The Journal of John Work: A chief-trader of the Hudson's Bay Co. during his expedition from Vancouver to the Flatheads and Blackfeet of the Pacific Northwest

first edition

1923 · Cleveland

by Work, John. Edited by William S. Lewis and Paul C. Phillips

Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1923. First Edition. 209pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Blue cloth with title and rules gilt stamped on backstrip. Top edge gilt. Very good. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Volume 1 in the Northwest Historical series. John Work's journal is one of the cornerstone works on the fur trade in the Northwest. He was one of the greatest of the Hudson's Bay Company traders, and his explorations were more extensive than those of his contemporaries, Alexander Ross and Peter Skene Ogden. Clark & Brunet 316. Howes W675. (Inventory #: 10059)

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