2 volumes, 8vo. 2 portrait frontispieces, 2 folding maps, 14 plates. (Some minor staining, some toning, a few tears not affecting text.) Publisher’s blue cloth gilt, (some minor rubbing, spines darkened). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 511 of 950 copies.  This important source on the history of fur trading contains Larpenteur’s narrative of forty years in the fur trade from 1833-1872.Graff 2404; Howes C800.

[With:] CHITTENDEN, Hiram Martin (1859-1917). The American Fur Trade of the Far West. New York: Francis P. Harper, 1902. 3 volumes, 8vo. 10 plates; linen-backed folding map in vol. III rear pocket. (Some light toning, a few pencil markings.) Publisher’s green cloth gilt (some light rubbing, repairs to one spine).  FIRST EDITION, one of 1,000 copies printed, of Chittenden’s definitive work. Graff noted that even “Sixty years after publication, this is still the great work on the subject." Graff 196; Howes C390; Rader 770; Streeter IV: 3206.