Across the Continent

Springfield, Mass: Samuel Bowles & Company, 1865. First edition. Hardcover. g. Sm. 8vo. xx. 452(6)pp. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Head and tail of spine frayed. Corners bumped and worn. Age wearing throughout. Two-inch tear to joints near bottom area of front cover. Faded gilt top edge. Hinges starting. Sporadic water staining not affecting text. "With… Read more about this item

Springfield and New York: Samuel Bowles & Company; Hurd & Houghton, 1866. Hardcover. Good. Early reprint (first published 1865). 452 pp, with colored folding map. Original brown cloth, worn at spine ends. Small bookplate ("Marcy Mills") and bookseller's label on front pastedown, another label partially removed from rear pastedown, part of rear free endpaper lacking. Binding tight, text… Read more about this item

Springfield, MA: Samuel Bowles & Company, 1866. Cloth - Hard Cover. Fair+/No Dust Jacket. 452 pages, plus folding map. Cloth covers show a tear along the joint of the top cover at spine. There is a four inch tear from the bound edge of the map with an older archival tape repair. Volume shows scattered, mostly… Read more about this item

Springfield, Mass. and New York: Samuel Bowles & Company and Hurd & Houghton., 1865. First Edition. Very good in its original brown cloth covered boards with gilt text and decoration on the spine. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 4 3/4 inches with professional repairs made to significantly improve the appearance of the heavy wear to the… Read more about this item

Springfield, Mass.; New York: Samuel Bowles & Company; Hurd & Houghton, 1865. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. 452; 6pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Original brown cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. The hand colored map opposite the title page is heavily foxed, and has a 3" horizontal tear. The cloth at the spine ends is… Read more about this item

Springfield, Massachusetts: Samuel Bowles & Company, Hurd & Houghton, 1866. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover, full brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine, blindstamped ruled borders to boards, brown clay-coated endpapers, large folding map as frontispiece, 7-3/4" tall, 452 pp. + 2 pp. publisher's ads. Map color is nice, a few tape reinforcements, but generally attractive, front hinge probably… Read more about this item

8vo, original cloth, spine lettered in gilt, large folding hand colored frontispiece map by J.H. Goldthwait, [2], xx, [1], 452 plus 6 ad pp. Spine sunned and faded, light wear to ends and corners, mild foxing, 4" tear to map with evidence of tissue repair, bookplate and signature of previous owner; otherwise very good. According to Wagner-Camp "Samuel Bowles and… Read more about this item

Samuel Bowles & Company. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Owner's name on front free endpage. (Western United States, Utah, Mormons, Pacific States, description and travel)

Forgotten Books, 2018-04-19. Paperback. Very Good.

Readex Microprint, 1966. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Hardcover, no DJ. Readex Microprint, 1966. In near fine condition, previous owner's stamp marked out on front and rear endpapers, very light soiling on outside page edges. A facsimilie reprint of the 1865 edition. A summer's journey to the Rocky Mountains, the Mormons, and the Pacfic states with Speaker Colfax..

Readex Microprint, 1966. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Part of the Great Americana Series. Facsimile reprint. 452 pages plus 6 pages of ads. Fold out map of Western Territories and the Route Traveled. Fine.Red leatherette boards with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Fine condition. These facsimiles are the most affordable way to study, own… Read more about this item

Springfield, Mass., 1866. Book. Good +. Hardcover. 452pgs, +ads, minor exterior wear, slight foxing. Rader 431 indicates a map for the 1st ed 1865, but does not mention the 1866 ed. This book does not contain a map..

Springfield, Mass.:: Samuel Bowles & Co.,, 1866.. First published in 1865.. original cloth.. Large (1 x 3") name stamp to title page (across some lettering); spine faded and chipped at head and tail; pencil notes to endsheets.. 12mo,. Large folding map, with a 3-1/2" tear repaired with clear tape on verso.

Samuel Bowles & Company, 1865. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Bound in contemporary red cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. Good binding and cover. Chipping and loss to head and tail of spine. Wear to extremities. Discoloration ring to front board. Clean, unmarked pages with minimal toning. Map in very good condition. Two small tears along fold where Montana… Read more about this item

Springfield, M, 1866. xx,452pp. plus advertisements and partially colored folding map. Original cloth. Wear at head and toe of spine, tear at gutter of map with no loss, some light foxing. Good. The second edition, after two issues of the first edition published the previous year. This edition is not listed or noted in Wagner Camp. Bowles' party left… Read more about this item

Springfield, Mass. / New York: Samuel Bowles & Company / Hurd & Houghton, 1869 xx, 390pp, [4 of Ads], bound in the original black cloth, gilt still bright, hinges tight. This book was stored with a brown paper cover over it, which were pasted onto the inside portion of the covers, leaving a residue and portions of the paper.… Read more about this item

Springfield, MA: Samuel Bowles & Company, 1865. First Edition . Cloth - Hard Cover. Good-/No Jacket. 452 pages, plus 6 pages ads and folding map; Cloth covers are a little rubbed and show a little wear at spine ends and slightly on corners; Name and address penciled on blank front free end page; Folding map with tears, and… Read more about this item

Springfield: Samuel Bowles & Co., 1866. Spine ends a little worn; folding map loose at back (one edge torn in blank margin; several short tears and hold in fold; old scotch-tape repair).. Later Printing. Original Cloth. Good.

Springfield, 1865. 452pp. Lacks the map. Edgeworn, hinges broken, else good. The second issue with the added pages on California and the mines by William Ashburner. Bowles' party left Kansas in May 1865, reached San Francisco in July, and travelled thence to Oregon and Washington by steamer. In August they saw Yosemite, returning to New York the following month.… Read more about this item

Springfield, Mass: Samuel Bowles, 1865. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth with spine stamped in gilt and covers ruled in blind. Includes a fold out map printed in color of all the western territories and the route traveled, laid in at title page. Map is in excellent condition with vibrant colors. Slight bumping and rubbing… Read more about this item