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Catalogue
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Voyages
& Travels
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71.
(HENRY, ALEXANDER AND DAVID THOMPSON). New Light on the Early
History of the Greater Northwest. The Manuscript Journals of Alexander
Henry… and of David Thompson… 1799-1814. Exploration and
Adventure among the Indians on the Red, Sasketchewan, Missouri,
and Columbia Rivers. Edited by Elliott Coues. New York, Francis
P. Harper, 1897. Three volumes. First edition. $1,000
8vo; frontis., xxviii, 446; vi, 447-916; (917)-1027. Three folding
maps and one legend sheet in rear pocket of v. III. Original green
cloth binding; uncut; spines lettered in gilt. One of 1,100 copies,
this one unnumbered. A fine set.
Howes H409; Strathern 250; Peel 36; TPL 989. A transcript of the
journals, made by George Coventry of Montreal and now in the Library
of Parliament in Ottawa, has here been edited by Coues, and is a
fascinating account of the expeditions which opened up the northwest
section of the country.
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An Account Which has Become Quite Scarce
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72. HENRY, JOHN JOSEPH. An Accurate and Interesting Account
of the Hardships and Sufferings of that Band of Heroes, who traversed
the Wilderness in the Campaign against Quebec in 1775. Lancaster,
William Greer, 1812. First edition. $550
12mo; pp. 225 (i.e. 221); hiatus pp. 205-208 with no loss; p. 107
indicated as 07; later marbled paper over boards; matching slipcase;
light pencil markings pp. 180-181; small, unobtrusive repair to
corners of second, and final three leaves, with no affect to text;
usual age-browning and little foxing throughout. The very scarce
first edition.
Larned 3726; Howes H413; Sabin 31400: "First and best edition
of a narrative of rare interest..."; TPL 465; Jones 754; Amer.
Biblio. 25634; Dionne II: 950; Lande 428; Gagnon I: 1653: "Probablement
la meilleure et la plus complète relation du siège
de Québec en 1775." The author, who participated in
Arnold's expedition against Quebec, later became a judge in his
native Pennsylvania. This is a detailed account of Arnold's march
on and assault of Quebec, and of the events following the American
defeat.
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73.
HICKSON, SYDNEY JOHN. A Naturalist in North Celebes. A narrative
of travels in Minahassa, the Sangir and Talaut Islands, with notices
of the fauna, flora and ethnology of the districts visited. London,
John Murray, 1889. First edition. $975
8vo; pp. xv, [1], 392; 6 plates, 2 folding coloured maps, and coloured
frontispiece; numerous illustrations in the text; original cloth,
gilt-stamped; lower front corner bumped and minimal shelfwear; school
prize bookplate; couple of spots of foxing on final leaves; overall,
a very good bright, mostly unopened copy, complete with half-title.
Casey Wood, p. 386; not in Freeman. The author was a member of the
Zoological Society and a fellow of Downing College, Cambridge. His
visit to the Malay archipelago in 1885 was undertaken "with
the object of investigating the anatomy and, if possible, the development
of certain corals....[also] a more detailed account of the fauna
of the small island called Talisse, situated in the Straits of Banka,
and a summary of our knowledge of the ethnology of the district
of Minahassa." A scarce work, especially in such excellent
condition.
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The First Expedition in Canada to Use Photography
as a Means of Documentation
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74. HIND, HENRY YOULE. Narrative of The Canadian Red River
Exploring Expedition of 1857 and of the Assinniboine [sic] and Saskatchewan
Exploring Expedition of 1858. London, Longman, Green, Longman, and
Roberts, 1860. Two volumes. First edition. $1,950
8vo; pp. xx, 494; pp. xvi, 472; p. 168 misnumbered 186; 20 chromoxylograph
plates; numerous woodcut illustrations within the text; 11 coloured
maps and plans on 8 sheets (2 folding, and 4 on one folding sheet).
Contemporary full polished calf, rebacked; marbled endpapers and
fore-edges; complete with half-titles; wanting adverts found in
some copies.
Peel 221; Lande 1235; TPL 3820; Sabin 31934; Abbey Travel 630; Watters,
p. 966; Field 699; Wagner-Camp-Becker 360; Graff 1892; Streeter
VI: 3730; Davidson 376; Huyda, R: Manitoba Historical Society Transactions
1974. Hind came to Nova Scotia from England and, after moving to
Toronto where he taught geology and chemistry at Trinity College,
he was named by the Canadian government as geologist to the first
Red River expedition, and placed in command of the Assiniboine and
Saskatchewan exploring expedition. Although a portion of this material
was issued as a British government report (in one of the "Blue
Books") in the same year, this is Hind's own account of these
expeditions, which were prompted by the thought of putting through
a railroad to the Pacific coast, as well as trying to gain access
to the gold fields of British Columbia. It was in this work that
the "fertile belt" of the North-West was first mapped;
also, his descriptions of the land through which he travelled are
excellent, as are the descriptions of the Crees and Chippeways whom
he met. Accompanying him on the trip were photographer Humphrey
Lloyd Hime and artist and surveyor John Fleming, brother of scientist
Sir Sandford Fleming. This expedition was the first in Canada to
document the landscape and inhabitants of the region by means of
photography. Hime used the wet-plate process under difficult conditions
to produce the photos, seven of which have been used for chromoxylographs
and seven for wood-engravings in these volumes. The other illustrations
were produced from Fleming's sketches. Abbey refers to chromoxylographs
as "a grandiose name for multiple wood-engravings as a means
of colouring..."; they are certainly very attractive.
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75. HOBHOUSE, J[OHN] C[AM], (1ST BARON BROUGHTON). A Journey
through Albania and other provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia,
to Constantinople, during the years 1809 and 1810. London, Printed
for James Cawthorn..., 1813. First edition. $5,275
Large, thick 4to; engraved frontispiece, pp. xix (Errata), 1152,
[8] (including 1 facsimile letter, 2 engraved plates of Greek music,
directions to the binder, publisher's adverts), 2 folding maps,
1 plan, 17 hand-coloured aquatint plates (7 double-page), 1 engraved
facsimile letter in appendix; contemporary full calf, worn and rebacked;
small pencilled reference to Byron on p. 1; small tear to corner
of p. 873 (no loss); small burn hole in margin of one leaf; some
foxing throughout.
Atabey 584; Blackmer 821; vide Abbey Travel 202 (2nd ed.); Wiseman,
James, Archaeology, v. 52, no. 4, 1999. Hobhouse was a statesman
and life-long friend of Lord Byron, who travelled with him on this
famous journey to Albania, Greece and Turkey. These letters include
detailed descriptions of the sites en route, as well as the travellers'
encounters with various characters, including the notorious Ali
Pasha. Hobhouse relates how he and Byron immersed themselves in
the culture and language of the countries they visited, and the
appendix to this work includes notes on Romaic (Modern Greek) pronunciation
and grammar, and some examples from Romaic poetry and prose, as
well as sheets of Greek music. According to Atabey, the striking
hand-coloured plates were done from drawings by the British architect
Charles Cockerell (commissioned by Byron) and the German landscape
painter, Jacob Linckh. Cockerell and Linckh were in a party of British
and German architects who travelled to various parts of Greece excavating
ruins and recovering sculptures from ancient sites, thanks to a
large "permission fee" paid to Ali Pasha's son. Ironically,
Cockerell and Linckh were involved in competing negotiations to
secure for their respective countries the marble frieze they had
discovered at the Temple of Aphaia on Aegina. A fascinating look
at many historical aspects of the period, and a very scarce, complete
copy of this first edition.
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