74. CONKLING, Roscoe P. and Margaret B. Conkling.
The Butterfield Overland Mail, 1857-1869. Glendale:
Arthur H. Clark Company, 1947. Text: 412 + 446 pp., maps,
illustrations, portraits. Atlas: 8 [2] pp., 76
plates, 3 large folding maps. 3 vols., 8vo, original red
cloth, t.e.g. Signed on the front endpaper by both authors.
Very fine set.
First
edition. Clark & Brunet 50: "With its detailed
information on routes, the various stations, and the
personnel, it is constantly in demand, and the book’s
value has appreciated dramatically over the years." Dobie,
p. 78. Rocq 16779. Pingenot: The definitive study of
this extraordinary trail which stretched from El Paso to
St. Louis, then to St. Joseph and west to Sacramento and
San Francisco, and back to El Paso. It is based on original
research in public and private archives throughout the
country, as well as the authors’ own retracing of the
original routes mile by mile.
($500-750)