Cox, Ross. Adventures on the Columbia River including A Narrative of a Residence of Six Years on the Western Side of the Rocky Mountains

Cox, Ross. Adventures on the Columbia River, including A Narrative of a Residence of Six Years on the Western Side of the Rocky Mountains, among various Tribes of Indians hitherto unknown: together with A Journey across the American Continent. New-York: J. & J. Harper, 1832. First American Edition. [4314]  Original green cloth rebacked in green with "Cox's Columbia River" in gilt to spine, 9 1/2 x 6 inches, boards are soiled, old stains to paste-downs. Begins with the 2 pp. adverts: [2], tp (verso blank), (v.)-xv., (25)-335 pp., complete. Foxing throughout, one leaf with closed cut in the margin, pages remain untrimmed at fore and bottom edges. Good. Hardcover.   Howes C822 with note, "The narratives of Cox, Alexander Ross and Franchere are chief sources for fur trading history in the early Oregon country." "Ross Cox, fur trader (b. 1793). B. at Dublin, he joined Astor's northwest coast fur enterprise in 1811 and left New York aboard the Beaver, reaching Astoria, Oregon, May 12, 18