The Mountain Men and the Fur Trade of the Far West : [10 VOLUMES, COMPLETE, EDITION LIMITED TO 500 SETS]. Biographical Sketches of the Participants by Scholars of the Subject and with Introductions by the Editor

Spokane, WA: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2001. Second printing. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. 10 volumes (final vol. is the bibliography & index). Brown cloth, spines lettered in gilt. A facsimile edition limited to 500 sets. Illustrated throughout. Endpaper maps of the fur country of the U. S. far west. A fine, as new set with 8 of the 10 volumes still in publisher's shrink wrap.

Contents: Vol. I. A brief history of the fur trade of the far West. Background: furs and frontiers -- Fur trade advance on the Upper Missouri and in Oregon -- Trade ventures in the Southwest -- Ashley enters the mountains: the rendezvous of 1825 and 1826 -- Smith, Jackson, and Sublette, 1826-1830 -- Rivals in the Rockies, 1830-1833 -- The passing of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, 1833-1836 -- End of the rendezvous: decline of the fur trade -- The mountain men. Manuel Alvarez / by Harold H. Dunham -- Abel Baker, Jr. / by Janet Lecompte -- Jean Baptiste Charbonneau / by Ann W. Hafen -- Francis A. Chardon / by Ray H. Mattison -- Henry Chatillon / by Wilbur R. Jacobs -- James Clyman / by Charles L. Camp -- Alexander Culbertson / by Ray H. Mattison -- Jimmy Daugherty / by Harvey L. Carter -- Job Francis Dye / by Gloria Griffen Cline -- Thomas Eddie / by Frederic E. Voelker -- Gabriel Franchere / by Carl P. Russell -- Mark Head / by Harvey L. Carter -- Charles Larpenteur / by Louis Pfaller, O.S.B. -- Joseph L. Meek / by Harvey E. Tobie -- George Nidever / by Margaret E. Beckman and William H. Ellison -- Hiram Scott / by Merrill J. Mattes -- Isaac Slover / by Andrew F. Rolle -- Pinckney W. Sublette / by John E. Sunder -- Solomon P. Sublette / by John E. Sunder -- Charles Town / by Janet Lecompte.
Vol. II. The mountain men. John D. Albert / by LeRoy R. Hafen -- Charles Bent / by Harold H. Dunham -- Thomas Biggs / by Janet Lecompte -- Francis Ziba Branch / by John E. Baur -- Calvin T. Briggs / by Janet Lecompte -- Lewis T. Burton / by John E. Baur -- John Pierre Cabanne, Sr. / by Ray H. Mattison -- Moses Carson / by Harvey L. Carter -- Jacques Clamorgan / by A. P. Nasatir -- Auguste Clermont (August Claymore) / by Harvey L. Carter -- William Craig / by Frederick Mark -- John Day / by Kenneth L. Holmes -- Jacques D'Eglise / by A. P. Nasatir -- Warren Angus Ferris / by Lyman C. Pederson, Jr. -- Johnson Gardner / by Aubrey L. Haines -- Hugh Glenn / by Harry R. Stevens -- Antoine Godin / by Aubrey L. Haines -- Miles Morris Goodyear / by Eugene E. Campbell -- Mathew Kinkead / by Janet Lecompte -- James Kipp / by Ray H. Mattison -- Lancaster P. Lupton / by Ann W. Hafen -- Kenneth McKenzie / by Ray H. Mattison -- Stephen Hall Meek / by Harvey E. Tobie -- David Dawson Mitchell / by Ray H. Mattison -- Antonio Montero / by Edgeley L. Carter -- Albert Pike / by Harvey L. Carter -- William Pope / by Andrew F. Rolle -- Nathaniel Pryor / by Raymond W. Settle -- Nathaniel Miguel Pryor / by Raymond W. Settle -- John Baptiste Richard / by John Dishon McDermott -- Osborne Russell / by Aubrey L. Haines -- Isaac Sparks / by John E. Baur -- Louis Vasquez / by LeRoy R. Hafen -- Walkara, Ute Chief / by Gustive O. Larson -- William Wolfskill / by Iris Higbie Wilson -- John Work / by Ray M. Reeder -- Ewing Young / by Harvey L. Carter.
