. Priority Mail is available on this item. No international shipping.

New York: Minton, Balch & Company. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1934. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 275 pages; Light wear to the jacket. .

NY. NY: Minton, Balch & Company. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Jacket spine is sunned with slight edgewear. All four corners are slightly clipped, price of $2.50 is intact, now protected by clear mylar sleeve. Top page ends of book are darkened, no other defects. Pages are crisp, tight, book appears unread. A few very faint stains to gray cover. . Fictionalized story of the infamous Donner party and their trials on the Overland Trail, which involved, among other horrific events, cannibalism. A beautiful copy, jacket protected by polyester film cover. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 275 pages. S5 .

New York.: Minton, Balch & Co., 1934.. Stated first edition. . Decorated hard cover. . Fine copy in edge chipped, lightly faded dust jacket (in mylar).. Octavo.. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.

Paperback / softback. New.

New York: Minton, Balch & Co., 1934. Second Impression. 275 pp. Yellow endpapers with maps. Top corner of ffep clipped. Beige cloth with green titles. Top corners lightly bumped. Beige and black DJ with green illustration. Small chips, light wear along the edges. VG+/VG. First Edition.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York: Minton, Balch & Co, 1934. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus / Good Plus. Small octavo, 7.75 in. x 5.25 in., pp. viii, 275. Signed and dated (1934) by the author on the half title page. Green-gray boards with dark green title to front and spine. Rubbing to extremities, Grubbiness to boards and spine. Endpaper maps. Light age-toning to pages. Unmarked interior. Chips to top front corner, and to top/bottom of dustjacket spine. Edgewear to dustjacket. A Story of American men and women - the Donner Party of 1846 - who found, on the Overland Trail, despair, heroism, cannibalism and (some of them) success. A novel of fact." (from the dustjacket) "The narrative from the lips of a survivor, Mr. Eddy, late of Illinois, who lost wife and children by a horrible fate, and who participated in the rescue of his late companions of the migration." (from the title page).

New York:: Minton, Balch & Co.,, 1934.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (price-clipped) - uncommon in this condition.. First printing. A fictionalized account of one of the most tragic episodes of the Overland Trail: "The story of the adventures of the emigrating company Known as the Donner Party, which, in the year 1846, vrossed the plains from Independence, Missouri, to California. With an account of their sufferings upon the desert of the Great Salt Lake and their final tragic fate when many suffered death on the headwaters of the Truckee River in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The narrative from the lips of a survivor, Mr. Eddy, late of Illinois, who lost wife and children by a horrible fate, and who participated in the rescue of his late companions of the migration." Includes the four page "Roll of the Donner Party." Author's note. vii, 275 pp. Map endpapers.

New York: Minton, Balch & Co, 1934. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. About fine in pictorial dust jacket is a little tanned on spine, with a few short tears and nicks. A novel described as a "Narrative from the lips of a survivor, Mr. Eddy, late of Illinois, who lost his wife and children by a horrible fate, and who participated in the rescue of his late companions of the migration.

First edition (so stated). Octavo. Dust jacket (unclipped; few nicks). Endpaper map. Very good (top edge stained light green). 275 pages. Scarce in dust jacket.
Signature of E. J. Van Name, November, 1934 on fly leaf.
Printed by The Van Rees Press.
Includes four page "Roll of the Donner Party."