Lot 110
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JOHNSON, Overton and William H. WINTER. Route across the Rocky Mountains, with a Description of Oregon and California; their Geographical Features, their Resources, Soil, Climate, Production, &c., &c. Lafayette, Ind: John B. Semans, 1846.
JOHNSON, Overton and William H. WINTER. Route across the Rocky Mountains, with a Description of Oregon and California; their Geographical Features, their Resources, Soil, Climate, Production, &c., &c. Lafayette, Ind: John B. Semans, 1846.

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JOHNSON, Overton and William H. WINTER. Route across the Rocky Mountains, with a Description of Oregon and California; their Geographical Features, their Resources, Soil, Climate, Production, &c., &c. Lafayette, Ind: John B. Semans, 1846.

8o (203 x 132 mm). (Some foxing and spotting as usual.) Original drab green boards (rebacked in cloth preserving original spine label [label worn]); quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: L.L. McDonald (presentation inscription from Johnson on front pastedown) -- George McDonald (signature on front cover).

FIRST EDITION OF "ONE OF THE RAREST OF THE NARRATIVES OF EARLY OVERLAND TRAVEL" (Cowan), second issue, with the typesetting errors noted by Graff corrected. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY OVERTON JOHNSON. Johnson and Winter made the 1843 Oregon migration together but parted in Oregon City. Winter travelled on to California. Presentation copies of this already scarce book are highly uncommon, with none appearing in American Book Prices Current for at least three decades. Cowan, p.1933; Graff 2221; Howes J142; Sabin 36260; Streeter 3145; Wagner-Camp 122.