[Rarebooks] FS: Overland Expedition to California, one of 250 copies

[Bob Petrilla]

 Miles, William. JOURNAL OF THE SUFFERINGS AND HARDSHIPS OF CAPT. PARKER H.
FRENCH'S OVERLAND EXPEDITION TO CALIFORNIA, which left New York City, May
13th, 1850, by way of New Orleans, Lavacca and San Antonia, Texas, El Paso,
on the Rio Grande, the River Gila to San Diego on the Pacific, and landed
at San Francisco, December 14. By Wm. Miles, of Carlisle, Pa. Copyright
Secured. Chambersburg, PA., 1851. NY: Cadmus Book Shop, 1916. Limited
Edition. Limited to 250 copies. 26pp. Sewn, decorative wrappers; small chip
from top of cover and first leaf.  9" x 5.75" Very Good.
[This 1916 reprint is a Howes, U.S.iana "aa" title, while the 1851 edition
is one of only seven known and a Howes "e" title.]      $50.00


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