Hardcover in DJ; First Edition; 457pp; DJ edgeworn & protected by mylar sleeve, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, includes folded map in rear pocket, VG/Good condition. First volume only of two-volume set. Contains diaries and letters from the overland emigration on the California-Oregon Trail of 1846. Includes the diary of William E. Taylor with a letter by John Craig; the Diary of Nicholas Carriger; the Diary of Virgil Pringle; the Journal of Thomas Holt; Diary of George McKinstry with a Letter; Diary of James Mathers; Map of T. H. Jefferson; Diary of Hiram Miller & J. F. Reed with Letters by J. F. Reed & Virginia E. B. Reed; Diary of Patrick Breen; Diaries of the Donner Relief; Notes, and the Jefferson Map in the rear pocket.