[Rarebooks] FS: One of the finest books of the Grabhorn Press. "The Santa Fe Trail to California..."

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(GRABHORN PRESS) Powell, H. M. T. THE SANTA FE TRAIL TO CALIFORNIA, 
1849-1852. The Journal and Drawings of H.M.T. Powell. Edited by Douglas S. Watson. 
San Francisco: The Book Club of Califonia. (1931). Folio. (16),272pp. Title 
printed in red and black. With a folding frontis., 2 folding   maps outlined 
in orange, and 22 drawings (15 full-page). Edition ltd. to 300 copies 
finely printed by the Grabhorn Press. Blind stamped tan morocco backstrip over 
tan cloth. Bookplates on front pastedown.   A much better than usual copy, as 
the spine is easily rubbed.     $1,750.00 (trade discount allowed)
One of the finest books of the Grabhorn Press. The first printing of a 
classic overland narrative; Powell's journal covers 3 years of travel from 
Greenville, Illinois, to St. Louis, to San Diego, then up the coast of California 
to San Jose, and back to Greenville via the Isthmus. GRABHORN PRESS 
BIBLIOGRAPHY #158; Howes P522; THE HUNDREDTH BOOK 41; Rader 2716.

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