Northwest Passage.

ROBERTS, Kenneth.

Item Number: 95364

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1937.

First signed limited edition of Kenneth Roberts’ historical novel which follows the exploits of Robert Rogers, the leader of a colonial force fighting with the British during the French and Indian War. Octavos, 2 volumes, cartographic endpapers, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. One of only one thousand and fifty numbered copies signed by the author. This is number 954. Near fine in very good dust jackets. Housed in the original pictorial slipcase which is in good condition.

Told through the eyes of primary character Langdon Towne, Roberts' Northwest Passage follows the exploits of Robert Rogers, the leader of Rogers' Rangers, who were a colonial force fighting with the British during the French and Indian War. The book later served as the basis for a 1940 movie starring Spencer Tracy and a 1958-59 TV show on NBC starring Buddy Ebsen.