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Price: US$34.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original cloth-backed boards, labels to front and spine. Spine lightly insected, spine label chipped/toned. Upper points slightly bumped. Endpages toned. Tight and square. ; quarto; 107 pages
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Brown boards with cloth spine and paper label on spine. Six black and orange plate. Promotional page laid in announcing 10th and last volume of the First Series of Rare Americana and the start of the Second Series. Both lower corners very worn. Offsetting from the page laid in. 107 pp. VERY GOOD
Seller: Springer Books, Sequim, WA, U.S.A.
Peter S. Ogden. Traits of American Indian Life and Character. Grabhorn Press, 1933.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 107 pp. Rare Americana Series, No. 9. Six full-page plates. Originally published in 1853, the author listed as "A Fur Trader" (believed to be Ogden of the Hudson's Bay Co.), the title describes life west of the Rockies between 1830 and 1840. Both front, rear endpapers, darkened. Text fine. Two tears, paper label on spine, otherwise binding and cover label are very good. Very slight darkening to cover.
Seller: Griswold Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
A Fur Trader. Traits Of American Indian Life & Character. The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1933.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Peter Ogden is believed to be the author of this book. He was a member of the Hudson Bay Company. Book has a clear sleeve protecting the boards. The corners and the spine tips show some wear. A few spots of wear overall on the boards. Paper title paste on present and looks bright. The hinges and the spine are good. Laid in announcement page of "One More Book" laid in. Slight tanning on the endpapers. 107 pages. The inside pages are bright and look unmarked. The 6 illustrations called for are all present.
Seller: M and N Books and Treasures, Bellevue, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4to. Frontispiece and 5 full page illustrations. Preface by Douglas S. Watson. 107 pages. Original 1/2 dark blue cloth over tan boards with printed label on spine and upper front cover. Very good-fine. Howes F 139. GB 189. Prospectuses laid in loose.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Limited to 500 copies. Edited by Douglas S. Watson with his preface and introduction. Pp. xii, 108. Six full-page illustrations from contemporary engravings. Printed in red and black. Cloth-backed boards, paper labels on spine and front cover. A very fine copy. First published in London in 1853, this intimate sketch of the Indians of the far west and their contacts with roving trappers is believed to have been authored by Peter Skene Ogden (1790-1854), the famous fur trader of the northwestern frontier. This edition adds plates from De Smet's "Missions de l'Oregon.," 1848. [Grabhorn: 189].
Seller: Argonaut Book Shop, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.