LEONARD, ZENAS. Narrative of the Adventures of Zenas Leonard, a Native of Clearfield County, Pa. Who Spent Five Years in Trapping for Furs, Trading with the Indians, etc., etc., of the Rocky Mountains: Written by Himself, Clearfield, Pa.: Printed and Published by D. W. Moore, 1839. 8vo, iv, 87 pp., printed in double columns, rebound in later quarter leather preserving contemporary boards; dark blue morocco folding case. FIRST EDITION "of this cornerstone to any collection of Western travels" (Howell). Not in Sabin; Cowan (I), p. 139; (II), p. 389; Farquhar, Yosemite, 1a; Streeter sale 3141; Wagner-Camp 75; Howes L264 (with a "dd" rating for "superlatively rare...almost unobtainable"); Graff 2461 ("a classic of the Rocky Mountain fur trade"); Zamorano 80, no. 50; on all three lists (Leslie E. Bliss, Robert E. Cowan, and Henry R. Wagner) of "The Twenty Rarest and Most Important Books Dealing with the History of California".

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LEONARD, ZENAS. Narrative of the Adventures of Zenas Leonard, a Native of Clearfield County, Pa. Who Spent Five Years in Trapping for Furs, Trading with the Indians, etc., etc., of the Rocky Mountains: Written by Himself, Clearfield, Pa.: Printed and Published by D. W. Moore, 1839. 8vo, iv, 87 pp., printed in double columns, rebound in later quarter leather preserving contemporary boards; dark blue morocco folding case. FIRST EDITION "of this cornerstone to any collection of Western travels" (Howell). Not in Sabin; Cowan (I), p. 139; (II), p. 389; Farquhar, Yosemite, 1a; Streeter sale 3141; Wagner-Camp 75; Howes L264 (with a "dd" rating for "superlatively rare...almost unobtainable"); Graff 2461 ("a classic of the Rocky Mountain fur trade"); Zamorano 80, no. 50; on all three lists (Leslie E. Bliss, Robert E. Cowan, and Henry R. Wagner) of "The Twenty Rarest and Most Important Books Dealing with the History of California".