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1 Selection of Canadiana ATTIC BOOKS 240 Dundas Street London, Ontario Canada N6A 1H

2 Selection of Canadiana Charles LYELL Travels in North America, In the years ; With Geological Observations on the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia. Located in London, Ontario, Canada, Attic Books is one of Canada s largest bookstores, making it a tourist destination. Discover books, maps and prints, paper collectibles and curiosities. We constantly restock our well-organized and clean retail store. We also carry a separate stock for online viewing. Our friendly and knowledgeable staff will help make your visit memorable. We have celebrated almost 40 years of business. Proprietor Marvin Post is a member of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and the Antique Books Association of Canada (ABAC). You are welcome to come to our offices and browse our inventory. We accept Visa, Mastercard and cheques. Please ask for details. If you wish to order an item, you may reference the inventory code found at the end of each description. ATTIC BOOKS 240 Dundas Street London, Ontario Canada N6A 1H3 info@atticbooks.ca F: In Two Volumes. New York: Wiley and Putnam, vii, 251, [4], 231 p. 20 cm. Three colour plates, two of which fold out. Four b&w plates, three of which fold out. 21 b&w figures within text. Black cloth hardcover with blind impressing. Corners worn. Bookseller blind stamp on front free endpaper. Colour fold-out map between volumes juts out from text block. Occasional foxing. Damp stains starting at about p. 130 onwards become more extensive at rear. Ink signature on Dedication page. Inventory Code: $ Sir Charles Lyell ( ) was a British lawyer and the foremost geologist of his day. One of the first scientists to believe that the world is older than 300 million years, Lyell was a close and influential friend of Charles Darwin. In 1841, Lyell embarked upon a journey throughout eastern North America to lecture and gather data, resulting in this book. While the volumes are full of references to fossil remains, geographical features, and rock strata, even non-geologists will find interest in Lyell s comments on slavery, Charles Dickens, and the mirage of Toronto (Part II, p. 85). An Official Handbook of Information Relating to the Dominion of Canada. Government of Canada (Department of Agriculture) January, iv, 94 p. 21 cm. Colour frontispiece with coats of arms. 3 b&w drawings. Fold-out map at rear. Brown paper covers are stained with chipped spine ends and tear in lower front cover. Inventory Code: $ Published with the approval of Her Majesty s Secretary of State for the Colonies. Covers population, religion, justice system, telegraphs, newspapers, social conditions, climate, Indians, railways, banking, etc. Includes lists of types of immigrants wanted (persons with capital) and not wanted (children, workhouse inmates) as well as advice for emigrants on ocean fares, what to take, etc.

3 PARRY, Captain William Edward. Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-west Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; Performed in the Years , in His Majesty s Ships Fury and Hecla, Under the orders of Captain William Edward Parry, R.N., F.R.S., and Commander of the Expedition. London: John Murray, Publisher to the Admiralty, xxx, [2], 571 p. 27 cm. 31 b&w plates plus 8 fold-out charts at rear and numerous b&w in-text illustrations. Rebound in quarter leather with marbled paper boards. Newer endpapers with bookplate residue on front pastedown. Inventory Code: $1, Captain Parry s second voyage to the Arctic failed to discover a passage to the Pacific, but he managed to chart and explore a considerable area of the Arctic, previously unknown, stretching from Southampton Island north to Baffin Island. In addition, the almost continual contact with the Inuit of Melville Peninsula yielded a wealth of information on their culture, way of life, and language which was included in this published version of Parry s journal of the voyage. Mulvany, Charles Pelham. History of the County of Peterborough, Ontario. Toronto: C. Blackett Robinson, viii, 783 pp. 4to. Fold-out map (repaired) of Peterborough County. Fold-out map of the County of Haliburton. 13 b&w portraits. Brown half-leather. Rebacked, with original spine reapplied. Gilt titles a bit faded on spine and cover. Mild staining and rubbing to back cover. Very good. Leather bound. Inventory Code: $ A brief history of Canada and the Canadian people and the History of the county and town of Peterborough, by C.P. Mulvany, p (authorship given in preface). Includes section of brief biographies (farmers, merchants, politicians, etc.). Also includes section on Military Peterborough, the Peterborough Water Works, as well as many township profiles. WILLIS, N. P.; BARTLETT, W[illiam] H[enry] (Illus.). Canadian Scenery Illustrated. From Drawings by W. H. Bartlett. London: James S. Virtue, st Edition. 2 vols.: Vol. 1: [5], 128p.Vol. II: [4], 116p cm. Violet cloth binding with gold and blind impressing on boards and spine. Pictorial design on front board in gold. Fading and wear at spine and edges of the boards. Bindings repaired. Vol. I includes 54 black and white engravings and a map of the Upper and Lower Canadian territories. Vol. II contains 64 black and white engravings. Gold edges on paper. Text is clear and unmarked, except for some penciling on the lists of illustrations in each volume. Some foxing. Inventory Code: $1, William Henry Bartlett ( ) apprenticed with architect and antiquarian John Britton and became known for his drawings and watercolours. This study of the Canadian landscape is the second book on which Bartlett and author Willis collaborated.

