MANUEL LISA

Douglas, Walter and Abraham P. Nasatir

Verlag: Argosy-Antiquarian Ltd, New York, 1964

Beschreibung

BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, 207 pgs, 8 illustrations, notes, index, with added material by Nasatir. This edition limited to 750 copies. Tan cloth with gilt titled spine. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Near fine with light covering soiling. Interior is clean and tight. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: An import contribution, made better with the additional information provided by the historian of early Louisiana Territory, Abraham Nasatir. Lisa was a major figure in the history of exploration and trade on the Upper Missouri in the early 1800's. Lisa arrived in St. Louis in 1790 and entered the fur trade in 1807 and formed the Missouri Fur Company the following year. Much new material added for this edition; 88 pgs of editorial notes, makes corrections to the original text, and prints longer accounts from original documents; making this the preferred edition over the original Douglas work published in 1911. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 0224051

Bibliografische Details

Titel: MANUEL LISA

Verlag: Argosy-Antiquarian Ltd, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1964

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Near Fine

Auflage: 1st Edition