Books about Mountain Men, Fur Trade

Chardon's Journal At Fort Clark 1834-1839
Annie H. Abel [Editor]
First edition. Cloth, 458 pp. Editor's preface. Historical introduction. Notes and references. Appendices. Index. 3 Plates. "Descriptive of Life on …

The Gaucho
by B.W Allred
First edition. Quarto. Vol. VI, No. 1, of Corral Dust. Printed wrappers, 8 pp. The Gaucho of Argentina, Paraguay, southern …

Jim Baker Cabinet Card
by Anonymous
Cabinet Card. 5.5" x 4", Mount 6.375" x 4.25," C.H. Wells, Denver, Colo. Famous trapper, Indian fighter, Scout, & Guide. …

Mountain Man. The Story Of Belmore Browne, Hunter, Explorer, Artist, Naturalist And Preserver Of …
by Robert H. Bates
Quarto. Limited to 1,000 copies signed by the author and the President of the National Sporting Fraternity Limited. This is …

In Senate Of The United States, March 18, 1824 ... From The Committee On …
by Thomas Hart Benton
First edition. 18th Congress, 1st Session. 20 pp. Disbound. Correspondence from Thomas H. Benton, Chairman of the Committee on Indian …

The Southern Cheyennes.
by Donald J. Berthrong
First edition. 8vo. Decorated cloth, red top edges, xvi, 446 pp., foreword, maps, illustrated, bibliography, list of abbreviations used in …

Peter Skene Ogden: Fur Trader
by Archie Binns
First edition. Cloth, 363 pp., numerous illustrations, 3 maps + maps on endpapers, bibliography. "The first full-scale biography of Peter …

The Life And Adventures Of James P. Beckwourth, Mountaineer, Scout, And Pioneer, And Chief …
by T. D Bonner
First Edition. Original brown cloth, xii, 537pp, Frontispiece. Preface. Classic biography of this exceptionally important Mountain Man, Trapper, Indian Fighter, …

Hand-Written Three-Page Letter About Trapping, Dated 1835
by John Brown
9 1/4" x 8." Three pages. Hand-written. In a letter home to his parents in northern New Jersey, John Brown …

Journal Of Larocque From The Assiniboine To The Yellowstone 1805
L. J. Burpee [Edited With Notes By]
First edition. 8vo. Maroon cloth, titles stamped in gold gilt on the spine, 82 pp., introduction, footnotes. Peel 29 says …

Fur Traders From New England. The Boston Men In The North Pacific, 1787-1800. The …
Briton C. And Barry M. Gough Busch [Edited By]
First Edition. 137pp. Octavo [24.5 cm]. Blue cloth with title and rules gilt stamped on backstrip and front board. Northwest …

George C. Yount And His Chronicles Of The West, Comprising Extracts From His "Memoirs" …
Charles L. Camp [Editor]
First Edition. Pictorial cloth. 280pp. Color frontispiece. Illustrations. Folding map at rear. An interesting and well-researched biography of a man …

James Clyman, Frontiersman, The Adventures Of A Trapper And Covered-Wagon Emigrant As Told In …
Charles L. Camp [Editor]
Second Edition, First Thus. Original red cloth, 352pp. Frontispiece. Illustrated with 8 plates. 4 Maps. Foreword. Appendices. An excellent biography …

The American Fur Trade Of The Far West. A History Of The Pioneering Trading …
by Hiram M. Chittenden
First edition. Three Volumes. Cloth, xxiv, 482 pp. + viii, 483-892 pp. + 893-1029 pp. Preface. Frontis illustrations in Volume …

Forty Years A Fur Trader On The Upper Missouri, The Personal Narrative
Elliott. Coues [Editor]
First edition. 2 Volumes. Limited to 950 copies. Cloth, 236pp. + 1 page advertisement, + 237-473pp. + 1 page advertisement. …

The Lost Trappers; A Collection Of Interesting Scenes And Events In The Rocky Mountains; …
by David H Coyner
First edition. 12mo. Original blind-stamped cloth, with title in gilt on spine. xv, 16 - 255 pp., [blank], plus 7 …

The West Of The Texas Kid, 1881-1910. Recollections Of Thomas Edgar Crawford, Cowboy,Gun Fighter, …
by Thomas. Crawford
First edition. Hardcover, xviii, 202pp., introduction, foreword, illustrated. Fine in moderately rubbed dust jacket. Edited and with an Introduction by …