Vol. III. The mountain men. Marcelino Baca / by Janet Lecompte -- James Baird / by Rex W. Strickland -- / James Baker / by Nolie Mumey -- Henry A. Boller / by Ray H. Mattison -- Michel Bourdon / by Merle Wells -- John J. Burroughs / by Janet Lecompte -- Richard Campbell / by John E. Baur -- Joseph Dickson / by Frank H. Dickson -- William Doughty / by Harvey E. Tobie -- Joe Doyle / by Harvey L. Carter -- John Thomas Evans / by A.P. Nasatir -- Jacob Fowler / by Raymond W. Settle -- Henry Fraeb / by LeRoy R. Hafen -- Isaac Graham / by Doyce B. Nunis, Jr. -- James A. Hamilton (Palmer) / by Ray H. Mattison -- William Laidlaw / by Ray H. Mattison -- Antoine and Abraham Ledoux / by Janet Lecompte -- Stephen Louis Lee / by David J. Weber -- Jacob Primer Leese / by Gloria Griffen Cline -- William Morrison / by Richard E. Oglesby -- Henry Naile / by Doyce B. Nunis, Jr. -- Peter Skene Ogden / by Ted J. Warner -- Pierre Chrysologue Pambrun / by Kenneth L. Holmes -- Daniel T. Potts / by Gerald C. Bagley -- Rufus B. Sage / by Ann W. Hafen -- Marcellin St. Vrain / by Harvey L. Carter -- Thomas L. Sarpy / by George M. Platt -- George Semmes Simpson / by Harvey L. Carter and Janet Lecompte -- William Tharp / by Janet Lecompte -- David Thompson / by Alvin M. Josephy, Jr. -- Philip F. Thompson / by LeRoy R. Hafen -- Courtney Meade Walker / by Jo Tuthill -- Seth E. Ward / by Merrill J. Mattes -- Caleb Wilkins / by Harvey E. Tobie -- Dick Wootton / by Harvey L. Carter.
Vol. IV. The mountain men. Charles Autobees / by Janet Lecompte -- George Bent / by Harvey L. Carter -- Robert Bent / by Harvey L. Carter -- Joseph Bissonette / by John Dishon McDermott -- Alexander K. Branch / by Janet Lecompte -- George Douillard / by M.O. Skarsten -- George Wood Ebbert / by Harvey E. Tobie -- Robert Fisher / by Harvey L. Carter -- Moses "Black" Harris / by Jerome Peltier -- Alexander Harvey / by Ray H. Mattison -- John L. Hatcher / by Harvey L. Carter -- John Hawkins / by Janet Lecompte -- Theodore Hunt / by E. Lee Dorsett -- Thomas James / by Frederick E. Voelker -- Charles Kinney / by Janet Lecompte -- Antoine Leroux / by Forbes Parkhill -- James Makcay / by A.P. Nasatir -- William F. May / by Adrienne T. Christopher -- Archibald Charles Metcalf / by Janet Lecompte -- Gervais Nolan / by David J. Weber -- James Ohio Pattie / by Ann W. Hafen -- Joshua Pilcher / by Ray H. Mattison -- Antoine Robidoux / by Willaim S. Wallace -- John Rowland / by David J. Weber -- Peter A. Sarpy / by John E. Wickman -- Alexander Sinclair / by LeRoy R. Hafen -- Prewett F. Sinclair / by LeRoy R. Hafen -- Thomas L. (Peg-Leg) Smith / by Alfred Glen Humphreys -- Milton G. Sublette / by Doyce B. Nunis, Jr. -- Pierre Tevanitagon (Old Pierre, The Iroquois) / by Merle Wells -- Tom Tobin / by Harvey L. Carter -- Elbridge Trask / by Jo Tuthill -- Jean Baptiste Truteau / by A.P. Nasatir.
Vol. V. The mountain men. Cyrus Alexander / by Donald C. Cutter and David J. Weber -- John Ball / by Carl P. Russell -- James Bird, Jr. / by John E. Wickman -- Benjamin L.E. Bonneville / by Edgeley W. Todd -- James Bordeaux / by John Dishon McDermott -- Lucien Fontenelle / by Alan C. Trottman -- John Gantt / by Harvey L. Carter -- Seth Kinman / by Chad L. Hoopes -- James Kirker / by William Cochran McGaw -- Michel Laframboise / by Doyce B. Nunis, Jr. -- William LeBlanc / by Janet Lecompte -- Aaron B. Lewis / by Harvey L. Carter -- Manuel Lisa / by Richard E. Oglesby -- Joseph Livernois / by Janet Lecompte -- Finnan MacDonald / by Merle Wells -- Duncan McDougall / by Carl P. Russell -- Donald McKenzie / by Edgar I. Stewart -- Levin Mitchell / by Janet Lecompte -- Bill New / by Harvey L. Carter -- Bejamin O'Fallon / by John W. Steiger -- Dick Owens / by Harvey L. Carter -- Antoine Plante / by Jerome Peltier -- Ceran St. Vrain / by Harold H. Dunham -- Louy Simmons / by LeRoy R. Hafen -- John Simpson Smith / by Ann W. Hafen -- William L. Sublette / by John E. Sunder -- Joseph R. Walker / by Ardis M. Walker -- Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth / by William R. Sampson.
