[Bill Wittliff Collection] Samuel Bowles

Across the Continent

Samuel Bowles. Across the Continent: A Summer's Journey to the Rocky Mountains, The Mormons, and the Pacific States. Springfield, MA: Samuel Bowles & Company, 1866. Second printing. 
Octavo. 452pp + 6pp ads. Folding color map. Publisher's purple cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. 
From the collection of Bill Wittliff, highly regarded book designer, typographer, photographer and screenwriter from Austin Texas, founder of the Encino Press.
Spine sunned and peeling; boards sunned, rubbed, bumped, and soiled; moderate toning, occasional light toning throughout; map a bit chipped and torn. Very good. Item #2697

Price: $175.00