2 volumes. With 18 plates from photographs, maps, etc. 9x6, blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt, custom slicase. From an edition of 950 copies. First Edition.

Larpenteur joined William Sublette and Robert Campbell on an expedition from St. Louis to the Rockies in 1833, then joined the rival American Fur Company the following winter. His journals and memoirs give great insight into the fur trading of those heady years. Graff 2404; Howes C800.