Forts of the Upper Missouri (American Forts Series) by ATHEARN, Robert G - 1967

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs. Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. A first edition of author's history of the American West, detailing the establishment of forts along principal rivers in the drainage of the Missouri River starting in 1819. Includes a section of black & white plates at center of volume and with maps at endpapers. An entry in publisher's American Forts Series, as planned by Stewart H. Holbrook. --- An ex-library copy, the sole evidence of which are numerals inked in white to dust jacket spine. In rust and black cloth, with titling and decorations on covers & spine in gilt, brown & orange jacket. --- With dampstain & inkings to back cover, a tear to cloth at rear joint, and general sunning and chafing to cloth. Interior of volume with prior owner's signature, otherwise clean, tightly-bound and unmarked. Unclipped dust jacket with a little bit of chafing to spine ends, in removable mylar protector.; Ex-Library; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xi, 340 pages .