Platt Slater (10 results)

0 Good. No dust jacket. moderate shelfwear, ex lib marks.

Wraps. Condition: Fine. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2" stapled wraps printed in red and black, [32] pages. Fine, without flaw. Don Slater's solo project, following his break with ONE, Inc., and the magazine of the same name. Cover by Joe Johnson (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. Cloth-backed boards, spine label. Reprint of 1852 publication. Hint of corner wear, one point exposed. Facsimiles of the original map and title page. Limited to 475 copies. Prospectus laid in. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; xviii, 59 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Reprint of 1852 publication in almost untouched condition. Binding is tight and pages are clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Clear glassine dust jacket that the book was issued in is ripped. Facsimile of original cover included, with map at back.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Hardcover Re-Issue. 60 pp, orig publication @1852; re-issue limited to 475 copies. Facsimile Map attached to rear pastedown. 6.9" x 9.5" red cloth back & black cloth baords, letters rubbed off spine else no exteral wear. Binding tight, pages clean, paper unmarked and well-preserved. in mylar glassine wrapper Size: Slim Octavo. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint of the scarce 1852 edition. Acetate clear jacket has wear with some tears and chips. Paper boards with a cloth backstrip and a paper label on the spine. Just a hint of wear at the spine tips. The hinges and the spine are very good. The inside pages are bright and unmarked. 59 pages which includes the appendices. Facsimile or original title page tipped in. Facsimile of original map attached at the rear board. KURTZ 509b, MINTZ 371.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited First Edition. 1st printing. Unstated limited edition. Pictorial cloth. 59pp. Appendices. Folding Map. Facsimile of original cover of the guide. Intro by Dale Morgan. Highly regarded, with less than a handful of the original copies known to exist. Fine. No dj (issued in clear glassine dj.) Scarce. (W-C 217a).…

1/475. 59pp. Octavo [24 cm] 1/4 orange cloth over black boards that are illustrated with a map. Paper label on backstrip. Fine. Prospectus laid in. The text of the rare 'Traveler's Guide' was reset and printed in a modern typeface with the map printed in facsimile. The original title page is reprinted in facsimile on brown paper. Fold-out map present at rear. Saunders 42.…

Decorated hard cover. First edition thus. Reprint of Howes P 417 (dd) "only one perfect copy known " Facsimiles of original title page and folding map tipped in. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in glassine wrapper. 59 pps.

PLATT, P.L. & SLATER, N. Traveller's Guide Across the Plains upon the Overland Route to California. Reprinted from the 1852 edition and including an introduction by Dale Morgan. (San Francisco), 1963. Illus. folding map. Limited ed., published by John Howell. Only one copy is known to exist of the original edition. See Howes P-417. A fine copy in orig. cloth-backed boards.…