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INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION IN A PRESENTATION BINDING (NEW MEXICO.) Gregg, Josiah. Commerce of the Prairies: or a Journal of a Santa Fe Trader. Map, 6 plates, text illustrations; lacks the folding map. 2 volumes. 12mo, publisher's morocco gilt, moderate wear, some chips to the backstrips; foxing; early pencil inscriptions on endpapers. New York, 1844
first edition, inscribed and signed by Gregg to his sister-in-law on the front free endpaper: "To M. Eliza Gregg, with the affectionate regards of her brother, Josiah." "Chief contemporary authority on the Santa Fe trade-route and traffic"--Howes G401 ("b"). The recipient was Martha Eliza McClellan Gregg (1818-1876). The volume also bears later ownership inscriptions from her husband John Gregg (1800-1888), their daughter Alla Gregg (1844-1876), and Martha's nephew Gregg W. Pickett (1845-1922), all dated in Texas. Graff 1659; Sabin 28712; Streeter sale I:328; Streeter Texas 1502; Wagner-Camp 108:1.
