HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN FUR TRADE OF THE FAR WEST.
Chittenden, Hiram M.:
New York: Barnes & Noble, 1935. Two volumes. Illus. Folding map in rear pocket of second volume. Plates. Original cloth. Spines gently sunned. Bookplates. Very good. Later edition of this classic history of the fur trade, first issued in 1902. This excellent edition adds new prefatory matter, including a biography of the author. Chittenden's work established a standard for western historiography, and it is still the great work in the field after eighty years. HOWES C390. RITTENHOUSE 112 (note). RADER 770. SMITH 1721.
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