New Light on the Early History
Item #45148
HENRY, Alexander, and THOMPSON, David. New Light on the Early History of the Greater Northwest. The Manuscript Journals of...1799-1814. New York, 1897. Three volumes totaling 1027pp., plus three folding maps and folding facsimile in rear pocket of vol. III. Portrait. Original green cloth, gilt-stamped spines. Titlepage of first volume detached, else a near fine set. Largely unopened. Howes H-419. Tweney 89,9. Peel 32. Wagner-Camp 7 (note). From an edition limited to 1100 copies. Published by F.P. Harper, and probably the most difficult to obtain of the excellent series issued by that firm. Describes the travels and adventures of both men, mainly in the Canadian Northwest. Edited by Elliott Coues.
Price: $1,000.00