The Journal Of John Work, January To October, 1835.
Henry Drummond.. Dee [Editor]
First edition. Cloth, 98pp. Introduction. Appendices. Illustrations. A journal of exceptional value, as unlike Work's other journals which described overland …

The St. Croix: Midwest Border River
by James Taylor Dunn
First edition. 8vo. Limited to 500 copies, signed by the author. This is copy number 369. Blue cloth with spine …

Jim Bridger, Trail Blazer Of The American West
by Jerry Enzler
First edition. 8vo. Gray boards, titles stamped in gilt on the spine, x, 371 pp., acknowledgments, illustrated, maps, epilogue, notes, …

Life In The Rocky Mountains.
by W. A. Ferris
First edition. 8vo. Cloth, 365 pp., illus., facsimiles, 2 maps (1 large folding map), index. Edited by Paul C. Phillips. …

Life In The Rocky Mountains.
by Warren Angus. Ferris
First edition. 8vo. Cloth, 284 pp., illustrated, folding map. Warren A. Ferris joined the American Fur Company in 1830, at …

Turbulent Taos.
by Den Galbraith
First edition. 8vo. Limited to 1,500 copies. Printed wrappers, 48 pp., illustrated. Number 18 in the Western Americana series. A …

Wah-To-Yah, And The Taos Trail; Or Prairie Travel And Scalp Dances, With A Look …
by Lewis H. Garrard
First edition, first state. From the library of Clint and Dorothy Josey with their bookplate affixed to front pastedown sheet. …

Kit Carson, Indian Fighter Or Indian Killer
R. C. Gordon-Mccutchan [Editor]
First edition. 8vo. Gray cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine, xiv [2], 105 pp., foreword, chapter-end notes, contributors, …

Broken Hand, The Life Story Of Thomas Fitzpatrick: Mountain Man, Guide And Indian Agent
by Leroy R. Hafen
First revised edition. Signed by the author on the half title page. Blue cloth, titles stamped in gold gilt on …

The Mountain Men And The Fur Trade Of The Far West.
Leroy R. Hafen [Editor]
Ten Volumes. First editions. 8vo. Cloth, each Volume 395 pp. to 415 pp., illustrations, folding 2-color map. Lengthy introduction. "Biographical …

The Mountain Men And The Fur Trade Of The Far West.
Leroy R. Hafen [Editor]
Ten Volumes. First editions. 8vo. Cloth, each Volume 395pp. to 415pp., illustrations, folding 2-color map. Lengthy introduction. "Biographical sketches of …

Journal Of A Mountaineer
William T. Hamilton [Edited By Douglas W. Ellison]
First edition. 8vo. Signed by the editor. Color, pictorial, stiff wrappers, xxx, 201 pp., historical introduction, footnotes, illustrated, portraits, folding …

The Western Odyssey Of John Simpson Smith, Frontiersman, Trapper, Trader, And Interpreter.
by Stan Hoig
First Edition. Cloth, 254pp. Illustrated with old photographs. "During his long and varied career, Smith was a fur trapper, a …

The Western Odyssey Of John Simpson Smith, Frontiersman, Trapper, Trader, And Interpreter.
by Stan Hoig
First Edition. Cloth, 254pp. Illustrated with old photographs. "During his long and varied career, Smith was a fur trapper, a …

Ewing Young: Master Trapper
by Kenneth L Holmes
First edition. Cloth, 180pp., numerous illustrations. Maps on endpapers. Ewing Young was a most influential figure in the history of …

The Adventures Of Captain Bonneville U.S.A. In The Rocky Mountains And The Far West
by Washington. Irving
First edition thus. Originally published in an American edition in 1847 using the title *ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN BONNEVILLE.* 8vo. Cloth, …

Three Years Among The Indians And Mexicans
by General Thomas James
First edition thus. 8vo. Limited to 365 copies, of which this is copy 61. Originally printed in 1846. Two-tone quarter …

Old Greenwood. The Story Of Caleb Greenwood, Trapper, Pathfinder And Early Pioneer Of The …
by Charles Kelly
First edition. 8vo. Limited to 350 copies of which this is number 87. Signed and dated by the author on …

Steamboats West. The 1859 American Fur Company Missouri River Expedition
by Lawrence H. And Barbara J. Cottrell. Larsen
First edition. 8vo. Cloth, 256 pp., acknowledgments, introduction, illustrated, map, bibliography, footnotes, index. The story of a headline-making trip when …

The Fist In The Wilderness
by David. Lavender
First edition. Cloth, 490pp., 4 maps + 2 maps on endpapers, prologue, bibliography & notes, index. An excellent narrative history …

