Platte River Road Narratives by Merrill Mattes - 1988-01-01

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Organized by year. The first one: Discovery of the Oregon Trail, in 1812 from Astoria,Oregon to Chimney Rock, Nebraska, and back. Some light spotting on top page edges.

University of Illinois Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's oversized gilt-titled cloth. Edge faintly dusty else fine. ; 8.5 X 1.6 X 11 inches; 632 pages .

University of Illinois Press, January 1988. Hardcover. Very Good - Cash/No Jacket. Minor rubbing and edge wear to cover, with light reader wear to pages. Still great condition. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Univ of Illinois Press, 1988. Hardcover. Fine/No DJ. Red cloth covers with darker red cloth spine and title plate with gilt lettering. No Dj as issued. 11x9.75 with 632 pp with index.

Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1988. First edition . Hardcover. Fine. 632 pages with 2082 entries of Overland Journals, plus index. Bound in red cloth with maroon cloth spine. Lettering in gilt. A fine, as new copy.

University of Illinois Press, 1988. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. hardback, quarto, 11" x 8 7/101", contrasting two tone red cloth binding lettered gilt, no dust wrapper, a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text, xiv + 632pp.

University of Illinois Press, 1988. Signed by author on title page. Stored in vinyl protective covering, no DJ. Minor cover and edge wear, text pages clean with no markings or writing. Nice copy, satisfaction guaranteed.

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1988. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. Foreword by James A. Michener.

Urbana & Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1988. BRAND NEW in perfect condition (just removed from the publisher's shrinkwrap so we could write this description). NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. 1988. First printing of the First Edition, with complete number row (54321) on the copyright page. A classic that belongs on every bookshelf dealing with overland migration. Foreword by James A. Michener. A huge contribution to Western History scholarship. Described here are 2,082 eyewitness accounts, diaries, and journals. Each entry has an extensive, and often fascinating content evaluation. Illustrated with a double-page map. Full title: "Platte River Road Narratives, A Descriptive Bibliography of Travel Over the Great Central Overland Route to Oregon, California, Utah, Colorado, Montana, and Other Western States and Territories,… Read More

University of Illinois Press. Used - Very Good. 1988. Hardcover. Cloth, no d.j. Some shelf-wear. Else clean copy. Very Good. (Subject: American History).