Manly Death Valley in 49

Ruffo, Vinnie: Trapped in Death Valley, Pacific Press Publishing Association 1972
Very Good- Steel, John

Illustrated with B&W pen & ink drawings. Pages clean, unmarked, binding tight and square, a little soiling to page edges. Covers clean, colors bright, spine and extremities with a little general wear, small scuffs at top right hand corner, slight buckling at bottom of book. Based on William Lewis Manly's book Death Valley in '49. A story about a family's travel in a wagon train to California. They find themselves in Utah, with short tempers, scarcity of food, winter about to set in and several months' short of their goal. Trade Paperback 8vo

[SW: Children's & Young Adults, Biography & Autobiography, HistoricalVintage Books Travel & Geography History]

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Manly, William Lewis, DEATH VALLEY IN '49. San Jose, Ca: The Pacific Tree and Vine Co., 1894.
Graff 2670. Paher , Nevada: An Annotated Bibliography, 1226. Howes, USiana, M-255. Wheat(Gold Rush) 136. Zamorano 80, 51. Cowan p. 412.Bradford 3190. Rocq 2321. Mintz, The Trail, 325. Edwards Enduring Desert p. 163. Edwards wrote, "No other book that has ever been written about Death Valley can even remotely approach the Manly in historic importance. It is unlikely that one ever will...The student of Death Valley literature, even its casual reader, will do well to fraternize with his Manly before proceeding to any other item on Death Valley." Howes, "Classic account, by a survivor, of dire sufferings endured by an emigrant party on a short-cut from Salt Lake City to California through the valley called ever after by this fearful name.

498 pages. Portrait and three unlisted plates from drawings. 8 x 5 3/4. Original mustard cloth, with title and decorative bands in black on front cover and in blind on back cover, title in gilt on spine. Some rubbing to extremities and lower corners bumped. Front hinge split 1/2 way up, Former owners' signatures on front, blank end paper. Moderate ading of the spine gilt, else Very Good.; First edition.

[SW: (WEST/ CALIFORNIA/ DESERTS/ DEATH VALLEY)]

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Manley, William Lewis: Death Valley in '49 - Important Chapter of California Pioneer History, San Jose, CA The Pacific Tree and Vine Co. 1894
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498 pp, mustard yel w/black lettering on front cover, gilt lettering on the spine, & blind stamped on the rear cover, frontispiece and three text illustrations, black and white patterned endpapers. Wheat #136 "A memorable volume of impressive reminiscences. Manly tells of his early life in the midlands, of the trip across the Plains (including a raft voyage down the Green River), of the first white parties in Death Valley, and of experiences in the California diggings. Graff # 2670. Howes M255 "Classic account, by a survivor, of dire sufferings endured by an emigrant part on a short-cut from Salt Lake City to California through the valley called ever after by this fearful name." Mattes # 550 "Left career as hunter and trapper to go for California gold." slight wear to corners First Edition No Jacket Hard Cover Sm8vo 7-1/2" to 8" Tall

[SW: California Pioneers Death Valley Autobiography Gold Old West Biography Non-Fiction Americana History West]

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Manly, William Lewis, b. 1820: Death valley in '49. Important chapter of California pioneer history. The autobiography of a pioneer, detailing his life from a humble home in the Green mountains to the gold mines of California; and particularly reciting the sufferings of the band of men, women and children who gave "Death valley" its name, Pranava Books 2008

500 pages New. 2008. Reprinted from 1894 edition. PRANAVA BOOKS edition. This is a quality reprint of an old book of historical value. This is an exact/strict reproduction, no changes has been made in respect to the original text. A lot of effort has been made to check and improve each page/scan manually for its quality of text and illustrations (if any, are in b/w). This is not a retyped or an ocr'd book. The title of the book, on the cover, is in gold lettering. New

[SW: Overland journeys to the Pacific, California -- Gold discoveries, Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)]

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