Oregon and California in 1848: With an Appendix, Including Recent and Authentic Information on the Subject of the Gold Mines of California, and Other Valuable Matter of Interest to the Emigrant, etc., Volume II (2) (First Edition) by Thornton, J. Quinn [Jessy]; - 1849

NY: Harper & Brothers. Good with no dust jacket. 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Usual xlib defects. Bound in the original three-quarter leather, the binding is rubbed at the corners , edges, etc. Rear hinge is starting at the top. All plates are present. Volume 2 does not have a map. As-is. ; Ex-Library; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 379 pages .

NY: Harper & Brothers. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Rebound in black cloth. All the usual xlib marks. The map is missing from volume 2. With all of that said, this is an excellent reading set, as the bindings are tight, and the paper has very, very little foxing. ; Ex-Library; 8"; 393+379+4 pages .

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1864. 2 volume set. 393, 379pp. Duodecimos [20 cm] Brown pebbled cloth with the titles gilt stamped on the backstrips. Both volumes better than very good. Gentle rubbing to corners. Clipped newspaper article on front and rear free endsheets of volume 1. Fold-out Colton map 'Map of the United States of America, Showing the Rail Roads' [70 cm x 56 cm] is present and hand-tinted in volume 1. Thornton was one of the real pioneers of Oregon and California, arriving in Oregon in 1846. He has always been considered a good authority and this work is among the best. Volume 1 covers his overland trek from Westport in a party led by Col. W.H. Russell. Volume 2 is the first printed account of the sufferings and horrors of the Donner Party, who left Westport shortly after Thornton's group, and even passed them on the trail. Kurutz 632c Howes T224. Zamorano Eighty: 74. Wheat Gold Rush 208. Wagner/Camp 174:3. Cowan p.230.

New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1849. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). Two volume set, complete with 12 plates and a large folding map. Original hardcover cloth bindings are heavily worn, with chipping, rubbing and shelfwear, and minor tape repairs to the bottom of the spine of the first volume, which also has a damp stain to the lower corner, not affecting the map but affecting the entirety of the text. The bindings are serviceable and intact but are very worn; protected in custom-fitted archival mylar. The folding map contains outlines in original hand-color, with an archival repair to a tear and is slightly creased and misfolded. Vol. I: 393 pages. Vol. II: 379 pages followed by 16 pages of publisher's advertisement. Vol. I with previous owner's name: Mr. Wm Hamilton. Vol. II with a section of the front endpaper neatly removed, and the previous owner's name: George Winslow New York October 7th 1849. The text is affected lightly to moderately by… Read More