[FUR TRADE]. A group of 4 works, including:
MACKENZIE, Alexander, Sir. Voyages from Montreal…through the Continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans; in the Years 1789 and 1793. With a Preliminary Account of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Fur Trade of that Country. Philadelphia: R. Carr for John Morgan, 1802. 8vo. Half–title (lacks folding map and portrait). Contemporary half calf gilt, marbled sides (light wear to joints, head a bit worn). Provenance: Hazen E. Kunz (bookplate). FIRST PHILADELPHIA EDITION. Howes M–133. –– VANDIVEER, Clarence A. The Fur–Trade and Early Western Exploration. Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1929. 8vo. Original green cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut; original plain dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. –– CHITTENDEN, Hiram Martin. The American Fur Trade of the Far West. New York: Barnes & Noble, [1935]. 2 volumes, 8vo. Folding map in rear pocket of Vol. II. Original gilt–lettered green cloth (spines gently sunned). –– HAFEN, LeRoy R. The Mountain Men and the Fur Trade of the Far West. Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1965. 8 volumes (of 10) only, 8vo. Numerous illustrations including folding map in Vol. I. Original gilt–lettered brown cloth; original plain paper dust jackets. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, one of 2000 copies of Hafen’s final major work in the field of western American history. Contains Vols. 1–8. –– Together, 4 works in 12 volumes.