History of Early Steamboat Navigation on the Missouri River. Life and Adventures of Joseph la Barge. Pioneer Navigator and Indian Trader for Fifty Years Identified with the Commerce of the Missouri Valley. In Two Volumes
by Chittenden, Hiram Martin
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- Condition
- fine
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Francis P. Harper, 1903. Undetermined. fine. 1st edition limited to 950 copies. xiv,248;[vii],[249]-461pp. Two volumes Octavo in original blue cloth, gilt top edge, others uncut with 12 plates (including frontispiece portrait in each volume). Very minor wear along top edge of Volume One, still a fine copy in original bindings. fine 1903
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 105221
- Title
- History of Early Steamboat Navigation on the Missouri River. Life and Adventures of Joseph la Barge. Pioneer Navigator and Indian Trader for Fifty Years Identified with the Commerce of the Missouri Valley. In Two Volumes
- Author
- Chittenden, Hiram Martin
- Format/Binding
- Undetermined
- Book Condition
- Used - fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Francis P. Harper
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- Steamboats|Missouri River|Fur Trade
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Americana;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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