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Lot 251
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2 vols. 2 vols.
Gregg, Josiah. Commerce of the Prairies, or the Journal of a Santa Fe Trader. New York, 1844; New York & London, 1844.
1st ed, 1st issue of vol 1; 2nd issue of vol 2. 12mo, orig uniform gilt-pictorial brown cloth, gilt-lettered & pictorial spine, untrimmed edges; corners bumped, spine ends frayed, head & foot of front joint of vol 2 starting to separate & rub away, minor staining & scuffing to vol 2 covers. With fold map & 6 plates. Light scattered foxing in vol 1, fold map in excellent state of preservation, moderate foxing to vol 2 title & frontis, other scattered light foxing, dampstain tide line at head of vol 2 front matter receding through half of vol, some foxing to blanks in vol 2. With Pettes Memorial Library late 19th-century labels on front pastedowns, long-married set. Custom cloth box.
Howes G-401, chief contemporary authority on the Sante Fe trade route; Wagner-Camp 108:8.