COUES, Elliott (ed.) [ALEXANDER HENRY] [DAVID THOMPSON]

New Light on the Early History of the Greater Northwest / the Manuscript Journals of Alexander Henry and of David Thompson; Complete Two Volume Facsimile Edition, in Publisher's Slipcase

Minneapolis, MN, Ross & Haines, Inc, 1965. Hardcover. Royal 8vo. Both volumes are in near fine condition, with no discernable flaws, other than a brief ink gift inscription to the front free endpaper of volume I. The slipcase is slightly scuffed, and splitting along one corner, otherwise in very good condition. First published in 1897, this set issued in a limited edition of 1500 copies. Pagination: pp. xxviii, 1,027. Originally published as a three volume set, the third volume containing the index and the maps (pp. 917-1027). Representative chapter headings for include: 'The Red River Brigade of 1800', 'The Park River Post', 'The Pembina River Post (six chapters), 'The Mandan Tour, 1806', 'The Cheyenne Treaty, 1806', 'The Saskatchewan Brigade of 1808'; 'Ethnography of Fort Vermilion', 'To Fort Augustus and Back, 1809', 'Overland from White Earth to the Rocky Mountain House, 1810', 'Over the Great Divide, 1811', 'Geography and Ethnography', 'Down the Saskatchewan, 1811', and four chapters on the Columbia River expedition to Astoria. Peel (3) 83; Waterston p. 193. Ill.: folding map in pocket.

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Book number: 9900036090

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Fur trade;Arctic;Exploration;Western Canada;Prairies;Columbia River;Saskatchewan River;Red River;Missouri River folding map in pocket

Coupland, Douglas

Terry

Vancouver, Douglas & Mcintyre Ltd, 2005. Paperback. pp. 176. 4to. Light shelfwear. Replete with photographs; very good+. .

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Book number: 088214

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Biography

Crespel, Louis, Sr

Voiages Du R.P. Emmanuel Crespel Dans le Canada Et Son Naufrage En Revenant En France, Mis Au Jour

Quebec, 1884. Hardcover. pp. 135. 8vo. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering. Frontispiece engraving. Edgewear to binding, ink name, a few scattered spots to contents, rubber stamp to title page; square and sound binding, contents generally unmarked. A nice copy. Facsimile reprint of the 1742 edition. .

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Book number: 083107

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CVROIL, James

Steam Navigation and Its Relation to the Commerce of Canada and the United States

Toronto, Coles Publishing Co, 1973. Hardcover. pp. 381. 8vo. Near fine condition in sl. scuffed; else vg/nf dj. Facsimile reproduction of the original published by William Briggs, Toronto, 1898. Part of the Coles Canadiana Collection. Ill.: black-&-white illustrations.

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Book number: 9900029847

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Keywords: Canadiana;Canadian History;Steam Navigation;Commerce;International;Relations;;; black-&-white illustrations

BELBECK, Dave and Alice (eds.)

Golden Furrows an Historical Chronicle of Swift Current

Swift Current, SK, Local Council of Women, 1954. 1st edition. Wraps. pp. 55.Larger 8vo,,Ex-lib in stapled wraps; covers 'thumbed', sl. scuffed; else vg, Ex-library copy with stamp and accession markings confined to front cover; conts. sl. age-darkened, o/w clean & unmarked. Ill.: black-and-white photographs.

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Book number: 9900030425

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Keywords: Swift Current;Saskatchewan;Golden Jubilee;;;;;; black-and-white photographs

Daviault, Pierre; et al.

La Nouvelle Revue Canadienne (Vol II. No. 1-5)

Ottawa, L'Institut Litteraire de Quebec, 1952. Paperback. pp. 80; 80-160; 160-204 & 0-32; 206-256 & 33-56; 258-316 & 57-72. 8vo. Shelfwear, minor loss to spines. Contents clean and unmarked; good+. .

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Book number: 062497

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Daviault, Pierre; et al.

La Nouvelle Revue Canadienne (Vol III. No. 1-5)

Ottawa, L'Institut Litteraire de Quebec, 1953. Paperback. pp. 106; 60-120; 123-179 & 121-138; 181-236; 241-301. 8vo. Shelfwear, minor loss to spines and rust to staples. Contents clean and unmarked; good+. .

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Book number: 062499

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Davies, K.G., A,M. Johnson (ed.)

