8vo. Half-title. Original green pebbled cloth, gilt-lettered spine, uncut (slight lean to spine, a tiny spot of rubbing to fore-corners). Provenance: illegible recipient (presentation inscription from the author dated 19 September 1865).

FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED BY O'CONNOR on the half-title. "Morris's entertaining journal takes the reader from St. Louis to the Colorado Rockies in the summer of 1863. He had intended to travel by steamer up the Missouri to Fort Benton and the Montana gold fields. The boat broke down at St. Joseph, however, and the author changed his destination to Denver, where he spent several months before returning to the Atlantic states" (Wagner-Camp-Becker 404). Graff 2899; Howes M-831; Sabin 50853.