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Sale 478: Fine Americana - Travel & Exploration - Cartography (#478) 04/26/2012 11:00 AM PDT Closed
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Lot #43 History of Early Steamboat Navigation on the Missouri River: Life and Adventures of Joseph La Barge, Pioneer Navigator and Indian Trader for Fifty Years Identified with the Commerce of the Missouri Valley

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Title:

History of Early Steamboat Navigation on the Missouri River: Life and Adventures of Joseph La Barge, Pioneer Navigator and Indian Trader for Fifty Years Identified with the Commerce of the Missouri Valley

Author:

Chittenden, Hiram Martin

Place Published:

New York

Publisher:

Francis P. Harper

Date Published:

1903

Description:

2 volumes. Illustrated with 16 plates from photographs, drawings by Maximilian, a map, etc. (8vo) blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt. 1 of 950 copies. First Edition.

Inscribed in the year of publication by Chittenden on front free endpaper of Volume 1 and (upside down) on the rear free endpaper in Volume 2. La Barge opened the Blackfoot country to commerce & (what passed for) civilization. Graff 697; Howes C391.

Condition:

Light wear and soiling to cloth; very good.

Item#:

224910

Headline:

History of Early Steamboat Navigation on the MO
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