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132. Gregg, Josiah. Commerce of the Prairies or the Journal of a Santa Fé Trader, During EightExpeditions Across the Great Western Prairies... 2 volumes. 6 engraved plates; map of the Interior ofNorthern Mexico. (8vo) original blind-stamped cloth with gilt-stamped illustration to covers, letteringto spine, rebacked with original spine cloth laid down. Second Edition.New York: J. & H.G. Langley, 1845“This work stands as a cornerstone of all studies on the SFT in the early period, describing theorigin and development of the trade, Gregg’s own experiences, and useful statistics for 1822-43”- Rittenhouse. The work was immortalized as a “southwest classic” by Lawrence Clark Powellwho remarks “Gregg’s stone-ground prose evokes the life of the Santa Fe Trail as no other bookdoes. His passion for the prairies was also a passion for knowing. He was a tireless observer andrecorder.” Gregg made his first trip over the trail in 1831, and his last in 1839. Howes G401;Wagner-Camp 108:4. Light edge wear; foxing throughout, heavier to plates; very good.(300/500)133. Grinnell, George Bird. Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales. With Notes on the Origin, Customsand Character of the Pawnee People. 417 pp. Original green cloth lettered in gilt, with gilt vignette ofpapoose on front cover. First Edition.New York: Forest & Stream, 1889An early work by the great anthropologist and sportsman. Light rubbing to spine ends andcorners; hinges cracking, front free endpaper detached; very good, covers bright.(300/500)134. Hansen, Sofus E. Tacoma to Anchorage and Kodiak via Inside Passage. viii, 327, [9], [1 leaf], [4,ad] pp. 18.5x11 cm. (7¼x4¼”) original flexible leatherette wrap-around binding with snap closure,lettered in gilt. Third Edition.Seattle: Lowman & Hanford Co., [1926]Master mariner’s guide to coastal navigation along the Inside Passage from Puget Sound toAlaska, with distances provided in nautical miles, detailed maps of the Wrangell Narrows andsketches of shoreline landmarks. Hansen’s work was first published in 1917, and this editionwas the last prepared under his direction. see Ricks, p. 115; Smith 4048; Wickersham 1756 (allciting earlier editions). Previous owner’s ink stamped address on front endpaper; near fine.(150/250)135. [Harvey, Fred]. Grand Canyon of Arizona in Photogravure [cover title]. 30 mounted photogravures,on heavy captioned paper. 25x31.5 cm. (9¾x12¼”), original gray wrappers.[Tovar Studio], [c.1920]Only 2 copies located by OCLC / Worldcat, although those state the booklet has 24 photographplates, while this copy has 30. Light wear to wrappers; very good.(200/300)136. (Hawaii) Rewell, W.E. Autograph Letter, signed, from a Hawaiian sugar plantation. AutographLetter, signed. 4 pp.Paauhau, [Hamakua, Hawaii]: April 26, 1880To “Cornelius” (Bond?). Writing from one of the larger American-owned sugarcane plantationson the lush northeastern coast of the island of Hawaii, founded two years before by ClausSpreckels and other Yankee sugar czars, the writer discusses why “child bearing” was so “cruellypainful” for Caucasian women with their “misshaped frame” from “tight lacing unsuitable dressand want of exercise”, while Hawaiian native women “suffer very little…with their perfectlynatural physical development”. He also expounds on the problems of ground sugar cane beingspoiled by rats when it was stored too long, thus “throwing away entirely the labor of plantingand cultivation”, and arguing that mill capacity should be extended so that the cane could beground “when it is at its best”. The recipient of the letter was possibly Elias Cornelius Bond,whose parents were among the first American missionaries to settle in the islands. Fine.(100/150)Page 40