4 - Canada Canals. Return to an Order of The Honourable House of Commons, dated 3 February 1832; - for, Copies or Extracts of Correspondence between the Board of Ordnance and Officers under their orders in Canada; and of any Reports from them since the date of the last Papers present to The House, respecting the progress of the Canal Communications in that Country, and the past and prospective Expenditure thereon; and any Correspondence with the Treasury and Colonial Office on the same subject ROSS, Sir John. Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions During the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, By Sir John Ross, C.B., K.S.A., K.C.S., &c. &c. Captain in the Royal Navy. Including the Reports of Commander, now Captain, James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. and The Discover of the Northern Magnetic Pole; Appendix. London: A. W. Webster, vols.: xxxiii, [1], 740 p. interspersed with plates and maps; xii, 120, cxliv, cii, [1] p. 30 cm. Vol. 1 has 30 plates and maps, 3 in colour. Vol. 2 has 20 plates,12 in colour. Original blue cloth binding. Covers reattached. Respined with original spines overlaid. Ink stamps on title pages. Occasional thumbing. Dampstain to lower corner of frontispiece and tissue guard in vol. 2. Severe foxing in vol. 2 pp. x-xii and rear of plate opposite xii, also to first pages of Meteorology Appendix at rear. Inventory Code: $3, After his expedition for the Admiralty in 1818, John Ross reported that both Smith Sound and Lancaster Sound were enclosed by mountains, a mistake for which he was later severely criticised. When the Admiralty rejected his plan to use a steamship to explore Prince Regent Inlet, Ross gained the private sponsorship of the gin merchant Sir Felix Booth for his second expedition from 1829 to With his nephew James Clark Ross as second-in-command, Ross crossed Boothia Isthmus (named after his new patron) and reached the magnetic pole but was forced to abandon ship because of scurvy and because the ship was beset by ice. The Rosses and their crew spent four harrowing winters in the Arctic before the whaler Isabella eventually picked them up in Lancaster Sound. - Report from the Select Committee Appointed to take into consideration the Accounts and Papers relating to the Canal Communications in Canada. [London]: House of Commons, items: 18, [2]; [2], 45 p. 35 & 36 cm reports in 39 cm box. One foldout map of water communications between Kingston and Montreal, First item bound with string, three folds. Report in blue paper covers with black print, has torn spine, some soiling, rough edges, pp detached. Former owner s label on first pages of each. Inventory Code: Viscount Howick was Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, which made him responsible for Britain s colonies, including Canada. Thomas Spring Rice later held the same position himself. Also note correspondence between Viscount Goderich, for whom our town of Goderich is named, and Sir John Colborne, LieutenantGovernor of Upper Canada at the time. Report includes commentary on the Rideau Canal, Colonel John By, who supervised its construction, and the Grenville, Chute-àBlondeau, and Carillon canals.

