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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Illustrations by Andrew Burns. (illustrator). Limited edition. Oblong 4to. 77,(1)pp. Finely printed by hand on Rives paper by Pamela Smith. Introduction by David J. Weber. Bound by Priscilla Spitler in maroon Centennial book cloth, with spine title in silver and a hand-printed paper vignette on the upper board. One of 150 numbered copies in cloth, from a total edition of 165 copies. This is copy number 28, and is signed by the printer, the compiler, the introducer, the illustrator and the binder. A fine copy. A compilation of some of the finest stories by and about mountain men. .

Square 8vo. 77, [1] pp. Bibliograph; Glossary. Compiled by Barton H. Barbour with an introduction by David J. Weber and 9 full-page black 7 white illustrations by Andrew Burns. Handbound by Priscilla A. Spitler in 3/4 Harmatan goatskin with Marblesmith papers; gilt lettering. Printed in black with burgundy titling. Press prospectus laid in along with invitation to the signing party held at the Palace of the Governors Museum. A fine and beautiful copy. "As the expansionist young American republic puhed westward through the domains of Indians and Mexicans to the Pacific in the first half of the nineteenth century, no group of Americans captured the poppular in imagination more vividly than the fur trapper or mountain man. This short book brings together some of the finese stories by and about mountain men." - Introduction. Here are stories by and about these men including Hugh Glass, Milton Sublette, Joe Meek, James Ohio Pattie, Jim Bridger, Charles Larpenteur, and more. Limited Edition No. IX of 15 copies SIGNED by the authors, illustrator, printer and binder.