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COUES, ELLIOTT, ED. FORTY YEARS A FUR TRADER ON THE UPPER MISSOURI: THE PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF CHARLES LARPENTEUR 1833-1872.
NY: Francis P. Harper, 1898. 2 vols. First editions, no. 741 of edition ltd. to 950 numbered copies. xxvii, ix, 473 pp. Plus 2 pp. of publisher's ads. Index. Plus 12 plates, 11 from photographs, 6 maps, 1 fldg. Gilt cloth. 4tos. Near fine. CAZEDESSUS 40: "fascinating account of the 1833 Rendezvous and life at Ft. Union from 1834 to 1871." SMITH 5710. RADER 2204. HOWES C 800. GRAFF 2404. LAMAR, p. 144-45: "one of the best firsthand accounts of the business side of the fur trade, for Larpenteur was observant, literate, and accurate."
Offered for US$ 600.00 by: Almagre Books - Book number: 16633