5 LITTLE, John James; TURNBULL, Capt. Robert. Binder of Great Lakes shipping photos. Sarnia, Ontario: Compiled ca. 1980s-1990s. 125 photos and clippings ca. 1920s-1980s, 43 in colour. In red three-ring binder. Inventory Code: $1, A collection of Great Lakes freighter and tanker photos, most labelled with dates. The collection centres around Sarnia, Ontario with numerous ships owned by Imperial Oil. Other companies represented include Quebec & Ontario Transportation Co., Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd., Canada Steamship Lines, etc. Occasional commentary inserted, with histories of the ships. Includes some correspondence and envelopes of John James Little, chiefly with Marine Historical Society of Detroit. Also enclosed is a Christmas card with detached photo of Imperial Sarnia. THOMSON, Hugh C.; MACFARLANE, James; NICKALLS, James. Statutes of the Province of Upper Canada: Together with such British Statutes, Ordinances of Quebec, and Proclamations as Relate to the Said Province. Kingston, Upper Canada: Francis M. Hill, First Revised Edition cm. [4], 692p. Rebound in half leather and marbled boards. Inscription on flyleaf indicating the book belonged to F. L. Walsh. Includes extensive marginalia, index, and errata. Foxing and some discolouration of paper throughout. Text is clear and unmarked. Minor penciling. Good condition. [111899] $ This early Canadian law book was the property of Francis Leigh Walsh ( ), a politician who served in both the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada ( ) and later in the Canadian House of Commons. BONNYCASTLE, Sir Richard H[enry]. The Canadas in In Two Volumes. Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Lambton Ontario Compiled by J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto. Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and Many of the Early Settled Families. Illustrated. J. H. Beers & Co., st Edition. viii, 840 p cm. Black leather binding with blind impressing on boards and with gold lettering and design work on spine. Blue and gold design on endpapers. Edward C. H. Phelps inscribed on front flyleaf. Includes 116 black and white photographic portraits of Lambton residents. Some wear to corners and edges of boards. Some staining and wear to endpapers. Text clear and unmarked. Very good condition. Inventory Code: $ A biographical record of various citizens and families of the Lambton County region of Ontario, Canada. London: Henry Colburn Publisher, st Edition. 2 Vols. Vol. I: xii [xiii], 348p. 5 illustrations including a foldout map of upper and lower Canada at the back. Vol. II: viii, 338p and 8p of unpaginated advertising. 9 illustrations. Orange-Red cloth bindings with impressing on boards. Yellow endpapers. Spines re-backed in same colour with gold lettering. Boards are stained and worn at corners. Paper clean. Text clear and unmarked. Good condition. [111926] Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle ( ) was a British Army Officer stationed in Upper Canada. He worked as an engineer and oversaw the fortification of Fort Henry in Kingston, ON. This book is the second of four works that he wrote during his travels and service in the British Empire s Canadian territories.

6 A Selection of Champlain Society Publications 1. Simeon PERKINS; INNIS, Harold A. (ed. Vol. 1); HARVEY, D. C. (ed. Vol. 2); FERGUSSON, C,. Bruce (ed. Vols 3, 4, and 5, notes Vol. 2). The Diary of Simeon Perkins, , , , , and Toronto: The Champlain Society, 1948, 1958, 1961, 1967 and Limited Edition. The Publications of the Champlain Society XXIX, XXXVI, XXXIX, L and XLIII. Vol. 1 numbered 360 of 550 copies: xxxiv,298, xiii p. Vol. 2 unnumbered from 600 copies includes 3 illustrations and map: lviii, 531, xvi p. Vol. 3 numbered 317 of 620 copies includes 2 illustrations and 2 maps: xliv, 477, xv p. Vol. 4 unnumbered of 775 copies includes black and white frontispiece: lxxii, 550, xix p. Vol. 5 numbered 800 of 1400 copies: liii, 520, xxiv p. Red cloth bindings with gold lettering and design on spines. Gold on top edges. Hand cut pages with many pages remaining uncut. Minor wear and soiling. Fading to spines on volumes 4 and 5. Pages clean. Text clear and unmarked. Very good condition. Inventory Code: $ Col. Simeon Perkins was a British Military Officer from Nova Scotia who served in defense of his post in Liverpool NS during the American Revolution, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the Napoleonic Wars. His diary is considered an important document in the study of Nova Scotia History. 2. Captain John KNOX, DOUGHTY, Arthur G. (ed., intro., appendix, index) An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North America for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760 Toronto: The Champlain Society, Limited Edition. The Publications of the Champlain Society VIII, IX, and X. Three volumes. Vol. 1: xxiii, 512, viii p. with 13 illustrations and 8 maps. Vol. 2: xi, 617, viii p. with 29 illustrations and 7 maps. Vol. 3: xii, 587, viii p. with and 5 maps (1 in rear board pocket). Copy 294 of a limited print run of 520 copies. 25 cm. Red cloth binding with gold lettering and design on spines. Hand-cut pages with some pages remaining uncut. Binding show wear with some fading to spine and soiling to boards. Pages clean. Text clear and unmarked. Good condition. Inventory Code: $2, Captain John Knox (d. 1778) was a British Army officer whose service included participation in the Austrian War of Succession, the Seven Years War, and the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec during his posting in North America. It is during his North American service that Knox kept the journals reprinted here by the Champlain Society.

