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Price: US$299.99 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Volume 1 only (of 2) . Embossed cloth, stained and worn. PO name and bookplate. Xv, 333pp [1] with pencilled notes to rear endpage. Folding map before p. 1. Lightly spotted. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st Edition. 2 Volumes. Volume 1, xv+333 and 1 leaf publisher's ad; Volume 2, viii+262 pp and 16 pp publisher's catalogue; illustrated with frontispieces, folding litho map of Oregon. Hardcover. Condition: Good, ex-libris leather label (from personal library of previous owner) to vol 1 front pastedown and early penned name to the facing ffep, crease in the front cover; minor leaning to the faded spines and some spotting to the covers of both volumes, corners bumped, texts themselves are clean. Bound in original publisher's blind-embossed cloth, the same design however vol 1 is a darker shade than vol 2, both with green waxed endpapers. Appendix contains Nez Perce vocabulary. Smith, Elder and Co., London, 1855. Smith 8785. Sabin 73327.
Seller: Massy Books, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A primary source of information about the fur trade in the Pacific Pacific northwest. Ross worked for the North West company and later the Hudson's Bay Company. Howes R449. weight: 2.1 lb. A near fine set in an attractive binding, light scattered pencil marks, light toning to pages, last leaf of advertisements supplied from a different copy with less toning nad repaired at the upper corner. View frontis in volume 1, portrait frontis in volume, folding map tipped in to front of volume 1. 12mo.19.5x12 cm. xv, 333, [1 ad] : viii, 262 [1] pp. + 16 pp. ads. Modern quarter green speckled calf over marbled boards, gilt ruled raised bands, blind spine decorations red leather spine labels.
Seller: Zephyr Books, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Price: US$942.58 + shipping
Description: Volume 1has a broken, and separating binding, wear and bumping to extremities, and a little foxing throughout. Complete with Folding map and lithographed frontis. Vol. 2 has worn extremities, cracked front hinge ( still attached ), prev. owner name on back of frontis, and some light scattered foxing throughout. Original embossed boards could easily be re-cased. Scarce.
Seller: Renaissance Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
Price: US$995.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition in original publisher's cloth and green endpapers, one of the most important books on the early history Pacific Northwest and the fur trade. Two octavo volumes, pp. xv, 333; viii, 262 + 16 pp published 1855. With lithographed frontispiece in each volume, folding map in Volume I. A very good set in original orange cloth, blind-stamped decoration, gilt lettering on spines. Three hinges cracked, occasional foxing, a very good example of this rare item, sound and clean. Ross (1783-1856) joined Astor's Pacific Fur Company in 1810 and was present at the building of Fort Astoria the following year. When the post was sold to the North West Company in 1813, Ross entered their employ and was a member of the expedition that established Fort Nez Percés in 1818, remaining in charge of the post until the amalgamation of the North West and Hudson's Bay Companies in 1821. He describes his experiences as leader of the Snake Country Expedition of 1824 and gives the only detailed account of the operations of the North West Company in the Snake River country under the administration of Donald Mackenzie. The work concludes with an excellent account of Ross's return to the Red River Settlement in 1825. It is also rich in data about the Indians Ross encountered, and the Appendix to Volume I is a "Vocabulary of the Languages Spoken by the Nez Percés and other Tribes Inhabiting the Country About the Great Forks of Columbia River. Pictures on request.
Seller: The Book Source, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$1800.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition in original publisher's cloth of one of the most important books on the early history Pacific Northwest and the fur trade. Two octavo volumes, pp. xv, 333; viii, 262 + 16 pp publishers' catalog dated September 1855. With lithographed frontispiece in each volume, folding map in Volume I. A very good set in original orange cloth with blind-stamped decoration, gilt lettering on spines. Spines a bit faded (but easily legible), with some minor soiling at the heads, rear hinges starting, occasional light foxing (a bit more on map), but generally sound and clean. Ross (1783-1856) joined Astor's Pacific Fur Company in 1810 and was present at the building of Fort Astoria the following year. When the post was sold to the North West Company in 1813, Ross entered their employ and was a member of the expedition that established Fort Nez Percés in 1818, remaining in charge of the post until the amalgamation of the North West and Hudson's Bay Companies in 1821. He describes his experiences as leader of the Snake Country Expedition of 1824 and gives the only detailed account of the operations of the North West Company in the Snake River country under the administration of Donald Mackenzie. The work concludes with an excellent account of Ross's return to the Red River Settlement in 1825 with Governor George Simpson to take possession of a grant of 100 acres allotted him by Gov. Simpson. It is also rich in data about the Indians Ross encountered, and the Appendix to Volume I is a "Vocabulary of the Languages Spoken by the Nez Percés and other Tribes Inhabiting the Country About the Great Forks of Columbia River." The "Map of the Oregon" covers the area from north of Vancouver Island, to Mount Shasta. Field 1326; Graff 3578; Hill p 260; Howes R-449; Sabin 73327; Streeter Sale 3719; Wagner-Camp 269, Tweney 67.
