Apr 08, 2014 - Sale 2344

Sale 2344 - Lot 262

Price Realized: $ 125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
(UTAH.) Simpson, James H. Report of Explorations Across the Great Basin of the Territory of Utah. 3 maps, 22 plates. 4to, publisher's cloth, rejointed, with modern marbled boards; separations at folds and tape repairs to some folding maps and plates; a few embossed library stamps. Washington, 1876
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The large folding "Map of Wagon Routes in Utah Territories" shows a variety of routes, from the one taken by Fremont in 1843 to the one pioneered by Simpson in 1859. "This route . . . shortened the distance to California by 250 miles; it was adopted by the overland mail, pony express and telegraph"--Howes S501. Flake 7724; Graff 3791; Sabin 81355; Wheat, Transmississippi West 999 and pages IV:137-9.