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HIND, HENRY YOULE - Narrative of The Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857
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HIND, HENRY YOULE
Narrative of The Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857
and of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858. London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts 1860. In two volumes. xx, 494p, [2]; xvi, 472p, [2]; 8 maps & plans [colour, 3 fldg], 20 plates, illustrations in text. All illustrations are after photographs taken by Humphrey Lloyd Hime, photographer of the expedition, or sketches by John Fleming, assistant surveyor. Marbled endpapers, and edges, with some browning and foxing, owner’s details, contents clean. Bound in contemporary full leather bindings with gilt birds and tooling to spine, original title labels. Very attractive set.
Narrative of The Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857
and of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858. London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts 1860. In two volumes. xx, 494p, [2]; xvi, 472p, [2]; 8 maps & plans [colour, 3 fldg], 20 plates, illustrations in text. All illustrations are after photographs taken by Humphrey Lloyd Hime, photographer of the expedition, or sketches by John Fleming, assistant surveyor. Marbled endpapers, and edges, with some browning and foxing, owner’s details, contents clean. Bound in contemporary full leather bindings with gilt birds and tooling to spine, original title labels. Very attractive set.