7 9 maps. Vol 3: 9 illus. Vol 5: incl. 1 fold-out chart. Vol 7 (not depicted in photo) is a portfolio with 56 plates (62 drawings) and 4 fold-out maps. Red cloth hardcovers with gold lettering on spines. Top edges gilt. Spines sunned. Cloth wrinkled on rear of Vol. 1. Vol. 6 has a few small marks on spine. Pages uncut in Vols. 3, 4 & 6. Inventory Code: $ Seven beautiful volumes chronicling the career of The Father of New France. 6. Samuel HEARNE; TYRRELL, J. B. (ed.). A Journey From Prince of Wales s Fort in Hudson s Bay to the Northern Ocean In the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, and Toronto: The Champlain Society, copies printed, of which this is no The Publications of The Champlain Society VI. xv, 437, viii p. 25 cm. 35 maps, plans, photos and views. Red cloth hardcover. Top edge gilt. Some light soiling and wear to boards and spine sunned. A few rough edges. Inventory Code: $ Samuel Hearne ( ), explorer, fur-trader, author, and naturalist, was the first European to make an overland excursion across northern Canada to the Arctic Ocean, via the Coppermine River. His journal is edited by Joseph Burr Tyrrell ( ), Canadian geologist, cartographer, and mining consultant. Tyrrell led the 1893 and 1894 expeditions into the Northern Barren Lands; it was the first visit to the region by a white man since the explorations of Samuel Hearne himself in the 1770s. 7. J. B. TYRRELL (ed.). Journals of Samuel Hearne and Philip Turnor Between the Years 1774 and Toronto: The Champlain Society, copies printed, of which this is no The Publications of The Champlain Society XXI. xviii, 611, xii p. 25 cm. 19 b&w illustrations 7 maps at rear, one of which is a large fold-out in rear pocket. Red cloth hardcover with a little soiling and discolouration. Occasional small tears, as in Introduction to p. 5. Inventory Code: This Champlain Society edition contains the journals of Father Silvy enroute to Port Nelson; Letters by Father Marest and La Potherie; and, a history of Hudson s Bay by John Oldmixon. 9. J. B. TYRRELL (ed.) David Thompson s Narrative of His Explorations in Western America Toronto: The Champlain Society, copies printed, of which this is no The Publications of The Champlain Society XII. xcviii, 582, vii p. 25 cm. 18 illustrations. One fold-out b&w map. Three fold-out colour sketches at rear of volume. Thompson s fold-out map of North-Western America in rear pocket in four sections. Red cloth hardcover. A little light soiling. Spine slightly faded. Roughened text block edge. A few pages uncut. Occasional small tear when cut eg. pp. xii-xiii. Inventory Code: $5, David Thompson ( ) wrote this narrative at the end of his life and died in poverty and obscurity. The Champlain Society s publication marked the first time the narrative appeared in print. Part I recounts Thompson s life while employed by the Hudson s Bay and North West Companies between 1784 and 1807, when he ranged the country between Lake Superior and Hudson Bay west to the Rockies. Part II details his time as a partner of the North West Company from 1807 to 1812, when Thompson was active in what are now Alberta, British Columbia, Montana, Idaho, and Washington. Includes bibliographical references (p ) and index. 10. Capt. James COLNETT; HOWAY, His Honour Judge F. W. (ed.). The Journal of Captain James Colnett Aboard the Argonaut From April 26, 1789 to Nov. 3, Toronto: Champlain Society, copies printed of which this is no The Publications of The Champlain Society XXVI. xxxi, 328, xii p. 25 cm. 26 illustrations, maps & sketches. Spine faded. Marks at top front and scratches on lower rear. Many uncut pages. Inventory Code: $ J. B. TYRRELL (ed., intro., & notes). Documents Relating to the Early History of Hudson Bay. Toronto: The Champlain Society, copies printed, of which this is no The Publications of The Champlain Society VI. xv, 437, viii p. 25 cm. 35 maps, plans, photos and views. Red cloth hardcover. Top edge gilt. Some light soiling and wear to boards and spine sunned. A few rough edges. Inventory Code: $ Colnett is remembered largely for his involvement in the Nootka Crisis of This dispute between British traders and the Spanish Navy over the use of Nootka Sound developed into an international crisis that led Britain and Spain to the brink of war before being peacefully resolved through diplomacy. Colnett s role in the initial incident that sparked the international crisis makes this account of his second fur trading voyage of historical importance. The journal includes the events at Nootka Sound in 1789.

