Flood Tide of Empire; Spain and The Pacific Northwest, 1543-1819

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1973. First American Edition. Octavo. 26cm. Publisher's black cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. [xiv]; 620pp. Very light wear, mostly confined to some minor bumping at the spine ends, strong and tight; internally cleand and fresh, bookplate to front pastedown, illustrated throughout; in a clean, sharp, priceclipped dustjacket with a little light edgewear and some pale sunning to the spine panel. A very good, handsome copy indeed.

A historical overview of three centuries of Spanish colonization and occupation of the Pacific Northwest, and the energetic battlefield, both literally and in the arena of trade (especially the fur trade).