Vol. VI. The mountain men. Charles H. Beaubien / by Lawrence R. Murphy -- James P. Beckwourth / by Delmont R. Oswald -- William W. Bent / by Samuel P. Arnold -- James Bridger / by Cornelius M. Ismert -- Kit Carson / by Harvey L. Carter -- James Craigie / by Merle Wells -- David Crow / by Janet Lecompte -- Chat Dubray / by Harvey L. Carter -- Charles Gardner, "Big Phil, The Cannibal" / by LeRoy R. Hafen -- Eldridge Gerry / by Ann W. Hafen -- Hugh Glass / by Aubrey L. Haines -- Andrew Henry / by Louis J. Clements -- Wilson Price Hunt / by William Brandon -- Calvin Jones / by Harvey L. Carter -- Francisco Laforet / by David J. Weber -- Baptiste LaLande / by Richard E. Oglesby -- J. LaRamee / by John Dishon McDermott -- Maurice LeDuc / by Janet Lecompte -- Pierre Lesperance / by Janet Lecompte -- Etienne Lucier / by Harriet D. Munnick -- Thomas McKay / by David Lavender -- Alexander Roderick McLeod / by Doyce B. Nunis, Jr. -- Lucien Maxwell / by Harvey L. Carter -- Pierre Menard / by Richard E. Oglesby -- Pierre Pariseau / by Harriet D. Munnick -- Francois Payette / by Kenneth L. Holmes -- John Poisal / by Janet Lecompte -- Sylvestre S. Pratte / by David J. Weber -- Etienne Provost / by LeRoy R. Hafen -- Alexander Ross / by Edgar I. Stewart -- Solomon Howard Smith / by Harriet D. Munnick.
Vol. VIII. The mountain men. Louis Ambroise / by Harvey L. Carter -- Albert Gallatin Boone / by Nicholas P. Hardeman -- Robert Campbell / by Harvey L. Carter -- Michel Sylvestre Cerré / by Charles E. Hanson, Jr. -- Malcolm Clark / by John E. Wickman -- John Colter / by Aubrey L. Haines -- Charles Compo / by Clifford M. Drury -- Jules DeMun / by Janet Lecompte -- Pierre Dorion / by Harriet D. Munnick -- John Dougherty / by Merrill J. Mattes -- Andrew Drips / by Harvey L. Carter -- Edward and Francis Ermatinger / by Harriet D. Munnick -- Jacques (Old Pino) Fournaise / by Frederick E. Voelker -- Friday, The Arapaho / by LeRoy R. Hafen -- Antoine Janis / by Janet Lecompte -- Charles Keemle / by Charles E. Hanson, Jr. -- Jean Baptiste Lucier, dit Gardipe / by Harriet D. Munnick -- Robert McClellan / by Harvey L. Carter -- William W. McGaa / by Ann W. Hafen -- John McLoughlin / by Kenneth L. Holmes -- Mariano Medina / by Harvey L. Carter -- Robert Newell / by LeRoy R. Hafen -- James Pursley / by Janet Lecompte -- Joseph Robidoux / by Merrill J. Mattes -- Louis Robidoux / by David J. Weber -- Jedediah Smith / by Harvey L. Carter -- Andrew Whitley Sublette / by Doyce B. Nunis, Jr. -- William Sherley (Old Bill) Williams / by Frederic E. Voelker.
Vol. IX. The mountain men. Joseph Bissonet, dit Bijou / by LeRoy R. Hafen -- Lemuel Carpenter / by Iris Higbie Wilson -- Eustache Carriere / by LeRoy R. Hafen -- Alexander Carson / by Ruth Stoller -- Toussaint Charbonneau / by LeRoy R. Hafen -- Auguste Pierre Choteau / by Janet Lecompte -- Pierre Choteau, Junior / by Janet Lecompte -- Ramsay Crooks / by Harvey L. Carter -- Edward de Morin / by Paul D. Riley -- John B. Didier / by Paul D. Riley -- James Douglas / by Kenneth L. Holmes -- Lewis Dutton / by Rex W. Strickland -- Russel Farnham / by harvey L. Carter -- William Gordon / by Charles E. Hanson, Jr. -- Richard Grant / by Merle Wells -- Caleb Greenwood / by Harvey L. Carter -- Zacharias Ham / by John E. Baur -- William T. Hamilton / by L. Custer Keim -- Valentine Johnson ("Rube") Herring / by Janet Lecompte -- John Hoback, Jacob Reznor, and Edward Robinson / by Harvey L. Carter -- David E. Jackson / by Carl D. W. Hays -- William Kittson / by Gloria Griffen Cline -- Charles McKay / by John C. Jackson -- Robert McKnight / by Rex W. Strickland -- Joseph McLoughlin / by Ruth Stoller -- Robert Meldrum / by John E. Wickman -- David Meriwether / by Gloria Griffen Cline -- J. B. Moncravie / by Charles E. Hanson, Jr. -- John Newman / by Charles G. Clarke -- Pierre Didier Papin / by William A. Goff -- Simon Plamondon / by Harriet D. Munnick -- Antoine Reynal, Junior / by Charles E. Hanson, Jr. -- Edward Rose / by Willis Blenkinsop -- Hubert Rouleau / by Charles E. Hanson, Jr. -- John F. A. Sanford / by Janet Lecompte -- Robert Stuart / by Harvey L. Carter -- Joseph Thing / by Judith Austin -- John H. Weber / by LeRoy R. Hafen -- Peter M. Weiser / by Charles G. Clarke -- Ezekiel Williams / by Frederic E. Voelker -- George C. Yount / by Charles L. Camp.