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Long's College Book Co., 1951. Limited to 1000 copies signed by Alter, hardcover, light wear to cover edges else text clean & binding tight. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

Stubbe Press, 2007. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Stubbe Press, 2007-03-15. Paperback. Good.

Columbus, OH: Long's College Book Co, 1951. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Signed by Alter! Special definitive edition, limited to 1000 copies, 1951, hardcover with embossed maroon cloth boards, octavo, 601pp., frontispiece and illustrations in b&w. Book VG+ with gilt title on front board dulled, mild wear to spine ends, outer joints and corners, binding just tender with front gutter cracked, text clean and unmarked with toning throughout. No DJ.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The James Bridger - Trapper, Frontiersman, Scout and Guide - A Historical Narrative.

Shepard Book Company, 1925-01-01. hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. Signed. Signed, limited edition. Signed by J. Cecil Alter. Limited, numbered. Front hinge broken. Text unmarked. Exterior moderately shelfworn. Reliable customer service. Photos available. We ship daily. Expedited shipping available!

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Columbus, Ohio: Long's College Book Co., 1951. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Used Book: Hard Cover Standard used condition. Reading copy or better. Some soiling to cover and wear to edges.

Long's College Book Co. Used - Very Good. 1951. Limited Edition. hardcover. Cloth with embossed decoration and gilt stamped lettering. xvii & 601 pp. Special definitive edition, from a limited printing of 1000 copies. Signed by the author on limitation page. Mild shelf wear and scuffing to boards. Previous owner's insciption to ffep.Toned traces of tape to free endpapers. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. Very Good. (Subject: Americana & Regional History).

Paperback. New.

Stubbe Press. New. Special order direct from the distributor

Long's College Book Company. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1951. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1925 edition. Front endpaper stain--from newspaper clipping? ; 601 pages .

Shepard Book Company. HARDCOVER. Fair. Ex-library. Number 769 of 1000, signed by author. Ex-library markings include small deaccessioned stamp on half title and title page, library stamp on title page and opposite, last page of index, copyright page, along with catalog number. Paste down split at front and back hinge but still intact, pages toned but crisp and clean, a few small tears. Covers bright and shiny with light scuffs and rubs. Extremities lightly bumped and rubbed.

Columbus: Long's College Book Co, 1951. xvii,601,[2]pp. plus frontispiece portrait and seventeen plates. Large octavo. Original pebbled maroon cloth, gilt spine title, front board with embossed portrait and title gilt. Moderate shelf wear, interior clean. Very good. This is the "special definitive edition" of the 1924 original, an expanded edition printed in a limited run of 1,000 copies signed by Alter. Bridger was a famous trapper and wilderness scout throughout much of the 19th century, and became owner of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company when he and his associates bought it from Jedediah Smith in 1830. He lived and worked all over the American West and the Rockies, and his biography describes a number of his interactions with early Mormons, his conflicts with the Native Americans, and various other expeditions and adventures. This volume also contains a reprinting of Union officer Grenville M. Dodge's short biography of Bridger. HOWES A191, "a." FLAKE 55 (ref)

Utah: Shepard Book Company, 1925. Limited ed, no.612 of 1000 seemingly signed by author to copyright page. Rubbed edges, cracked front gutter, contents VG. Cloth. Good. 4to.

Columbus, OH: Long's College Book Co. , 1951. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Limited Edition. Incorporated with a verbatim copy, annotated of James Bridger - A Biographical Sketch by Maj. Gen. Grenville M. Dodge. Speciial Definitive Edition, Limited to 1000 copies. 601pp. Red embossed cloth with gilt stampings, no dust jacket..

Salt Lake City: Shepard Book Co., 1925. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. SIGNED, limited copy 425/1000. Very good, clean, tight condition. First printing. Text is free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged.

Hardcove, Special Definitive Edition. Ex-library book of the Blanchard Comunity Library with plate on the inside cover. Signed by author; one of 1000 copies. Signed by Sarah Eliot Blanchard who was a member of the founding family of the Blanchard Library.
Some minor wear along the edges of the red cloth cover.
James Bridger began as a fur trapper in 1822. "During the next twenty years, he repeatedly traversed the area between the Canadian boundary and the southern line of Colorado and from the Missouri River westward to Idaho and Utah. He was the first white man, sa far as is known to visit (Fall of 1824) Great Salt Lake. He established a way-station, Fort Bridger, on the Oregon Trail in southwestern Wyoming in 1843".

Salt Lake City: Shepard Book Company, 1925. First. hardcover. very good. 18 plates. xvii, 546 pages. Small 4to, original red cloth with embossed cover. Salt Lake City: Shepard Book Company, (1925). Limited First Edition. A very good(+) copy with light wear at extremes.<br/> <br/> Number 552 of 1000 copies, signed by the author. Bridger began as fur trapper in 1822. "During the next twenty years...he repeatedly traversed the area between the Canadian boundary and the southern line of Colorado and from the Missouri River westward to Idaho and Utah. He was the first white man, so far as is known to visit (fall of 1824) Great Salt Lake...he established a way-station, Fort Bridger, on the Oregon Trail in southwestern Wyoming in 1843." Dictionary of American Biography III, p. 33. Later in life, Bridger became a military scout and guide. Howes A-191.<br/> <br/>

Special Definitive Edition limited to 1,000 copies. Red pebbled full cloth boards, embossed decoration of Bridger on front board, gilt lettering. Trace of wear to head and heel of spine and tips of boards, gilt lettering on front board dulled, date stamp on upper corner of front pastdown hence VG+ grade. Binding nice and tight. No jacket.