Seller: Walkabout Books, ABAA, Curtis, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xv, 333, [1 leaf]; viii, 262. folding lithographed map & 2 lithographed frontis. (both being the same view of Fort Nez Percés: the frontis. portrait of the author is not present). later half calf, gilt backs, top edge gilt (extremities bit rubbed, hint of foxing to frontis. & titles). First Edition. A sequel to the authors Adventures of the First Settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River (1849) and an essential source for the history of the fur trade of the Pacific Northwest during the period of intense commercial rivalry between the North West and Hudsons Bay Companies. Ross joined Jacob Astors Pacific Fur Company in 1810 and was present at the building of Fort Astoria the following year. When the post was sold to the North West Company in 1813, Ross entered their employ and was a member of the expedition that established Fort Nez Percés in 1818, remaining in charge of the post until the amalgamation of the North West and Hudsons Bay Companies in 1821. His narrative also relates his experiences as leader of the Snake Country Expedition of 1824 and presents the only detailed account of the operations of the North West Company in the Snake River country under the administration of Donald Mackenzie. The work concludes with an account of Rosss return to the Red River Settlement in 1825 with Governor George Simpson. The appendix contains a vocabulary of the Nez Percé language. Field 1326. Gagnon I 3061. Graff 3578. Howes R-449. Lande 1421. Peel 318. Sabin 73327. Smith 8785. Strathern & Edwards 476. Streeter VI 3719. TPL 1235. Wagner-Camp 269. Story p. 725. Winsor VIII p. 75.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
ROSS, Alexander. Fur Hunters of the Far West. , 1855.
Price: US$2750.00 + shipping
Description: ROSS, Alexander. Fur Hunters of the Far West; A Narrative of Adventures in the Oregon and Rocky Mountains. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1855. Two volumes. xv, 333pp. plus folding map and [1]p. of ads; viii, 262, [2]pp. plus 16pp. of ads. Lithographed frontispiece in each volume. Very good in 3/4 calf with gilt-tooled spines. Howes R-449. Wagner-Camp 269. Smith 8785. Hill, p. 260. Field 1326. Sabin 73327. Tweney 89, 67 (note). Graff 3578. Pilling 3382. Streeter Sale 3719. Wheat Transmississippi 859. The very scarce first edition of the work which Streeter describes as "a principal source for all writing on the fur trade in the Pacific Northwest during the period of activity of the North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company." Ross was with the Astor Company but joined the North West Company when the former broke up. In 1825, he travelled from the Pacific to Red River to take possession of a grant of 100 acres alotted him by Gov. Simpson. Herein he gives an excellent account of his trip. Rich in data about the Indians Ross encountered, this work is praised by Field, who states: "in all the qualities which should attract and hold our attention, it is rare to find the superior of Mr. Ross." The "Map of the Oregon" covers the area from north of Vancouver to Mount Shasty. The appendix contains a Nez Perce vocabulary.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
ROSS, Alexander. Fur Hunters of the Far West; A Narrative of Adventures in the Oreg. , 1855.
Price: US$3300.00 + shipping
Description: ROSS, Alexander. The Fur Hunters of the Far West; A Narrative of Adventures in the Oregon and Rocky Mountains. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1855. 1st ed. 8vo. Two vols. Illus. with frontis. view and portrait. folding map. xv, 333, (1); viii, 262, 16pp. Orig. embossed cloth. Inner hinges tender as usual, but a fine copy. In a morocco-backed cloth folding box. Howes R-449. Sabin 73327. Smith 8785. Field 1326. Graff 3578. Wagner-Camp 269. Reese, Best of the West 137. The principal source of information regarding the Northwest fur trade. Rare, especially in the original condition.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.