8 11. Letitia HARGRAVE; MACLEOD, Margaret Arnett (ed., intro. and notes). The Letters of Letitia Hargrave. Toronto: The Champlain Society, Limited Edition. The Publications of the Champlain Society XXVIII. cliv, 310, xv p. 25 cm. Copy 360 of a print run limited to 550 copies. 10 illustrations including frontispiece portrait of Hargrave, map, and grounds plan. Red cloth hardcover binding with gold lettering and design on spine. Hand cut pages with some pages uncut. Minor wear to board corners and extremes of spine. Pages glean. Text clear and unmarked. Very good condition. Inventory Code: $ Letitia MacTavish Hargrave ( ) wrote these letters after her marriage to James Hargrave chief fur trader for the Hudson s Bay Company. She left Scotland and joined him at York Factory (Manitoba) in These letters are historically significant because Hargrave was one of only a few Western women to live in the harsh environs of HBC territory at this period and her letters offer readers a woman s insight into the social context in which HBC s fur trade operated. 12. Lady ABERDEEN; SAYWELL, John T. (ed.). The Canadian Journal of Lady Aberdeen Title continues: With Correspondence Between the Governors of Canada and the French Court, Touching the Search for the Western Sea. A former soldier turned fur trader and explorer, La Vérendrye pressed the boundaries of New France and its fur trading operations west from Lake of the Woods into the prairies. While the quest to find a water route to the Pacific Ocean was unsuccessful, the explorations of La Verendrye and his sons in the early 18th century covered enormous territory, including the Manitoba lakes, Saskatchewan River, Missouri River, and locations as distant as what is now North Dakota and Wyoming. An English translation accompanies the original French text. 14. W. Stewart WALLACE(ed., intro., notes, & append.). Documents Relating to the North West Company. Toronto: The Champlain Society, Limited Edition. The Publications of the Champlain Society XXII. xiii, [3], 527, xii p. 25 cm. Copy numbered 360 of a limited print run of 550 copies. 5 black and white illustrations including frontispiece. Red cloth binding with gold lettering and design on spine. Gold on top edging. Hand cut pages with some pages remaining uncut. Minor soiling to binding. Pages clean. Text clear and unmarked. Very good condition. Inventory Code: Toronto: The Champlain Society, copies printed of which this is copy 508. The Publications of The Champlain Society XXXVIII. lxxxiv, 517, xvi p. 25 cm. Two b&w illustrations. Red cloth hardcover. Top edge gilt. White mark on rear and some spotting to lower spine. Tears in pp. xii-xviii. Most pages uncut. Inventory Code: $ When Ishbel Gordon, Lady Aberdeen, suffered a nervous breakdown in 1889, her doctors suggested a long holiday. She opted to travel to Canada with her husband, John Hamilton Gordon, seventh Earl of Aberdeen. The choice of Canada stemmed from their interest in immigration as a solution to Britain s social ills. Lord Aberdeen was then named Governor-General of Canada. One of the most important manuscripts relating to Canada in the mid-1890s, Lady Aberdeen s Journal casts considerable light on the many political, social, and economic situations faced by Canada in that decade. 