Nov 17, 2016 - Sale 2432

Sale 2432 - Lot 79

Price Realized: $ 875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(CALIFORNIA.) McKinstry, George, Jr. Thrilling and Tragic Journal . . . while on a Journey Overland to California. Letterpress broadside, 17 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, on two conjoined sheets, with colophon on verso signed by the publisher; minor wear on left edge; one of an edition of 65. Folded in a modern 8vo cloth tray case. West Hoboken, NJ: Albert A. Bieber, circa 1917
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First separate printing of this Donner Party survivor's diary, which first appeared in newspapers in 1847. Authorship is elsewhere credited to Patrick Breen. This is apparently the copy listed by John Howell in his 1979 catalogue. Cowan 1933, page 408; none known at auction.