Fur Trade
From Bill Sublette Mountain Man to Rendezvous At the Straits Fur Trade and Military Activities At Fort De Buade and Fort Michilimackinac, 1669 - 1781, from Kit Carson's Autobiography to The Western Odyssey Of John Simpson Smith, we can help you find the fur trade books you are looking for. As the world's largest independent marketplace for new, used and rare books, you always get the best in service and value when you buy from Biblio, and all of your purchases are backed by our return guarantee.
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The Western Odyssey Of John Simpson Smith Frontiersman, Trapper, Trader, and Interpreter
by Hoig, Stan
Fort Hall Gateway To The Oregon Country
by Robertson, Frank C
N.Y.: Hastings House, 1963. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 318 pages, illustrations, minor edge wear and light spine fade to jacket. Story of Fort Hall, established in 1834, and the people who lived there, fought, worked, and died there. Fur trade, mountain men, Nat Wyeth, Captain Bonneville, Peter Skene Ogden, Dr. John McLoughlin, etc..
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CA$24.92
Probing The American West Papers from the Santa Fe Conference
by Toole, Ross K., John Carroll, Robert Utley, A.R. Mortensen
Santa Fe: Museum Of New Mexico Press, 1962. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 216 pages + schedule, chipping to jacket edges. Quanah Parker, Mackenzie, Dull Knife, fur trade, cattlemen, Mounted Riflemen, Gold Rush, etc..
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CA$18.00
A Brief History Of South Dakota
by Robinson, Doane
N.Y.: American Book Company, 1912. Book. Good. Hardcover. 332 pages + ads, frontis, illustrations, moderate cover wear, inner hinge starting, some scattered pencil notes, owner inscription on front pastedown, colored drawing on fly-leaf, hand-written letter laid in. Accounts of Lewis and Clark, Manuel Lisa and the fur trade, The Fetterman Massacre and Red Cloud, Custer's Black Hills Expedition, and the 1876 Sioux War and Custer's defeat. O'Keefe 2086, missed this printing, has the 1905 1st and a 1933...
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CA$34.61
This Reckless Breed of Men: The Trappers and Fur Traders of the Southwest
by CLELAND, Robert Glass
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good. Fourth printing. Octavo. 361pp., xx. Illustrated. Light scattered foxing on pages, spine lightly sunned, very good lacking the dustwrapper.
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CA$27.69
Washakie An Account of Indian Resistance of the Covered Wagon and Union Pacific Railroad Invasions of Their Territory
by Hebard, Grace Raymond
Cleveland: Arthur Clark Company, 1930. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 337 pages, frontis, illustrations, map, top edge gilt, minor edge wear, inscribed and signed presentation note from the author attached between the title page and frontis dated 1930. A leader of the Shoshoni, he was well acquainted with Bridger and Carson. He often was employed as a scout for the army. Howes H384, Luther High-Spot 41, "gives a good account of the activity of the Shoshoni allies in support of...
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CA$276.88
The Santa Fe Trail
by Duffus, R. L
N.Y.: David McKay, 1975. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 283 pages, photos, index, bookplate, minor wear, rub mark to rear cover. Wagon trains, Indians, overland travel, Santa Fe etc..
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CA$16.61
Jim Bridger
by Alter, J. Cecil
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press (1962), 1962. First edition thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. [6], vii-xi, [3], 3-358, [2] pp. Brown cloth with gold lettering blocked in red on the spine; brown topstain. Price of $5.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with a few plates. First Oklahoma Press edition of Alter's biography of the famed mountain man and scout. The Oklahoma Press edition contains new material and information not in the first edition. Jacket has a small split to...
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CA$76.14
Pine Fort
Winnipeg: Manitoba Department of Cultural Affairs and Historical Resources., 1982 First printing in stapled paper covers. 9 pp. Illustrations. Fine.
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CA$15.52
Fort William. Living and Working at the Post
by Campbell, Susan
Toronto, Ontario: Ontario Ministry of Culture and Recreation., 1980 First printing in large paper covers. 123 pp. Illustrations, references. Faint soiling to foredge, light wear to covers. Very Good.
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CA$25.90
York Boats & Buffalo Robes. Fur Trade Life at Lower Fort Garry. Bateaux York Et Peaux D'Emballage (Bison).
Ottawa, ON: Parks Canada., 1980 First printing in oblong stapled paper covers. 17 pp. each in French and English. Maps, figures. Very light wear to covers. Near Fine.
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CA$31.09
John Tod. Rebel in the Ranks
by Belyk, Robert C
Victoria, BC: Horsdal Schubart Publishers Ltd., 1995 First printing in trade paperback. 220 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Scratch and tiny crease to front cover. Near Fine.