13. Lawrence J. BURPEE (ed.). Journals and Letters of Pierre Gaultier de Varennes de la Vérendrye. Toronto: The Champlain Society, copies of this volume printed, of which this is no xxiii, 548, xi p. 25 cm. 7 maps. Red cloth hardcover. Some soiling to covers including small white marks to front board. Spine sunned. Some rough page edges. Inventory Code: The North West Company ( ) was an important North American fur trading company. This book consists of important documents relating to the founding and development of the organization. 15. Father Gabriel SAGARD; WRONG, George M. (intro. & notes); LANGTON, H. H. (trans.). The Long Journey to the Country of the Hurons. Toronto: The Champlain Society, Limited Edition. The Publications of the Champlain Society XXV. xlvii, 411, xii p. 25 cm. Copy 294 of a 550 copy limited print run. Includes black and white frontispiece and 3 additional illustrations as well as 2 maps at end of volume. Red cloth hardcover binding with gold lettering and design on spine. Hand-cut pages with some pages remaining uncut. Some fading to spine. Boards in firm shape with only minor soiling near joints. Pages clean. Text clear and uncut. Very good condition. Inventory Code: $ Father Gabriel Sagard ( ) was a missionary worker sent to New France by the Order of the Friars Minor near Lake Huron. Le grand voyage au pays des Hurons was published in 1632 and translated from French into English for the first time by historian George M. Wrong for the Champlain Society.

9 16. Patrick CAMPBELL; LANGTON, H. H. (intro, ed. and notes); GANONG, W. F. (notes). Travels in the Interior Inhabited Parts of North America in the Years 1791 and Toronto: The Champlain Society, Limited Edition. The Publications of the Champlain Society XXIII. xxi, 326, xii p. 25 cm. 4 copper plate illustrations bound into book including frontispiece. Copy 294 of a limited print run of 550. Red cloth binding with gold lettering and design on spine. Hand cut pages with some pages remaining uncut. Gold on top edging. Minor wear and soiling to boards and spine. Pages clean. Text clear and unmarked. Good condition. Inventory Code: $ In which is given an account of the manners and customs of the Indians, and the present war between them and the Federal States, the mode of life and system of farming among the new settlers of both Canadas, New York, New England, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia; interspersed with anecdotes of people, observations on the soil, natural production, and political situations of these countries. (From the title page) 17. Richard GLOVER (ed.). David Thompson s Narrative Toronto: The Champlain Society, A new edition with added material. The Publications of The Champlain Society XL. cii, 410, xv p. 24 cm. One fold-out map of the Northwest. Red cloth hardcover with slightly sunned spine. Inventory Code: As a national organization devoted to the publication of Canadian historical documents, The Champlain Society could hardly have found better material to publish than David Thompson s journal. As a fur trader, surveyor and map-maker, Thompson mapped over 3.9 million square kilometers of North America, making him one of the greatest land geographers who ever lived. His descriptions of life at a trading post, the various native peoples he encountered and the rivers and scenery he explored make excellent reading. 18. E. E. RICH; FLEMING, R. Harvey (eds.). Colin Robertson s Correspondence Book, September 1817 to September Toronto: The Champlain Society, copies printed of which this is no The Publications of The Champlain Society. Hudson s Bay Company Series II. cxxxi, 372, xiii p. 25 cm. Frontispiece with four silhouettes. Red cloth hardcover has slightly faded spine. Tissue guard detached. Inventory Code: $ While the letters do not begin until 1817, they refer as far back as 1809, when Colin Robertson left the North West Company, eventually joining the HBC in The main body of letters begins after Robertson s second seizure of the North West Company s Fort Gibraltar (Winnipeg) in March 1816 and the Seven Oaks Massacre that June. Ensuing events include Robertson s trial and acquittal in Montreal on charges arising from the seizure of Fort Gibraltar, his ambush and rearrest by North West Company