francois aubry trader trailmaker voyager de chaput donald (3 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Volume XVI of the Western Frontiersman Series, 250 pages, excellent history of pioneer, trader and trailmaker Francois X. Aubry, starting in Quebec and travelling to the southwest and California, Aubry was an accomplished businessman and trailblazer. Nice foldout map of Santa Fe Trail a few other maps and illustrations in text. Book is near Fine, ultra clean blue cloth borads with bright gilt titles to spine, tight and square with sharp corners,top stain faded, No previous owner bookplate or writing, text as never read. A Fine First Edition at a bargain price, protected in custom mylar sleeve. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

First edition. First edition. Coarse Blue Cloth, 249pp. Foreword, appendices, biblio., index. Num. illus., maps, frontis. "Aubry was a man of driving ambition, shrewd mercantile skills, and fiery temper. During his abbreviated career, he was one of the major traders in the St. Louis-Santa Fe-Chihuahua-California routes. He was killed in a bar-room fight in Santa Fe at the height of his career."--Clark/Brunet 39. Fine copy in plain, unprinted dust jacket as issued. Western Frontiersman Series XVI.

First Edition. Octavo. 249 pp. Western Frontiersman Series v. XVI. 19 illustrations, 5 maps. unopened. Aubrey was no obscure petty trader on the frontier. From 1846 to 1854 he was the busiest, most effective merchant on the Saint Louis-Santa Fe-Chihuahua-California routes. He spent money and valuable time in finding short cuts on the Santa Fe and Chihuahua trails. When the Unites States government planned a series of surveys to find the best railroad route to the Pacific, Aubrey, at a great personal expense, made two overland trips from Dan Francisco to Santa Fe. This route along the 35th parallel was later followed by the Santa Fe Railroad. Much more biography of Aubry never before written. Bound in blue cloth, spine lettering gilt. Near fine.