Larpenteur, Charles; Coues, Elliot. FORTY YEARS A FUR TRADER ON THE UPPER MISSOURI / THE PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF CHARLES LARPENTEUR 1833-1872. New York: Francis P. Harper, 1898. 2 vols. 8.75" x 6.25". With 18 plates (some folding, includes maps and photographic plates, all present as per plate-list.) Ads not bound in. Period 1/2 calf over marbled boards. Nice set with many unopened pages. ********************* LIMITED EDITION, first edition, #312 of 950 copies. An important resource in the history of the fur trade. Larpenteur kept a diary during his forty years in the trade. He was unable to finance its publication, but Elliot Coues was able to publish this edited and annotated version for the first time in 1898. –

Slight loss at spine ends, rubbing to hinges extremities, contents quite clean, a Very Good set.