men in 1820, his escape from incarceration to the United States, an additional flight from England to France to avoid debtor s prison, and his appointment as chief factor of Norway House under the reorganized company of G. P. De T. GLAZEBROOK (ed.). The Hargrave Correspondence Toronto: The Champlain Society, copies of this volume printed, of which this is no The Publications of The Champlain Society XXIV. xxvi, 472, xii p. 25 cm. 4 illustrations. Red cloth hardcover with faded spine. A few rough edges. Inventory Code: $ These collected letters were written almost exclusively to James Hargrave, a Hudson s Bay Company trader who was employed initially by the North West Company, but from 1821 onwards by the HBC after the amalgamation of the rival firms. The letters were written at company posts ranging from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the Pacific, and from the southernmost limits of the Company s territory to the Arctic Circle. As the editor notes in his introduction: They form what is probably a unique chronicle of the north and west in the days before newspapers (p. xv). 20. Father Chrestien LE CLERCQ; GANONG, William F. (trans. & ed). New Relation of Gaspesia With the Customs and Religion of the Gaspesian Indians. Toronto: Champlain Society, copies printed, of which this is no The Publications of The Champlain Society V. xv, 452, [1] p. 25 cm. 7 illustrations and 9 maps. Red cloth hardcover. Top edge gilt. Spine sunned with tiny tears in spine head. Dent in bottom of front board. A little soiling to covers. Inventory Code: $ The author, Chrestien Le Clercq, was a Recollet priest who was appointed to the order s revived mission in Canada in He was assigned to the Mi kmaq of the Gaspé region and learned their language while ministering to them for twelve years. The work is considered vital to the study of the historic Mi kmaq as well as to the history of the Recollet mission in Canada. The annotated translation is accompanied by a facsimile reproduction of the original edition of Nouvelle Relation de la Gaspésie, published in 1691.

10 3. Marc LESCARBOT; GRANT, W. L. (trans.); BIGGAR, H. P. (intro.). The History of New France. 21. Nicholas DENYS; GANONG, William F. (trans. and ed.). The Description and Natural History of the Coasts of North America (Acadia). Toronto: The Champlain Society, 1907, 1911, and Limited Edition. Publications of the Champlain Society I, VII, and XI. Copy 294 of a limited print run of 520 copies. Vol. 1: xxi, 331p. with 2 foldout maps attached at the end. Vol. 2: vii, 584, viii p. with 4 foldout maps at end. Vol. 3: xviii, 555, viii p. with one foldout map bound before Champlain Society Members and Subscribing Libraries lists. 25 cm. Red cloth binding with gold lettering and design on spines. Pages handcut with some pages remaining uncut. Some fading to spines with minor soiling to boards. Pages clearn. Text clear and unmarked. Good Condition. Inventory Code: Toronto: The Champlain Society, Limited Edition. The Publications of the Champlain Society II. Copy 294 of a limited print run of 520 copies. xvi, 625p. 25 cm. Includes 16 illustrations and 15 maps. Red cloth binding with gold lettering and design on the spine. Includes both Ganong s English translation and Denys original French text. Wear and soiling to the cover with fading to the spine and some bubbling of the cloth near the joint of both covers. Good condition. Inventory Code: $ Nicholas Denys (d. 1688) was a member of the French aristocracy who emerged as a leader during the colonization of New France, founding settlements in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. William F. Ganong, Ph.D. ( ) was born in Carleton (now West Saint John, NB) and a member of the now famous Ganong Brothers family. He became a professor of Botany at Smith College in Massachusetts. This translation is of one of Ganong s many works on the natural history of New Brunswick and eastern Canada. Marc Lescarbot ( ) was a French author who wrote Historie de la Nouvelle France (1609) based on his travels to Acadia in the early 17th century. 