Notes of a Twenty-five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory

M'Lean, John [McLean]

Editore: Richard Bentley, London, 1849

Two volumes, complete. Original brown blindstamped decorative cloth, gilt title and decoration to spine, patterned endpapers with publisher's advertisements, (8 x 5.25 inches). First Edition. xii, 308; vii, 328 pages, with a vocabulary of Indian dialects rear of volume two. One of the few first person accounts of the fur trade in the early 19th century. It remains an important source for historians. Sabin 43514: "Depicts with great fidelity and vivacity the manners and condition, the toils, privations, and perils of the Indian hunters. It also includes several interesting geographical and geological facts and Indian vocabularies." Field 996: "Much the largest portion is devoted to the narration of incidents of travel among the Indians of the territory." Lande 1322: "Faithful picture of the Indian trader's life." Streeter sale 3712: "In a very entertaining style, M'Lean tells just how the Hudson Bay Company operated. The author entered service with the company in 1821 and spent the next eleven or twelve years in their stations in Ontario, on the Ottawa River, at Le Chate, and at Fort Coulonge. He then traveled west to Fort St. James on Stuart's lake in British Columbia. Later he served in Labrador and as far north as Fort Good Hope." Siebert sale 861: "M'Lean served in British Columbia and describes Indian traders and hunters." Previous owner's stamp, showing some expected general wear and rubbing, heads and tails chipped. This set is often found rebound; copies, such as ours, in original publisher's cloth are scarce and desirable Size: Octavo. Codice articolo 006077

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Titolo: Notes of a Twenty-five Years' Service in the...
Casa editrice: Richard Bentley, London
Data di pubblicazione: 1849
Legatura: Cloth
Condizione: Very Good
Edizione: First Edition.