THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN JOURNALS OF WILLIAM MARSHALL ANDERSON: The West in 1834, Edited by Dale L. Morgan and Eleanor Towles Harris
San Marino, California: The Huntington Library, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 1,500 copies designed by Ward Ritchie and printed by Anderson, Ritchie & Simon. Remarkable record of the Rocky Mountain fur trade in 1834, providing the only eyewitness account of William L. Sublette's historic race to the rendezvous at Hams Fork, as well as a description of the founding of Fort Laramie, or Fort William as it was originally baptized. Also includes extended biographical sketches of 45 of the mountain men whom Anderson (1807-81) met or mentioned. Tall octavo: [viii], 430, [1], [1, blank] pp. with a frontispiece portrait. Original rust cloth binding, with gilt-stamped titling. Ink ownership inscription to the front pastedown. The dust jacket is clean and bright. Better than very good. Very good / Near Fine. Item #80496
Price: $50.00