Berkeley: The Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1964. First Edition thus. Decorated Cloth. 55 pages plus 32 page facsimile of Bidwell's Journal (From the only known copy, now in the Bancroft). Folding map showing Route of the Bartleson-Bidwell Party. Introduction by Francis P. Farquhar. Designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy... More about A JOURNEY TO CALIFORNIA, 1841.; The Journal of John Bidwell. The First Emigrant Party to...

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1933. Second edition. Cloth-backed boards. 100 (7) pages. Illustrated from colored drawings by Arvilla Parker. Introduction and notes by Charles L. Camp. Edited by Douglas S. Watson. Octavo. One of 500 copies. #7 of the Rare America Series printed and published by The Grabhorn Press... More about Narrative of Nicholas "Cheyenne" Dawson (Overland to California in '41 & '49, And...

Dallas: Southern Methodist University (DeGolyer Library), 1993. First Edition. Cloth. Unpaginated (but 24 pages.) Edition limited to 1650 un-numbered copies. Tan cloth with gilt front cover titling. 6 1/2" x 11". Printed by W. Thomas Taylor of Austin. Introduction consisting of historical sketch of The Santa Fe Trail by Jane... More about ACROSS THE PLAINS TO SANTA FE. EXHIBITION CATALOG

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1938. First Edition. 290 pages. Frontis portrait of General Connor. Limited to 1000 un-numbered copies. First Edition. Illustrated from old plates. Two folding maps. Notes, Appendices, Bibliography and Index. Cloth-backed boards patterned with stars in blue. Paper spine label. Descriptive letter to prior owner from... More about Grabhorn Press) SOLDIERS OF THE OVERLAND; Being Some Account of the Services of General Patrick...

Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1914. First Edition. (xv) 669 pages. First Edition ("Published June, 1914"). Illustrated from "...more than one hundred half-tones, mostly from old and rare sources", including frontispiece from photograph of Colonel Carson. 5 3/4" x 8 1/4". Original cloth. Appendix. Notes. Index. Per Zamorano 80... More about KIT CARSON DAYS (1809 - 1868

Haverford, PA: Headframe Publishing Company, 1978. First Thus. Leather-backed Marbled Boards. 81 pages. Illustrated. Limited edition of 250 copies, of which this is #68. Folding vintage map of California and the Routes to it. Leather-backed marbled paper covered boards. Prologue and Epilogue by Franz R. Dykstra. Designed and printed by... More about THE EMIGRANT'S GUIDE TO THE GOLD MINES