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California: Stanford U. Press. Good; Used - Ex-Library with Markings. 1966. Reprint. Hardbound. A Tragedy of the Sierra; 287 pages .

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1995. 4th ptg.. Paperback. Book: Very Good. 8vo.. 261 pp. plus notes and index. 5 3/8 x 8 1/4. Light blue and white wraps. No damage or markings noted.

Truckee, CA T.C. Wohlbruck Company, 1937. Paperback Second Edition Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of moderate use; slight spine lean; light wear to extremities; dampstains bottom edge rear half of text; mild rubbing and faint soiling to wrapper covers. A clean, sturdy, presentable copy. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 234pp. Second Edition, Illustrated with Photographs in Black & White. Paperback. THE delirium preceding death by starvation, is fuIl of strange phantasies. Visions of plenty, of comfort, of elegance, flit ever before the fast-dimming eyes. The final twilight of death is a brief semi-consciousness in which the dying one . frequently repeats his weird dreams, Half rising from his snowy couch, pointing upward, one . of the deathstricken at Donner Lake may have said, with tremulous voice Look there, just above us, is a beautiful house. It is of costliest walnut, inlaid with laurel and ebony, and is resplendent with burnished silver. Magnificent… Leer más

Stanford, CA: Stanford Univ. Press, [1957]. 8vo. xxxi, [1], 261, [1], xxxiii-lvii, [1] pp. Numerous maps, photo illust., text illust. Blue illust. cloth, gray & blue lettrng (mnr bmpng to crnrs, edgewear), still a G copy from the collection of Lewis Jeaudoin, descendant of Charles Jeaudoin, fur trapper for the Hudson Bay Company. Early printing of this Stanford reprint of the classic account of a contemporary to the famous tragedy.

T.C. Wohlbruck. Good+. 1937. New Edition. Softcover. Light toning, little bit of creasing, name inked inside front cover, small water (no stain) wrinkle to bottom edge of last 3 pages, couple tiny soil spots to rear cover; b/w photos ; 234 pages .

1994. 1994 McGlashan, CF HISTORY OF THE DONNER PARTY: A TRAGEDY OF THE SIERRA Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc, c1994 facsimile reprint 261pp illus b/w 8vo As new trade paperback.

Stanford, Ca: Stanford U Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1966. PB(Trade). Foredges Slightly Soiled. .

T.c. Wohlbruck. Staple Bound. Good - Cash. Blue paper cover with a picture of a statue on the front cover. General use wear, surface and edges rubbed. Corners bumped and show wear. Pages show reader wear. Small tear to cover and yellowing to spine. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Truckee, California : T.C. Wohlbruck Company, 1937. New Edition, Illustrated. Softcover. Very Good. 12mo 7" - 7. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, protected now in stiff Mylar jacket, moderate wear to, minor soiling of covers and text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Staples rusted. Nice range of black-and-white photographs of the tragic circumstances of The Donner Party. New Edition, Illustrated. Fine black-and-white portrait of three surviving Donner Party women standing at the 1918 dedication of the Donner Museum. [23], 24-234 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1954. Reprint. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. No dust jacket. Corners and eges are bumped and slightly worn.

T.C. Wohlbruck Co., 1937. Hardcover. Good. . Bumping at corners, some shelf wear. Pages/boards clean.

San Francisco: T.C. Wohlbruck, 1934. Paperback. Small 8vo. Stiff tan pictorial wrappers, stapled as issued. 234pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Good plus. Wrappers edgeworn, rubbed and scuffed and age toned. A tight and decent "New Edition, Illustrated" of this terrifically popular, oft-reprinted account.

San Francisco. : A. Carlisle. , 1927. 14th edition. . Publisher’s printed wraps.. Good plus, covers missing material at corners, contents very good. . 19.7x13.8 cm.. Old copy of the best-selling book on the Donner party tragedy

San Francisco.: T.C. Wohlbruch., 1931. . Reprint.. Soft cover. . Near fine copy (very light shelf wear). . Octavo.. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.

Fresno.: California History Books., 1973.. Facsimile edition.. Hard cover.. Fine copy in near fine dust jacket (in mylar).. Octavo.. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.

BiblioBazaar, 2006-08-01. Paperback. Good.

Heritage Books Inc , 1994. Facsimile reprint. Reality can sometimes produce a story with more adventure and horrid than fiction. The setting for this tale is Donner Lake in the Sierras. It is a true story of a group of people starving while trying to reach the Pacific coast. C F McGlashan has complied the letters and interviews of those who survived this tragic event. The group consisted of the families of George Donner, his brother Jacob, and James F. Reed of Springfield, Illinois, plus their hired hands, about 33 people in all. A large wagon train reached a point where a group decided to try a new route called Hastings Cutoff. When the group got caught in a snowstorm fifteen of the party set off to get help. They were without supplies and resorted to cannibalism when members died.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Fine.

San Francisco: T.C. Wohlbruck, 1934. 8vo. 234 pp. Frontisp., numerous photos, text illusts. Mustard-coloured cloth, black lettering & illust. on front cover (minor dustsoiling, minor rubbing, shelfwear), still VG- copy. Reprint edition of this classic account of a contemporary to the famous tragedy, printed by Wohlbruck’s for their rest stop & restaurant Lookout Point at Emigrant Gap.

Book Jungle, 2009-03-14. Paperback. Good.

BiblioBazaar, 2006-08-01. Paperback. Used:Good.