Author: Haultain, T. [Theodore] Arnold
Title: The Souvenir Number of the Canadian Pictorial and Illustrated War News: A History of Riel's Second Rebellion and How It Was Quelled Part I: July 1885, and Part II: August 1885
Description: Toronto, Grip Printing and Publishing, 1885. Wraps. Folio; 15x11". Part I: covers starting to split at fold, faint occasional tide mark to bottom margin, a few dogears, remarkably crisp and clean. Part II: in pieces, showing a few chips and tears at page edges. The two front covers show the same image but differently tinted; Middleton lithograph missing, but including many full- and half-page black & white illustrations including three double-page illustrations: The Battle of Fish Creek, The Battle of Cut Knife Creek, and The Capture of Batoche. We have the cover with title page to verso, pages 1-11 (12-15 being the pagination of the missing litho), 16-24 + rear cover; cover with ads on verso, 25-44, rear cover. Peel 1461. .

Keywords: Antique; Louis Riel;Canadiana; Northwest; Rebellion;


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