Henry R. Wagner — Peter Pond: Fur Trader & Explorer

Connecticut, Yale University Press, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A very smart limited edition of this commentary on the life of American explorer Peter Pond, with folding maps. First edition. Limited to five hundred copies. Includes a card folder containing three folding maps. Collated complete. A detailed study on the life of Peter Pond, an American explorer, cartographer, merchant and soldier who was a founding member of the North West Company and the Beaver Club. With seven transcriptions of historical documents relating to his life. Written by Henry Raup Wagner, an American book collector, bibliographer, cartographer, historian, and business executive. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original paper covered slip case is also excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine .