LIFE IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS: A Diary Of Wanderings On The Sources Of The Rivers Missouri, Columbia And Colorado From February, 1830 To November, 1835, By W. A. Ferris, Then In The Employ Of The American Fur Company, And Supplementary Writings By Ferris, With A Detailed Map Of The Fur Country, Drawn By Ferris In 1836. Edited And With A Life Of Ferris, And A History Of Explorations And The Fur Trade, By Paul C. Phillips
Ferris, Warren Angus (Edited by Paul C. Phillips)
Published by The Old West Publishing Company, Denver, Colorado, 1940
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BOOK DESCRIPTION: Tall 8vo, xcv, 365 pgs, index, appendices, folding map, frontis, illustrations. Original red cloth, stamped on spine. With price clipped DJ. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Book is near fine, the DJ is soiled and rubbed on edges, with a small chip on lower rear coverr; now in mylar sleeve. Interior has bookplate of former owner, else is very clean and tight. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: Historians of the fur trade all routinely praise the value of the Ferris narrative. Hafen calls it "most important"; Chittenden, "abounds in valuable data relating to fur trade and is sold authorithy on a number of points". Phillips provides an excellent introduction on the Rocky Mountain Exploration and Trade, 1806-1830. Scarce first edition in the dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 580260
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Title: LIFE IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS: A Diary Of ...
Publisher: The Old West Publishing Company, Denver, Colorado
Publication Date: 1940
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition
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LIFE IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS: A Diary Of Wanderings On The Sources Of The Rivers Missouri, Columbia And Colorado From February, 1830 To November, 1835, By W. A. Ferris, Then In The Employ Of The American Fur Company, And Supplementary Writings By Ferris, With A Detailed Map Of The Fur Country, Drawn By Ferris In 1836. Edited And With A Life Of Ferris, And A History Of Explorations And The Fur Trade, By Paul C. Phillip (Signed by Phillips & Rosenstock)
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The Old West Publishing Company, Fred A. Rosenstock, Denver, Colorado, 1940
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Seller: NorthStar Books, Spokane, WA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. BOOK DESCRIPTION: Tall 8vo, xcv, 365 pgs, index, appendices, folding map, frontis, illustrations. Original red cloth, stamped on spine. With price clipped DJ. With the publishers announcement sheet laid in loose. Front free endpaper is INSCRIBED: "WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE PUBLISHER AND EDITOR, FRED A. ROSENSTOCK / PAUL C. PHILLIPS". CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Book is VG. Some soiling and spotting to front cover; it looks like some former minor adhesion of the DJ to a few spots on cover.; the DJ is soiled and lightly rubbed, now in mylar. Interior is very clean and tight. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: The editing and biography by Phillips is excellent. Warren Angus Ferris was a fur trader and trapper in the Rocky Mountains from 1830 to 1835; traveling throughout the West in the employ of there American Fur Company. He explored what is now Yellowstone National Park in 1834. Ferris maintained a diary, which Phillips uses for this prblicatrion. For understanding the Mountain Man era, Ferris is very important. He records day to day activities of the trappers and traders. His narrative is clear and straight forward, he provides vivid descriptions of what he sees and experiences. AN EXCELLENT COLLECTOR'S COPY with the inscription of Rosenstock and Phillips and with the original DJ, Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 580261
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