first edition Hardcover
1931 · Glendale, California
by MULTIPLE AUTHORS
Glendale, California: Arthur H. Clark, 1931. TWELVE VOLUMES UNIFORMLY BOUND. Spines lettered in gilt. Top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Some page are unopened. Spines are sunned on all but four volumes, slightly different hues of the red cloth due to differences in years published. We are offering the books as a set, including the elusive Volume 12, the Index volume. Ralph P. Bieber edited the first eight volumes, LeRoy R. Hafen the final four. We are listing the books in order: "Adventures in the Santa Fe Trade, 1844-1847" by James J. Webb, 1931: "Frontier Life in the Army" by Eugene4 Bandel, 1932; "Journal of a Soldier Under Kearny and Doniphan, 1846-1847" by George R. Gibson, 1935; "Marching With the Army of the West, 1846-1848" by Abraham R. Johnson et al, 1936; "Southern Trails to California in 1849" , 1937; "Wah-To-Yah and the Taos Trail " by Lewis H. Garrard, 1938; "Exploring Southwestern Trails, 1846-1854" by Philip St. George Cooke et al, 1938; "Historic Sketches of the Cattle Trade of the West and Southwest" by Joseph G. McCoy, 1940; "Pike's Peak Gold Rush Guidebooks of 1859", by Luke Tierney et al, 1941; :Colorado Gold Rush Contemporary Letters and Reports 1858-1859" by LeRoy R. Hafen, 1941; "Overland Routes to the Gold Fields, 1859 from Contemporary Diaries", 1942; "Index Volume to the Southwest Historical Seiies", 1943. All the volumes except Index have frontispieces with tissue-guard. All are illustrated throughout with photos, maps, drawings. Three have evidence of old water-stain bottom edge, all minor. One front cover has old water ring near bottom. All in all, a very nice complete set. Postage will be extra on this item as you probably expect. Individual titles are cited in Howes, Rader, Rittenhouse, Wagner-Camp. Please see photos.. First Editions. Various Shades, Red Wine Cloth. Light Cover and Corner Wear/No Dust Jackets. Demy Octavo. (Inventory #: 015799)