Author: BEGG, ALEXANDER Title: History of the North-West
Description: Toronto, Hunter, Rose & Co.. 1894-1895, 1st edition. (hardcover) Good. 515, 420, 492pp. In 3 volumes. 8vo. Green cloth boards; lettering in gilt to spine, lettering and illustration stamped in gilt to top board; edges bevelled. Boards show wear, rubbed; chipping at head of volume I spine; corners bumped. From the Teachers' Library of the Ontario Institution for the Blind, with their bookplate to front paste-down of each volume; "In Memoriam" stamp to the dedication page of each volume. Frontispieces and front-blanks removed from each volume. Monochrome portrait plates present throughout the 3 volumes. Starting at front hinge of volumes II and III. With these blemishes duly noted, this remains a very presentable set. Each of the three volumes in this set has a lengthy appendix which contains historic charters, proclamations, laws, treaties, contracts and documents. Peel(3) 2184. Superior copy available (leather bound, $375).
Keywords: Prairie History, Canadian Prairies, Fur Trade, Hudson's Bay Company, Prairies, Western Canada
Price: CAD 300.00 = appr. US$ 207.39 Seller: Spafford Books
- Book number: 118784
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