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The Old West Publishing Company. Used - Very Good. 1931. First Edition. hardcover. Cloth. Tall octavo. xi & 316 pp. Mild shelf wear to boards, corners slightly bumped. Bookplate to ffep, which is noticeably toned. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. Very Good. (Subject: Americana & Regional History).

The Old West Pub. Co, 1931-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No dust jacket as issued. Forest green cloth boards with tooled border and gilt lettering on the front panel; lettering on the spine. The binding is tight, corners lightly rubbed. A .25" closed tear on the front hinge. A patch of yellowing on pages 28 & 29 from a newspaper clipping. Previous owner name written lightly in pencil on the FFEP.

1931. (FITZPATRICK, THOMAS). HAFEN, LeRoy R. and GHENT, W.J. Broken Hand. The Life Story of Thomas Fitzpatrick, Chief of the Mountain Men. Denver: Old West Publishing Co., 1931. 1st ed. Illus. 316pp. A very good copy in orig. cloth. Howes H-10. Scarce.

Denver: Old West Publishing Company, 1931., 1931. First edition. First edition. Cloth, 316pp., illustrated with 8 plates, map, notes, index. "Fitzpatrick (1799-1854) ranks with Jedediah Smith, Bridger, and Carson as the four greatest mountain men. His first trip over the Santa Fe trail was in 1831, with the caravan on which Jedediah Smith lost his life. Fitzpatrick was later a guide for such men as Fremont, Abert, and Kearny; in 1846 he was agent for the tribes on the Arkansas, Platte, and Kansas Rivers."---Jack Rittenhouse. "Fitzpatrick was one of the original Ashley men who traveled extensively in the mountains and was a close friend of Jed Smith. Known as "White Hair", he presided at the great 1851 Ft. Laramie Indian Peace Council."---Camille E. Cazedessus II. "Fitzpatrick was not only influential in shaping the fur trade during its formative years, but equally so as an early guide to emigrants and Army expeditions, and as an Indian agent, being generally… Read More

Denver, CO: Old West Publishing Company, 1931. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 316 pages, frontis, illustrations, scarce jacket with slight edge wear, and minor soiling. Fur trade, mountain men, Bents Fort, Indians, Kit Carson, Bridger, etc. Classic fur trade item! Howes H10aa..

Denver, CO: Old West Publishing Company, 1931. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 316 pages, frontis, illustrations, bookplate. Limited edition of 100 copies numbered and signed by both authors with this being #77. Fur trade, mountain men, Bents Fort, Indians, Kit Carson, Bridger, etc. Classic fur trade item!! Howes H10..

Denver: The Old West Publishing Co., 1931., 1931. First edition. First edition. Ltd. edition, #80 of 100 copies, signed by both authors. Boards with cloth spine, light green front and rear endpapers, xi, 12 - 316 pp., frontispiece, preface, illustrated, appendix, notes, index. "Known by the Indians as 'Broken Hand,' Thomas Fitzpatrick was a trapper and a trailblazer who became the head of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company. With Jedediah Smith he led the trapper band that discovered South Pass; he then shepherded the first two emigrant wagon trains to Oregon, was official guide to Fremont on his longest expedition, and guided Colonel Phil Kearny and his Dragoons along the westward trails to impress the Indians with howitzers and swords. Fitzpatrick negotiated the Fort Laramie treaty of 1851 at the largest council of Plains Indians ever assembled. Among the most colorful of mountain men, Fitzpatrick was also party to many of the most important events in the opening of the West."… Read More