Adventures Of Zenas Leonard, Fur Trader And Trapper, 1831-1836
by Zenas Leonard
Reprinted from the exceedingly rare original of 1839. Limited to 520 copies. Cloth, 317pp., a lengthy introduction by editor, W. …

The Journal Of John Work, A Chief-Trader Of The Hudson's Bay Co. During His …
by William S. And Paul C. Phillips Lewis
First edition. Cloth, 209 pp. Preface. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. Illustrations. Map. "John Work's journal is one of the cornerstone works …

In The Shadow Of The Rockies.
C. M. Macinnes, M.A
First edition. 8vo. Blue decorated cloth, gold stamping on spine, viii, 347 pp., preface, illustrated, plates, portraits, diagrams, folding maps, …

Voyages From Montreal, On The River St. Laurence, Through The Continent Of North America, …
by Alexander Mackenzie
First edition. Full Leather, early 19th century binding, decorative endpapers, viii, cxxxii, 412,[2]pp. plus 3 folding maps, half-title, frontispiece portrait. …

Lord Grizzly
by Frederick F. Manfred
First Edition. Boards with cloth spine. 281pp. The great, classic work by Manfred. An excellent fictionalized account of the legendary …

The Upper Missouri Fur Trade: Its Methods Of Operation.
by Ray H. Mattison
First separate, reprinted from Nebraska History, Vol. 42, No.1, March, 1961. Printed wrappers, 28 pp., illustrations, map. An interesting overview …

The Life And Travels Of Josiah Mooso, A Life On The Frontier Among Indians …
by Josiah Mooso
First edition. Cloth, 400 pp., portrait. Mooso spent his boyhood in Canada and as a young man became employed by …

The Life And Travels Of Josiah Mooso. A Life On The Frontier Among Indians …
by Josiah Mooso
First edition. Cloth, 400 pp., preface, frontispiece (portrait). Mooso spent his boyhood in Canada and as a young man became …

The West Of William H. Ashley.
by Dale (Editor). Morgan
First edition. Trade edition. Cloth, 341 pp., illustrations, 3 maps (large folding map). The result of two decades of research, …

The West Of William H. Ashley, The International Struggle For The Fur Trade Of …
by Dale (Editor). Morgan
First edition. Limited to 250 copies, hand numbered and signed by Dale Morgan. Half calf and tan buckram, 341 pp., …

The Life Of Jim Baker 1818-1898. Trapper, Scout, Guide And Indian Fighter
by Nolie. Mumey
First edition. 8vo. Limited to 250 signed copies of which this is # 200. Two-tone quarter cloth and boards with …

Traits Of American-Indian Life And Character.
Ogden, Peter Skene
First edition. Original cloth, vii-xiv, 218 pp. + 16 pages of advertisements by the publisher. Introduction. "This book consists of …

The Fur Trade
by Paul Crissler Phillips
First Edition. Two Volumes. Cloth, vii-xxvi, 686pp., and vii-viii, 696pp..Illustrations. 13 Maps. Original slipcase, as issued. An excellent work, presenting …

A Brief History Of Jirah Isham (Of New London, Connecticut) And His Descendants From …
by Mary Allen. Phinney
First edition. 8vo. Two hundred copies printed of which this is number 73. Blue cloth, viii [4], 179 pp., frontis., …

Allen-Isham Genealogy. Jirah Isham Allen Montana Pioneer, Government Scout, Guide, Interpreter And Famous Hunter, …
by Mary Allen. Phinney
First edition. Limited to 200 copies of which this is number 110. Inscribed "To Rachel, With love from The Author, …

The Masters Of The Wilderness: A Study Of The Hudson's Bay Company, From Its …
by Charles B. Reed
First separate printing. Stiff printed wrappers, pages 137-173. Illustration. Folding map. An excellent overview of the history of the importance …

Journal Of A Trapper, Or Nine Years In The Rocky Mountains, 1834 - 1843. …
by Osborne. Russell
The rare first edition privately printed for the author. 8vo. *Printing limited to 100 copies for distribution to relatives, personal …

Brief Sketches In The Life Of Col. Dick Rutledge. The Last Living Indian Scout
by Col. Dick Rutledge
First edition. Penciled gift inscription by the author on the inside front cover and additionally signed by him in pencil …

Narrative Of An Expedition Through The Upper Mississippi To Itasca Lake, The Actual Source …
by Henry R Schoolcraft
First Edition. 19th century Three-quarter Leather, with raised bands and gilt-stamping on spine, and marbled-paper covered boards. xi, 7-307pp. Preface. …

