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FROM NEW YORK TO PORTLAND, OREGON VIA STRAITS OF MAGELLAN, WITH A HISTORY OF THE VOYAGES, SCENES, PLACES,INCIDENTS AND NOTES OF THE JOURNEY. by McConkey, John D - 1879

by McConkey, John D

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FROM NEW YORK TO PORTLAND, OREGON VIA STRAITS OF MAGELLAN, WITH A HISTORY OF THE VOYAGES, SCENES, PLACES,INCIDENTS AND NOTES OF THE JOURNEY.

by McConkey, John D

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Walla Walla, W. T. : Stateman Book and Job Printing Office, 1879. First edition. 80pp. Original printed wrappers.A very nice copy of a very scarce Pacific Northwest item A descriptive account of his sixty-five day ocean voyage aboard the steamship Oregon. He arrived in Portland, Oregon on April 22, 1879. He states of the river Columbia: "We hear much of the mighty Hudson, but it is an insignificant stream compared with the Columbia. If this river had country seats such as adorn the Hudson, it would be unequalled. Its scenery both in variety and picturesqueness far exceeds anything of the river." National Union Catalogue locates 3 copies. Not in Howes, Graff, Soliday, Eberstadt, Streeter nor Decker.
  • Bookseller Michael Ginsberg Books US (US)
  • Book Condition Used
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  • Edition First edition
  • Publisher Stateman Book and Job Printing Office
  • Place of Publication Walla Walla, W. T.
  • Date Published 1879
  • Keywords OREGON; WESTERN AMERICANA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST

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Early Walla Walla Imprint: From New York to Portland, Oregon Via Straits of Magellan, with a History of the Voyage, Scenes, Places, Incidents and Notes of the Journey

by McCONKEY, John Douglas (Rev. J. D. McConkey)

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Walla Walla, W. T.: Statesman Book and Job Printing Office, 1879. First Edition. Sewn printed wraps. Very Good+. 12mo (book measures 4 1/4" wide X 5 3/8" tall). Total of 80 pp. printed in 8-point font. Original tan printed wrappers, a variant binding that contrasts with the pink or blue copies we've seen or handled. Faint dampstain to the top fore-edge corner of first five leaves, not affecting text. The book was trimmed off-kilter, with the fore-edge showing a slightly serrated surface. In all, an attractive copy. A surprisingly engaging account of a voyage by steamer (the Oregon), as indicated in the title, with little proselytizing by the good reverend. While Portland, OR remains the titular terminus of the voyage, he in fact lands in Walla Walla after heading up the Columbia on a couple other vessels, then by stage and narrow gauge train to Walla Walla.En route to the Columbia, the Oregon stopped in Rio de Janeiro for coal, only to find the city quarantined due to a yellow fever outbreak. Near… Read More
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