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Fur Trade List
Last updated December 14, 2011
1. A Fur Trader. TRAITS
OF AMERICAN INDIAN LIFE AND CHARACTER.. San
Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1933. 107 pages. Shelf wear to the spine edges.
$50.00
2. Alter, J. Cecil. JAMES
BRIDGER, TRAPPER, FRONTIERSMAN, SCOUT, AND GUIDE. A HISTORICAL NARRATIVE.. Columbus,
Ohio: Long's College Book co, 1951. 601 pages. This is the signed edition,
limited to 1000 copies. Some shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and
corners. $75.00
3. Barker, Burt Brown-editor. LETTERS
OF DR. JOHN MCLOUGHLIN, WRITTEN AT FORT VANCOUVER, 1829-1832.. Portland,
Oregon: Oregon Historical Society, 1948. 376 pages. VG in dust jacket with light
wear to edges. $20.00
4. Coues, Elliott-editor. FORTY
YEARS A FUR TRADER ON THE UPPER MISSOURI.. Minneapolis,
Minnesota: Ross & Haines, 1962. 473 pages. Ex-library, with labels on spine
of book and dust jacket, and labels and pocket inside the front cover. There is
a library label on the front cover of the dust jacket. Shelf wear to the spine
and corners. The binding is tight. $30.00
5. Hafen, Leroy R. BROKEN
HAND: THE LIFE STORY OF THOMAS FITZPATRICK.. Denver,
Colorado: Old West Publishing Company, 1931. 1st Edition. 316 pages. First
edition. Ex-library. Entirely rebound in library buckram. with spine marks and
label and pocket removal marks inside the front cover. $45.00
6. Haines, Aubrey L.. OSBORNE
RUSSELL'S JOURNAL OF A TRAPPER. Portland, Oregon:
Oregon Historical Society, 1955. 179 pages. Rebound in brown library buckram,
with labels on spine and a small label on the top of the front cover. and labels
inside the front cover. Shelf wear to the spine and corners. Binding is tight.
$30.00
7. Harris, Burton. JOHN
COLTER HIS YEARS IN THE ROCKIES.. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. 180 pages. Ex-library, bound in brown library
buckram, with labels on spine and labels inside the front cover. Shelf wear to
the spine and corners. Binding is tight. $22.50
8. Healey, Elizabeth. HISTORY
OF ALERT-BAY AND DISTRICT.. [n.p.]: Private
Printing, 116 pages. Some shelf wear. Corners bumped. Softbound covers. $5.75
9. Irving, Washington. THE
ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN BONNEVILLE.. Portland:
Binford & Mort Publishing, 1954. 357 pages. Shelf wear to spine edges and
corners. Dust jacket has small tears and chips. $10.00
10. Kellogg, Loise Phelps. THE
FRENCH REGIME IN WISCONSIN AND THE NORTHWEST.. New
York: Cooper Square Publishers, 1968. 474 pages. Some shelf wear to binding.
$40.00
11. Majors, Alexander. 70
YEARS ON THE FRONTIER: ALEXANDER MAJORS MEMOIR OF A LIFETIME ON THE BORDER.. Denver:
Western Miner & Financier, 1893. 271 pages. Ex-library, with labels on spine
and labels inside the front cover. Shelf wear to the spine and corners. Binding
is tight. This copy has the original paper covers bound inside red cloth covers.
$50.00
12. Marsh, James B. FOUR
YEARS IN THE ROCKIES: OR, THE ADVENTURES OF ISAAC P. ROSE.. New
Castle: Long's College Book Company, 1960. 262 pages. Ex-library, with labels on
spine and a small label on the top of the front cover and labels inside the
front cover. Shelf wear to the spine and corners. Binding is tight. $75.00
13. Myers, John Myers. PIRATE,
PAWNEE AND MOUNTAIN MAN: THE SAGA OF HUGH GLASS. Boston:
Little, Brown and Company, 1963. 237 pages. Ex-library, with labels on spine and
a small label on the top of the front cover and labels inside the front cover.
Shelf wear to the spine and corners. Binding is tight. $9.00
14. Tabeau, Pierre Antoine. TABEAU'S
NARRATIVE OF LOISEL'S EXPEDITION TO THE UPPER MISSOURI.. Norman,
Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1968. 272 pages. Ex-library, with labels
on spine of book and dust jacket, and labels and pocket inside the front cover.
There is a library label on the front cover of the dust jacket. Shelf wear to
the spine and corners. The binding is tight. $20.00
15. Wishart, David J. THE
FUR TRADE OF THE AMERICAN WEST, 1807-1840.. Lincoln:
University of Nebraska Press, 1979. 237 pages. Ex-library, with labels on spine
of book and dust jacket, and labels and pocket inside the front cover. Shelf
wear to the spine and corners. The binding is tight. $7.50