[Rarebooks] FS: Wilson's "Short Ravelings from a Long Yarn" on the Santa Fe Trail in 1841

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(AMERICANA) Wilson, Richard L. and Benjamin F. Taylor (ed.). SHORT RAVELINGS FROM A LONG YARN, OR CAMP MARCH SKETCHES OF THE SANTA FE TRAIL. From the Notes of Richard L. Wilson, by Benjamin F. Taylor. A Foreword for This Edition Has Been Written by Mr. Henry R. Wagner... Santa Ana, CA: Privately printed for presentation to members of the Zamorano Club... 1936. (14),168pp. Unopened. Illustrated with 2 facsimile title pages of the original 1847 edition and a facsimile of an autograph letter of bibliographical notes by Henry M. Hugunin. The deluxe edition printed by the Fine Arts Press for the Zamorano Club (approx. 75 copies), with hand-illuminated initials, signed on the title page by Thos. E. Williams. 1/4 black morocco, gilt, over cream buckram. Housed in a black cardboard custom made slipcase. Ownership signature on title page with an old printed dealer's description mounted on verso.	$250.00 (trade discount allowed)
Wagner Camp 142. Howes T46 (under Taylor). "Account of a trading expedition, under Captain Houck in 1841."


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