This Reckless Breed of Men; The Trappers and Fur Traders of the Southwest by Cleland, Robert Glass - 1950

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. First Edition, 1st Printing. Fine/Very Good. [8.5x6in]; xv, 361 pp., i-xx [index], [1] colophon, color frontispiece of Edwin James first view of the Rocky Mountains, eight plates of 16 illustrations and images, four maps, bibliography and index; Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine and blind stamped tree and initals on front, red ink stained top edge, fore edge uncut; Red dust jacket with white and black lettering on front and spine, color illustration of landscape on front, Cleland biographical note and illustration on back; Negiligible shelf wear to covers, edges and corners, top edge stain faded; Minimal shelf wear to dust jacket with some soiling, slightly darken spine and fading of red, minor small chips to corners and top and bottom of spine, not price clipped.