Narrative Of An Expedition Through The Upper Mississippi To Itasca Lake, The Actual Source …
by Henry R. Schoolcraft
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth, titles stamped on a paper label affixed to the spine, vi, 7 - 307 [1] …

The T. B. Walker Collection Of Indian Portraits.
by A.W. Schorger
First edition. Stiff printed wrappers, 164pp., Introduction by A.W. Schorger. "125 Reproductions of Paintings by *Henry H. Cross,* of which …

Furs / [Title Page] Thirtieth Annual Catalog Of Fur Coats And Robes And Fine …
Sioux City Robe And Tanning Company, Sioux City, Iowa
First edition. 10" x 6 1/2" in light green pictorial wrappers showing man wear a buffalo coat and standing beside …

George Drouillard, Hunter And Interpreter For Lewis And Clark And Fur Trader, 1807-1810.
by M.O Skarsten
Western Frontiersmen Series XI. First edition. Octavo. Cloth, 356pp., preface, illustrated, two maps, bibliography, index. "From the various journals of …

George Drouillard, Hunter And Interpreter For Lewis And Clark And Fur Trader, 1807-1810.
by M.O. Skarsten
Western Frontiersmen Series XI. First edition. Octavo. Cloth, 356pp., preface, illustrated, two maps, bibliography, index. "From the various journals of …

Breeds And Half-Breeds
by Gordon Speck
First edition. 8vo. Cloth, xvi [2], 361 pp., acknowledgments, prologue. illustrated, 15 maps. bibliography, source notes, index. This thoroughly-researched and …

Jedediah Smith, Trader & Trailbreaker
by Maurice S Sullivan
First edition. Cloth, 233pp., illus. A classic, this work was the first full-length biography of this important mountain man and …

Jedediah Smith, Trader & Trailbreaker.
by Maurice S. Sullivan
First edition. Cloth, 233pp., illus. A classic, this work was the first full-length biography of this important mountain man and …

Joshua Pilcher, Fur Trader And Indian Agent
by John E Sunder
First Edition. Cloth. 203pp. Illustrations. 3 Maps. Bibliography. Index. An excellent biography of this important early developer of trade with …

The Thoen Stone: A Saga Of The Black Hills
by Frank Thomson
First edition. Second printing. 8vo. Signed by the author at top of front pastedown sheet and also a full-page inscription …

West Wind: The Life Story Of Joseph Reddeford Walker.
Douglas S. Watson [Editor]
First edition. Quarto. Limited to 100 copies. Signed by Percy H. Booth and laid-in is a letter to Curtis Lindsey …

The Taos Trappers, The Fur Trade In The Far Southwest, 1540-1846
by David J Weber
First edition. Cloth, titles stamped in green and brown on the spine, pea green front and rear endpapers, xiii [3], …

News Of The Plains And Rockies 1803-1865
David A. White [Editor]
8 Volumes, plus the supplemental ninth volume. Cloth. Illustrated with numerous maps, tables, and facsimiles. Index. An outstanding, and much-needed …

News Of The Plains And Rockies 1803-1865
David A. White [Editor]
8 Volumes, plus the supplemental ninth volume. Cloth. Illustrated with numerous maps, tables, and facsimiles. Index. An outstanding, and much-needed …

Among The Shoshones.
Elijah Nicholas Wilson ["Uncle Nick"]
First edition. First issue. 8vo. Presentation inscription by the publisher and signed by him. The signature of the publisher is …

Among The Shoshones.
Elijah Nicholas Wilson ["Uncle Nick"]
First edition. First issue. 8vo. 222 pp., frontis. [photograph of E. N. Wilson], preface, illustrated, portraits, plates. A unique copy …

Among The Shoshones.
Elijah Nicholas Wilson ["Uncle Nick"]
First edition. First issue. 8vo. Original dark green cloth, hand-written titles on orange labels affixed to front cover and spine, …

This Far-Off Wild Land. The Upper Missouri Letters Of Andrew Dawson
by Lesley And Andrew Erskine Dawson Wischmann
First edition. Red cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the front cover and spine, 336 pp.,preface, acknowledgments, illustrated mostly from …

Denominators Of The Fur Trade. An Anthology Of Writings On The Material Culture Of …
by Arthur. Woodward
First edition. 4to. Cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine, xiv, 73 pp., preface, profusely illustrated by old photographs …