Chicago: The Lakeside Press / R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company. As New with no dust jacket. 1953. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt medallion on cover, fore and bottom edges deckle, t.e.g. Illustrated wth B&W frontispiece, illustrations, and maps. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife. This is one of the earliest narratives of the fur-trade. Gen. James describes his experiences on the upper Missouri in 1809, and an expedition to Santa Fe in 1821. Gen. James' secretary had destroyed nearly all of the copies of the manuscript, and the first copy to be discovered was found in the collection of the Missouri Historical Society in c. 1909. The Society issued the first edition in 1916.. This volume is in perfect, pristine condition; unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW. . The Lakeside Classics Series. Vol. 51. B&W Illustrations and maps. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. (xxxvi), (i), 297 pp .

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Bookseller: Round Table Books, LLC (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 19941
Title: Three Years Among the Indians and Mexicans
Author: James, General Thomas
Format/Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: New
Edition: First Edition Thus. First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Lakeside Press / R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company
Place of Publication: Chicago
Date Published: 1953
Keywords: History;, American History;, Native American History;, Mexico;, American Indians;, Lakeside Classics;, Lakeside Press;, General Thomas James;

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