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Life in the Rocky Mountains 1830-1835: a Diary of Wanderings on the Sources of the Rivers Missouri, Columbia, and Colorado from February, 1830 to November, 1835
by Ferris, W. A
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Moab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Denver: Old West Publishing Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1940. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Red boards with gilt lettering has sunned spine and shelft fading. Red top edge with rough-trimmed fore edge and uncut pages. Glue marks on rear pastedown endpaper. Illustrated, frontis The Death of Vanderburgh. Fold-out map tipped in. Edited with biography of Ferris and fur trade history by Paul Phillips. Detailed journal of a fur trading company employee. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 365 pp .
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- Bookseller
- Back of Beyond Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008616BT
- Title
- Life in the Rocky Mountains 1830-1835: a Diary of Wanderings on the Sources of the Rivers Missouri, Columbia, and Colorado from February, 1830 to November, 1835
- Author
- Ferris, W. A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Old West Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Denver
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- Fur Trading Journal
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Back of Beyond Books
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Moab, Utah
About Back of Beyond Books
Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
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- Gilt
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