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CA$15.52
Our Heritage. A Brief History of Early Fort William and the Great North West Company- Its Personalities and Competitors 1764-1830.
by George B. MacGillivray
Dryden, ON: Printed By Alex Wilson Publications Limited, 1970 First printing in tall stapled paper covers. 38 pp. Photographs. Sticker ghost and faint crease on the front cover. Very Good.
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CA$31.09
Sir George Simpson Centennial Celebration. Fort St. James 17 September, 1928. Unveiling the Tablet
Hudson's Bay Company., 1928 First printing in pamphlet. Original paper wraps encased in an extra set of larger card covers with tied ribbon at spine. 48 pp. Photographs. Pamphlet is fine, the outer card covers show some wear and creasing to edges, light rubbing and soiling. This publication was to commemorate the unveiling of the tablet placed in the Simpson Pass on the High Road from Banff to Windermere, B.C. A scarce and attractive item.
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CA$155.69
A Ballad Of The West Seekers of the Fleece Lakota
by Bridger, Bobby, Vine Deloria
Austin TX: Wiyaka Press , 1983. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Original ¼ leather and marbled boards, 153 pages, frontis, fold-out map, limited to 250 copies, this copy not numbered but is signed by the author, housed in a matching slipcase. Jedediah Smith, Hugh Glass, Jim Bridger, Indians, etc..
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CA$55.38
The Indian Traders
by Frank McNitt
University of Oklahoma Press, 2014. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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CA$15.13
Nor' Wester. The Journal of the North-West Company. Volume 2 Number 1 Spring 1973
by North-West Company
Montreal: The North-West Company, 1973 First edition in stapled paper covers with cloth tape spine. 50 pp. Illustrations. Staple holes on front cover from promotional material which is now laid in. Minor bumping to the top corners. Very Good.
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CA$20.71
Bent's Fort
by Lavender, David
Bison Books, 1972. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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CA$8.74
A Materials History of the Commissioner's Residence at Fort Walsh
by Hildebrandt, Walter
Ottawa, Ontario: Parks Canada., 1980 First printing in large paper wraps. Manuscript Report Number 400. 279 pp. Eighty historic photographs, tables, notes, bibliography. Creases to last two pages and rear cover, some tape at the bottom of the spine. Very Good.
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CA$51.86
Jim Bridger
by J Cecil Alter
University of Oklahoma Press, 1967. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1967. 358 pages. Red and orange pictorial dust jacket over brown cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped and spine ends are a mildly crushed. Light wear to clipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Tanning to spine and edges.
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CA$9.54
Rocky Mountain House. National Historic Park
by Stenson, Fred
Toronto, Ontario: NC Press Limited/Parks Canada., 1985 First printing in trade paperback. From the library of author and historian Graham A. MacDonald with his signed bookplate on the rear of the front cover. Stenson was nominated for the Giller Prize for his novel The Trade. 136 pp. Maps, figures, colour and black and white photographs, bibliography, index. Light shelfwear, bump to the bottom corner of the front corner. Very Good.
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CA$20.71
Kit Carson's Autobiography
by Quaife, Milo Milton (Ed.); Carson, Kit
Chicago USA: Lakeside Press, 1935 192 pages. This is a reprint (date not given) of the 1935 Lakeside Classics No 33 Bison Book Edition. This edition has "BB 325" on the spine and was likely published at a much later date. The cover has light wear, including scuffing and a long crease on the back cover. The first page has a name written in pen. The edges are slightly yellowed with age. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.....
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CA$27.54
Last Mountain House Historic Park
(Regina, Saskatchewan): Saskatchewan Department of Natural Resources., 1973 First printing in stapled pamphlet. 16 pp. Photographs, figures. Small scuff to front cover, minor soiling to covers. Very Good.
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CA$20.71
VOYAGES FROM MONTREAL ON THE RIVER ST. LAURENCE, THROUGH THE CONTINENT OF NORTH AMERICA, TO THE FROZEN AND PACIFIC OCEANS; IN THE YEARS 1789 AND 1793. With a Preliminary Account of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Fur Trade of that Country
by MACKENZIE, Alexander
London: Cadell & Davies, 1801. First Edition. Hardcover. Lacking the half title, as usual. Minor occasional foxing; some offsetting from portrait to title page and on maps which, except for one neat repair and two minor marginal closed tears are fine; slight bowing of boards. A very attractive, Near Fine example of this important text. Large quarto (8-1/4" x 11") bound in attractive modern full tan calf in antique style, with heavily gilt-decorated spine with contrasting gilt-lettered morocco spine...
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CA$12,978.75
Indian Traders
by Frank McNitt
University of Oklahoma Press, 1963. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1963. Second Printing. 393 pages. Brown dust jacket with B&W lettering over red cloth. Colour frontispiece with B&W illustrations & photographs throughout. Clean pages with firm binding. Minimal tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with soiling and marking to boards. Unclipped dust jacket. Mild wear, tear and chipping to edges and corners. Moderate staining and soiling to...
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CA$27.45
