FUR BRIGADE John Work’s California expedition 1832-33 For Hudson’s Bay Company. PUBLISHER: San Francisco: California Historical Society. EDITION: Special publication (California Historical Society), no. “500 copies printed by Lawton & Alfred Kennedy at the Westgate Press, Oakland”. DESCRIPTION: xxii, 112 pages, [5] leaves of plates : folded map, portraits ; 28 cm. CONDITION NOTES: Near FINE. Call number neatly inscribed in pencil on back pastedown, otherwise no marks. Pages fresh and clean without marks, creases, or tears. Covers have sharp corners and full caps and just a trace of wear to tips. BINDING: Full brown linen with paper spine label and paper label on front cover. A wonderful early view of Oregon and Northern California as a completely wild place. Travelers were fur trappers who collected beaver pelts as they moved, and observed. Listing and template services provided by inkFrog. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “poetryinpower” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Author: John Work ; Alice Bay Maloney ; Herbert Eugene Bolton
- Binding: Cloth
- Language: English
- Original/Facsimile: Original
- Place of Publication: San Francisco
- Publisher: California Historical Society
- Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated, Limited Edition
- Subject: Exploration & Travel
- Topic: American (US)
- Year Printed: 1945