Tabeau's Narrative of Loisel's Expedition to the Upper Missouri

ABEL, ANNIE HELOISE (ed.) Tabeau's Narrative of Loisel's Expedition to the Upper Missouri ... Translated from the French by Rose Abel Wright. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1939. 272pp.+ 1 plate. Frontispiece. Original green cloth boards with gilt to spine. Lacking dust jacket. Spine faded. Interior quite crisp and clean. Bookplate of William Tracy Hover, noted Colorado collector. Very good or better.

First edition.   A narrative detailing the difficulties and hazards of the fur trade and life on the Missouri. Although lacking the dust jacket, this work is rather scarce in this condition.