xii, 346 pp. Folding map frontispiece. (12mo) 7¼x4½, period marbled boards with modern rebacking. First Edition.

“Chandless crossed the plains as a wagon driver in the summer of 1855, departing from Atchison in July and arriving at Salt Lake City on the first of November. The long description of Salt Lake and the Mormons is based on his stay of two months. In January 1856 he set out for California by way of Fillmore, Cedar City, San Bernardino and Los Angeles. Camp found the account ‘a very entertaining book.’” (Wagner-Camp). Cowan, p. 113; Graff 646; Howes C286; Wagner-Camp 287.