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BOOK DESCRIPTION: 15 Volumes, All 8vo, various pagination, illustrated, portraits, maps. Dark green cloth, top edge stained, other edges untrimmed. From the included prospectus: "A Series of Historical Documents, Letters, Diaries, Personal Accounts of Trappers, Gold-seekers and Military Men, and Original Narratives of Travel Adventure and Exploration in the Rocky Mountain West and the Pacific Coast. Edited with Historical and Geographic additions, Introductions Annotations, Bibliographical Notes and Extensive Analytical Index." The Arthur H. Clark Company 1954 - 1961. Included is the 1931 pamphlet promoting the series with the essay by Ann W. Hafen, "DETECTIVE HISTORIAN - A WIFE'S VIEW OF HER HUSBAND". CONDITION DESCRIPTION: All in fine condition; Vol. 15 gilt less bright than the other volumes. CONTENT DESCRIPTION: Clark / Brunet #118: "Containing rare documents and journals dealing with the opening of the Rocky Mountain West, this series received immediate acclaim from both the academic and general audience. The team work off both Hafens and Arthur H. Clark, Jr., production editor and designer of the series, produced a work of enduring quality and scholarship." That is a FACT! Great set, beautiful on the shelf and a pleasure to read and digest. Seller Inventory # 5801244
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