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

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

Catalogue: Canadian History

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

Catalogue: Canadian History

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

Catalogue: Canadian History