The First Chouteaus: River Barons of Early St. Louis
by Foley, William E. & Rice, C. David
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0252010221
- ISBN 13
- 9780252010224
- Seller
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Traverse City, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Urbana: University of Illinois Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. 0252010221 . "For more than half a century, the Chouteau family dominated trade and enterprise in the Mississippi Valley. In their various roles as merchants, Indian traders, bankers, land speculators, governmental advisors, public officials, and community leaders, the Chouteaus exerted a tremendous influence on westward expansion." Contains an index, source notes, genealogical charts, and a bibliography in the rear. Original brown cloth publisher's covers with gilt spine lettering. This is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings, no previous owner names and no bookplates.; B&W Illustrations, Photos & Maps; 8vo, 8"- 9" tall; 241 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Peninsula Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20764
- Title
- The First Chouteaus: River Barons of Early St. Louis
- Author
- Foley, William E. & Rice, C. David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0252010221
- ISBN 13
- 9780252010224
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Place of Publication
- Urbana
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- 0252010221, Missouri, Missouri Rivers, St. Louis, Fur Trade, Chouteau Family
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Traverse City, Michigan
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.