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The West of William H. Ashley: The international struggle for the fur trade of the Missouri, the Rocky Mountains, and the Columbia, with explorations beyond the Continental Divide, recorded in the diaries and letters of William H. Ashley and his contemporaries 1822-1838
by Morgan, Dale L
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
Denver: Fred A. Rosenstock / The Old West Publishing Company, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. SIGNED. 341pp. Folio [35 cm] Gray cloth with title gilt stamped on the backstrip and an illustration of Ashley in red on the front board. Map at the rear. Minor foxing to the fore-edge of the text block; light staining to the upper extremities of the front endpaper and terminal leaves, and along the fold of the large fold-out map at the rear; previous owner's bookplate and address label on the front pastedown. May require extra postage due to weight. Designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy, San Francisco.
Morgan considered this volume, the fruit of two decades of research, his most important single historical work. It is primarily an edited compilation of primary sources relating to Ashley's Missouri Fur Company. Saunders 49.
This copy is signed by Dale L. Morgan and Lawton Kennedy on the copyright page.
Morgan considered this volume, the fruit of two decades of research, his most important single historical work. It is primarily an edited compilation of primary sources relating to Ashley's Missouri Fur Company. Saunders 49.
This copy is signed by Dale L. Morgan and Lawton Kennedy on the copyright page.
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- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 65475
- Title
- The West of William H. Ashley: The international struggle for the fur trade of the Missouri, the Rocky Mountains, and the Columbia, with explorations beyond the Continental Divide, recorded in the diaries and letters of William H. Ashley and his contemporaries 1822-1838
- Author
- Morgan, Dale L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Fred A. Rosenstock / The Old West Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Denver
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- Lawton Kennedy; Fred Rosenstock; William H. Ashley; columbia; fur trade; rocky mountains; George Catlin; Morgan 3
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Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
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