Letters from Hudson Bay; 1703-40

London, The Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1965. Hardcover. pp. 455. 8vo. Bound in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Light shelfwear, smoky odour. Dustjacket with some nicking and one short tear, with darkening to spine; very good+ in very good dustjacket. Hudson's Bay Record Society XXV. Copy 2005 of a Limited Edition which is issued only to subscribers of The Hudson's Bay Record Society. .

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Book number: 085916

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Davies, Raymond Arthur

This Is Our Land"; Ukrainian Canadians Against Hitler

Toronto, Progress, 1943. First edition. Paperback. pp. 158. 8vo. Black and white photographic plates. General shelfwear, age toning, slant to spine; good+. .

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Book number: 087069

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Keywords: Anti-Communist; propaganda

Davin, Nicholas Flood

A Speech; Delivered in the House of Commons of Canada on the 30th of April, 1890

Ottawa, J. Durie & Son, 1890. Hardcover. pp. 8. 8vo. Ex library. Library envelope to inner front cover, library stamp to title page, front board, and rear endpaper. Chipping to page edges and to title plate on front board; good. .

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Book number: 077622

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: John A. Macdonald;

Davis, Angela E.

The Grand Western Canadian Screen Shop; Printing, People and History

Regina, Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1992. Paperback. pp. 87. 4to. Black & white and colour illustrations. Light shelfwear; very good-. .

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Book number: 076240

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Dawson; Dawson; Greliche; Hogan; Giroux; Trognon

De Quelques Sépultures D'Anciens Indigènes de L'Amérique Découvertes à Montréal /with/ Sketches of the Past and Present Condition of the Indians of Canada /with/ Essai Sur la Vie Et Les Travaux de Mgr Flaget: Eveque de Bardstown Et de Louis-Ville Aux Etats Unis D'Amerique /with/ Canada: An Essay /with/ Histoire Et Statistiques Des Institutions Catholiques de Montréal / with/ Campagne de L'Armee Du Potomac (Mars-Juillet 1862); 6 Pamphlets Bound Together

Montreal; n/a; Paris; Montreal; Montreal; New York, Eusebe Senecal; Canadian Naturalist; Librairie catholique de Périsse frères; John Lovell; Presses a vapeur de La Minerve; Christern, 1869. Leather Bound. pp. 24; 31; 192; 110; 80; 64. 8vo. 3/4 tan leather over marbled boards. Gilt lettering to spine, reads "Mélange Historique". Light edgewear, ink title list to front free endpaper, two library rubber stamps. Contents unmarked, binding sound. .

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Book number: 088165

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Dawson, S.J.

Report on the Exploration of the Country between Lake Superior and the Red River Settlement; and between the Latter Place and the Assiniboine and Saskatchewan

New York, Greenwood, 1968. Reprint. Hardcover. pp. 200. Large 4to. Replete with graphs, plates and fold out maps. Bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Lightest shelfwear, slight slant to spine, ink inscription to front pastedown; otherwise, near fine. First published in 1859 by order of the Legislative Assembly, Toronto. .

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Book number: 083311

Catalogue: Canadian History

Dawson, S.J.

Report on the Exploration of the Country; between Lake Superior and the Red River Settlement, and between the Latter Place and the Assiniboine and Saskatchewan

Toronto, John Lovell, 1859. Hardcover. pp. (1-3) 4-45. 4to. Bound in purple cloth, black leatherette spine. Two outrageously large folding maps to rear, the first an (approx. 66" wide) "Profile of the Route by Grand Portage and the Pigeon River from Lake Superior to Rainy Lake", and the second (approx. 79" x 47") of the Region between Fort William (i.e. Thunder Bay) on Lake Superior and the Great Saskatchewan River. Also contains a smaller fold out map showing the routes connecting the Atlantic to the Pacific. Quite shelfworn, binding faded and scuffed, spine cracked with two prominent holes, ink inscription to front pastedown; good. Printed by Order of the Legislative Assembly. .

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Book number: 084032

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Winnipeg;Manitoba;Exploration;Red River;Saskatchewan;Hudson's Bay Co;Indians;Canoe;

Dempsey, Hugh A.

The Rundle Journals; 1840-1848

Calgary, Historical Society of Alberta/Glenbow-Alberta Institute, 1977. Hardcover. pp. 414. 8vo. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Light shelfwear, ink inscription to front pastedown, light pencilled marginalia throughout. Dustjacket shelfworn and rubbed with some nicks to edges; very good+ in very good dustjacket. Historical Society of Alberta Vol. 1. .

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Book number: 083261

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Robert Terrill Rundle; Wesleyan; Missionary; colonialism; diary; christianity in north america; european expansion