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Binns, Archie Peter Skene Ogden: Fur Trader Pacific Northwest and Hudson's Bay Company History
Binfords & Mort, Publishers 1967 First Edition Hardcover Good in Very Good dust jacket
Former library book with the following treatments: stamps to the front and rear endpapers, stamps to the edge of the pageblock, the front flap of the DJ has been neatly cut off, and glued onto the ffep. All else very good. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 363 pages; Archie Binns writes this biography of Peter Skene Ogden-trader, trapper, explorer, diplomat, patriarch, and a Chief Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Vancouver on the Columbia, during the hectic days of the Oregon boundary settlement. He led trapping parties from the Rockies to the Pacific. In 1825, he made the first recorded exploration of the inland Oregon region. He discovered and named Mount Shasta. The city of Ogden and Ogden River in Utah, are named in his honor.
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19.00 USD
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Rascoe, Jesse Southern California Treasures Gold Mining and Stories of Treasures Lost and Found
Frontier Book Co. 1969 Softcover Very Good with no dust jacket
A margin of discoloration along the edge of the title page. A very small stain to the edge of the pageblock, which does not affect the surface of the pages. All else very good. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 174 pages; Jesse Rascoe writes about treasures lost and found. Headings for the short pieces such as: Charley Clusker Strikes Again, Billy Lang's Bonanza, Another Lost Padre Mine? The Salton Becomes a Sea, The Tumco Mines, The Glanton Treasure House, The Golden Cities of the Colorado, The Lost Vallagrana, Some Baja Mines, Mysteries of Old Fort Stockton, Old Sites on the Fort Yuma Road, Captain Brown's Buried Gold, Old Stage Stations, Visalia to Los Angeles 1858-1861, and many more.
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18.00 USD
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Steber, Rick; Gray, Don; Gildemeister, Jerry Rendezvous Mountain Men Gathering
The Bear Wallow Publishing Company 1978 First Printing Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket
It is a former library book with the following markings: stamps to the edge of the pageblock, a "withdrawn" stamp in front and rear, and a little sticker residue to the bottom of the spine. Other than the lib markings, the interior pages are clean and bright. The boards are very good, the upper right-hand corner of the front board is bumped. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; The book has been signed by Rick Steber, Jerry Gildemeister, and Don Gray. Profusely illustrated in b/w and color, text regarding the gathering called REDEZVOUS.
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28.00 USD
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Swan, Oliver G. Frontier Days
Grosset & Dunlap 1928250 Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket
This hefty hardcover book measures roughly 7" x 10". It is in very good condition. The interior is clean, the pages supple, the pages are agetoning a bit. The boards show some wear at the edges. ; B/W and Color Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 250 pages
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14.00 USD
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Van Tramp, John C. Prairie and Rocky Mountain Adventures Life in the West, a View of the States and Territorial Regions
Gilmore & Brush (Columbus, Ohio) ca. 1858 Hardcover Good
NO copyright date given, (I believe it to be ca. 1858) , 626 pages. This hefty, leather-tooled hardcover book is in fair to good condition. The interior pages are supple, quite bright, with some foxing throughout. The front few pages, and a few of the rear pages have more foxing. Nice marbled endpapers, the front hinge is cracked. The boards show quite a lot of wear at the edges, as does the spine on both sides. The spine covering is loose at the top. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 626 pages; The full title is: PRAIRIE AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN ADVENTURES, Or Life in the West, To Which Will be Added, A View of the States and Territorial Regions, Of Our, Western Empire: Embracing History, Statistics and Geography, And Description of the Chief Cities of the West Originally, this book was sold by subscription only.
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48.00 USD
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