Author: Anderson, David
Title: Notes of the Flood at the Red River, 1852 By The Bishop of Rupert's Land.
Description: London, Hatchards, 1852. Hardcover. pp. 124. 12mo. Bound in the original patterned brown cloth, gilt titles on the spine and front cover. Black & white frontispiece of bishop's residence. Light edgewear, cloth worn at spine ends and split along joints, tear across spine (with old repairs). Occasional foxing, contents otherwise unmarked; good. Author's presentation copy. Front endpaper inscribed in ink as follows: "Miss Simcoe With the Bishop's Christian Regards March 8th, 1857. Isaiah XXXV.1". Also reads: " P. J. Simcoe 1866- ". Written in the form of a diary, by Bishop David Anderson (1814-1885), the narrative gives a detailed description of the great flood of 1852 at the Red River Settlement. A second edition appeared in 1873. Peel 286. Sabin 1393.

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