Pierre, SD: Lawrence K. Fox - Superintendent, Department of History, State of South Dakota, 1932. 458pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Red cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Better than very good. In 1834 Francis A. Chardon was appointed main trader at Fort Clark, a post of the American..... More

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1962. First Edition. 320pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Rust colored cloth. Near fine/Near fine. Jacket is price clipped. "Kit Carson's life story is, in essence, the story of the West as that region developed over the first three quarters of the nineteenth century. As such..... More

Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1969. First Edition. 337pp. Octavo [24 cm] Blue cloth with the title silver stamped on the backstrip. Very good/Very good. "The critical problem arising from Russian expansion across Asia was that of supplying the outermost reaches with food. Throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the..... More

Denver: Old West Publishing Company, 1964. First Edition. 341pp. Large quarto [35 cm] Gray cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip and an illustration by Catlin of Eagle's Ribs in red on the front board. Better than very good. Morgan's work on the hugely influential life of William..... More

St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society, 1912. 162pp. Octavo [22 cm] 1/4 blue cloth over light blue boards. Title and ruled gilt stamped on backstrip. Top edge gilt. About very good. Gentle wear to extremities of boards with the corners bumped and rubbed through. Bookplate on the front free endsheet. This..... More

Pasadena: Westernlore Press, 1979. Revised Edition. 125pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Blue grained buckram. Near fine/Near fine. Profusely illustrated. Woodward formally curator of history and anthropology of the Los Angeles County Museum, has compiled an excellent anthology of writings on the material culture of the fur trade. This is a very..... More