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MARCY, Randolph B. (1812-1887). The Prairie Traveler. A Hand-Book for Overland Expeditions. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1859.
8o (165 x 106 mm). Wood-engraved frontispiece and 29 text illustrations (some full-page), folding map of the routes described by Marcy. Contemporary blue hard-grained morocco gilt, edges gilt (some rubbing along edges and joints).
FIRST EDITION. The Prairie Traveler was published by authority of the War Department and provides twenty-eight routes of travel across the Plains and through the Rockies. Graff 2676; Howes M-279; Sabin 44514; Streeter sale IV:2123; Wagner-Camp-Becker 335:1.
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FIRST EDITION. The Prairie Traveler was published by authority of the War Department and provides twenty-eight routes of travel across the Plains and through the Rockies. Graff 2676; Howes M-279; Sabin 44514; Streeter sale IV:2123; Wagner-Camp-Becker 335:1.