THE AMERICAN FUR TRADE OF THE FAR WEST : 2 Volume Set

2-Volume Set. For both Volumes : BRAND NEW Copies, First Edition, First Printing. ISBN cited is to Volume 1; for Volume 2, it is: 080326321X. Classic study by historian and Seattle District Engineer for the Army Corps of Engineers, General Hiram Martin Chittenden (1858 - 1917). First published in 1902; this edition is a reprint of the original text w/a few exceptions regarding typographic errors. The complete treatise is in 5 parts; the first two in Volume 1 (w/Foreword by James P. Ronda), and the last three in Volume 2 (w/Foreword by William R. Swagerly). They are: Part I, The Fur Trade; II, Historical; III, Contemporary Events Connected with the Fur Trade; IV, Notable Incidents & Characters Connected in the History of the Fur Trade; and, V, The Country & Its Inhabitants, followed by 9 appendices. For both Volumes, Introduction & Notes by Stallo Vinton.