COVERED WAGON WOMEN. DIARIES & LETTERS FROM THE WESTERN TRAILS 1840-1890, VOLUMES I THROUGH XI
Glendale, CA/Spokane, WA; 1984 - 1993: Arthur H. Clark Company. First edition. Hardcovers. Fine / Fine. Item #39200
ISBN: 0870621459
A collection of contemporary diaries and letters written by women describing the day by day events of the overland journey to California, Oregon, and Utah - and an occasional odyssey back the other way. Volumes II-IV pertain to the Gold Rush. Kurutz 340. Mintz: The Trail, 233, 234, 235, 236. Some volumes illustrated. The final volume includes large folded map, bibliography and index. Uniformly bound in blue cloth with lettering in gilt. The first two volumes are in the original plain brown paper dust jackets, all other volumes in the original plain white paper dust jackets. A fine attractive set in fine plain dust jackets, four of which have lightly toned spine panels.
Price: $650.00