4. William WOOD (ed. and intro.). Select British Documents of the Canadian War of Toronto: The Champlain Society, 1920, 1923, 1926, Limited Edition. The Publications of the Champlain Society XIII, XIV, XV, and XVII. Three Volumes cm. Vol. 1: xv, 678, ix p with 11 illustrations and 6 foldout maps held in a pocket built into the back board. Vol. 2: ix, 519, xi p. Vol. 3 pt. 1: viii, 551 p. Vol. 3 pt. 2: [6], 1061 [519], xi p. Copy 360 of a limited edition run of 530. Pages hand cut. Some pages remain uncut. Red cloth bindings with gold lettering and design on spine. Wear, soiling, and some discolouration to bindings Some penciling on front board of Vol. 2. Pages clearn. Text clear and unmarked. Good condition. Inventory Code: $ Since its founding in 1905, The Champlain Society has sought to make available significant and interesting documents in Canadian history. At different times over the years, the Society has worked in cooperation first with the Hudson s Bay Company and then the Ontario Government to produce series of volumes on themes of mutual interest. The Society s publication program continues with the General Series, presenting key and often little-known documents on an aspect of the Canadian experience, edited and introduced by an expert in the field. Under the guidance of the Society s General Editor, the series is an accessible, engaging, and informed source for the study of Canada. (from The Champlain Society s web site) 5. H.P. BIGGAR (ed.) The Works of Samuel de Champlain in Six Volumes. Toronto: The Champlain Society, copies of each volume printed; these are numbered vols.: xviii, 469, xi; xviii, 351, xi; xv, 418, xi; xvi, 373, xi; xix, 330, xi; xvi, 430, xii p. + 1 vol. of maps. 25 cm. Vol 1: 3 illus maps. Vol 2: 5 illus. + $ COOKE, Alan; HOLLAND, Clive. The Exploration of Northern Canada 500 to 1920: A Chronology. Toronto: The Arctic History Press, ISBN: , 25 cm. 25 cm. 14 b&w maps at rear + fold-out colour map of Canada in rear pocket. Padded burgundy leatherette with gold print. As new except for some pencil notes on rear pocket and pp. 240 and 507. Inventory: $ Europeans may not have discovered the far north but the stories of the European exploration of these lands continues to fascinate. This basic chronology and listing of names has become the standard reference work on the exploration of northern Canada.

11 SIM, Mrs. R. S. Under The Maples. Blandford Station, Ont: [1911]. 98 p. 19 cm. Black spine with brown card covers. Some fading to upper front and chipped lower spine. Stains pp Inventory Code: $ Stories of pioneer life in the Queen s Bush, north of Waterloo and south of Lake Huron. ROBERTS, Charles G. D. The Canadian Guide-Book: The Tourist s and Sportsman s Guide to Eastern Canada and Newfoundland. Including Full Descriptions of Routes, Cities, Points of Interest, Summer Resorts, Fishing Places, Etc., in Eastern Ontario, the Muskoka District, the St. Lawrence Region, the Lake St. John Country, the Maritime Provinces, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland. With an Appendix Giving Fish and Game Laws, and Official Lists of Trout and Salmon Rivers and their Lessees. New York: D. Appleton and Company, st Edition. 18cm. [9], viii, 270, [11]p. Red cloth binding, soft covers. Black and gold pictorial impressing on boards and spine. Unnumbered pages, as well as endpapers are advertisements. Includes 30 illustrations, 7 maps and 3 in pocket maps. Binding design references publisher in the title as Appleton s Canadian Guide Book. Some staining on back cover. Minor wear on front cover.text clear and unmarked. Good Condition. [111713] $ Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts ( ) was a Canadian poet and author of prose fiction and non-fiction. He is considered one of the Confederation Poets. Roberts is best known for his nature writing and animal stories. This guide book is one of Roberts many works that draws on his love and knowledge of the Canadian landscape.