8vo (180 x 118 mm). Engraved folding route map with old linen backing. (Title imprint just shaved, some spotting, without the 16pp. of ads.) Contemporary half calf, marbled boards (modern rebacking and neat repairs to corners).

FIRST EDITION, the map depicting the author's route from St. Joseph's Missouri to California, and with sections describing the author's crossing of the plains, time in Salt Lake, and arrival in California. "My journey to Salt Lake was the accident of the whim of an hour. Previous to that, the Mormons were to me but mere shadows. I had no real opinions about them" (Preface, p.iv). Chandless's work is is considered one of the first works about Mormons written by a non-American. Flake 1252; Howes C-286; Sabin 11889; Wagner-Camp 287:1 ("long description of Salt Lake and the Mormons...a very entertaining book").