New Light on the Early History of the Greater Northwest.
Item #71904
HENRY, Alexander and THOMPSON, David. New Light on the Early History of the Greater Northwest. The Manuscript Journals of Alexander Henry, Fur Trader of the Northwest Company, and of David Thompson, Official Geographer and Explorer of the Same Company, 1799-1814: Exploration and Adventure among the Indians on the Red, Saskatchewan, Missouri, and Columbia Rivers. Edited with Copious Critical Commentary by Elliott Coues. New York: Francis P. Harper, 1897. 3Vols. xxviii,446;vi,447 -916;917-1027pp. Portrait frontis., 3 folding maps, folding facsimile in rear pocket of Vol. Three. Orig. cloth. A fine, largely unopened set. Howes H-419 "aa." Tweney 89,9. Peel 32. Wagner-Camp 7 (note). One of 1000 numbered sets on "fine book paper" of an edition limited to 1100 copies. Probably the most difficult to obtain of the excellent series issued by Harper. Describes the travels and adventures of both men, mainly in the Canadian Northwest.
Price: $1,000.00