Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1974 University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK. 1974. Hardcover. Stated Third Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for former owner name on FFFP. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Near Fine; bumping of jacket at head and tail. Tan cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering over green box on spine. 469 pp 8vo. Volume 17 in The American Exploration and Travel Series. Josiah Gregg made his first trip on the Santa Fe trail in 1831 and over the next ten years took copious notes on the life and landscape of the American prairies and Mexican plateau. This new addition is not only an authoritative account of early Santa Fe trade, but is enjoyed by those wanting to know what the West was like before it was domesticated. A clean very presentable copy.

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Bookseller: Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 004257
Title: Commerce of the Prairies
Author: Josiah Gregg, Max L. Moorhead (editor)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Place of Publication: Norman, OK
Date Published: 1974
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Keywords: Josiah Gregg, Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe trader, diarist, Western Americana, buffalo hunts, buffalo herds, Indian camps, Plains Indians, Wagon Trains, wagon caravans,
Bookseller catalogs: New Mexico Related; Biographies;

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Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.

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