[Western Americana - Southwest and Mexico] Gregg,
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Gregg, Josiah. COMMERCE OF THE PRAIRIES, OR, THE JOURNAL OF A SANTA FE TRADER DURING EIGHT EXPEDITIONS ACROSS THE GREAT WESTERN PRAIRIES, AND A RESIDENCE OF NEARLY NINE YEARS IN NORTHERN MEXICO. New York: H.G. Langley, 1844. First Editions. 2 Volumes in an early fine binding of gilt tooled 1/2morocco and cloth. Complete in 320, 318 pp., With 2 steel-engraved frontispieces; 4 wood-engraved plates; 2 engraved maps (1 folding); 5 illustrations in the text.  J. Frank Dobie calls this book "one of the classics of bedrock Americana."  The large folding "Map of the Indian Territory Northern Texas and New Mexico showing the Great Western Prairies," was called a "cartographic masterpiece" by Wheat. HOWES G401. WHEAT TRANSMISSISSIPPI 482; Vol. II, pp.186-88. DOBIE, p.76. STREETER SALE 378.Â
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