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Catalogue
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America
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56.
HALKETT, JOHN. Statement Respecting the Earl of Selkirk's
Settlement of Kildonan, upon the Red River, in North America; its
Destruction in 1815-1816; and the Massacre of Governor Semple and
his Party. With Observations upon a Publication Entitled "A
Narrative of Occurrences in the Indian Countries," &c.
London, John Murray, 1817. First trade edition. $400
8vo; pp. viii, 194, (2), c (Appendix), 12 (Publ.'s cat.); 1 folding
map. Original boards, rebacked; blind-emboss on one leaf; tear in
one leaf neatly repaired (no loss). A very good, uncut and partially
unopened copy of this first trade edition.
Sabin 20704; Streeter VI: 3673; Lande 1206; TPL 1093; Peel 48, note.
Halkett, brother-in-law of Lord Selkirk, felt it necessary to rise
to the defence of the Red River Settlement, which had become the
victim of attacks instigated by the North West Co., and which was
destroyed by those aggressions in 1816. The Appendix contains legal
evidence in support of Selkirk's claims. This is the revised and
enlarged "trade" edition which includes the "Observations,"
in response to Samuel Wilcocke's work, which had been written for
the North West Company.
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57.
HARMON, DANIEL WILLIAMS. Journal of Voyages and Travel in
the Interiour of North America. Journal of Voyages and Travel in
the Interiour of North America, between the 47th and 58th Degrees
of North Latitude, extending from Montreal nearly to the Pacific
Ocean ... To which is added a Concise Description of the Face of
the Country, its Inhabitants, their Manners, customs, Laws,... Illustrated
by a Map of the Country. Andover, Flagg and Gould, 1820. First edition.
$1,750
8vo; f, pp. [v]-xxiii, [1], [25]-432; includes frontispiece portrait
and folding map; wanting half-title & errata slip. Later half-calf
and cloth covered boards, morocco label inlaid on front cover; binding
little worn around edges, spine tooled in gilt; marbled endpapers,
front endpapers split, usual foxing throughout, paper age-browned.
A work that has become very scarce.
Bell H42; TPL 1171; Sabin 30404; Field 656; Graff 1786; Lande 1216;
Howes H203: "Editor Daniel Haskel took some liberties with
the narrative and the moral and religious tones woven into it are
hardly consistent with life on the Indian frontier. An important
book in spite of Mr. Haskel"; Wagner Camp 17; Streeter VI:
3692; Strathern 245; Gagnon I: 1609: "Cet ouvrage de Harmon...
avec ceux de Franchère et de Henry, sont les documents le
plus précieux que nous avons pour l'histoire de l'Ouest Canadien.";
Peel 71; Amer. Imprints 1518. The work is a classic in the history
of the fur-trade and of the Canadian northwest; the map includes
the area between Quebec and the Northwest Coast, locating the native
tribes. Contains specimens of the vocabularies of the Cree Indians
and the Tacully.
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58.
HAVEN, JASON. A Sermon Preached To the Ancient and Honorable
Artillery Company in Boston, New-England, June 1, 1761. Being the
Anniversary of their Election of Officers. Boston, N.E., Printed
and Sold by Edes and Gill, M,DCC,LXI. [1761]. $750
8vo; pp. 35; sewn as issued; uncut, and edges little chipped; few
tears in final leaf, not affecting text; some light foxing and few
brown stains on blank verso of final leaf; preserved in a cloth
slipcase, and complete with half-title. Note at upper right-hand
corner of half-title: "James Cushings 1761 The Gift of Mr.
Thos. Cushing".
Sabin 30884; Evans 8875; not in Howes. Thomas Cushing (1725-1788)
was born in Boston, attended Harvard College, studied law and became
a lawyer. He was a member of the provincial assembly from 1761 to
1774, during which time he served as speaker, and was a delegate
to the Provincial Congress in 1774. He was a member of the Continental
Congress from 1774-1776, Commissary General of Massachusetts in
1775, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 1780-1788, and Acting
Governor in 1785. He was also a delegate to the Convention which
ratified the Federal Constitution in 1788 and one of the founders
of the American Academy of Arts and Science. James Cushing(s) is
said to have been his uncle.
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59.
HAWKINS, ALFRED. Hawkin's Picture of Quebec; with Historical
Recollections. Quebec, Neilson & Cowan, 1834. First edition.
$250
12mo; pp. viii, [4], 477; added lithographed title; one engraved
and 12 lithographed plates by R.A. Sproule, including frontispiece.
Contemporary green cloth, paper label on spine dated 1835; binding
very worn, but textblock intact, neat bookplate on front pastedown.
The plates are lithographs made by Sproule from drawings by A.J.
Russell, W.S. Sewell and Captain Alderson.
Dionne III:280; Lande 414; Sabin 30946; Spendlove, p. 63; TPL 1838;
Watters, p. 500; Allodi, Printmaking in Canada, p. 127 (note). R[obert]
A[uchmuty] Sproule, a miniature painter and illustrator, came to
Canada from Ireland in the late 1820's. Much of his work was published
by Adolphus Bourne, as were the illustrations for this work. The
initial chapters give a brief history of New France, and the rest
is devoted to the history of area to the end of the Seven Years'
War.
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60.
HISTORICAL AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY OF MANITOBA. CHARLES N[APIER]
BELL. (1854-1936). Henry's Journal, covering Adventures and
Experiences in the Fur Trade on the Red River, 1799-1801. Winnipeg,
Manitoba Free Press, 1888. $200
8vo; pp. [3]-9, [1], printed in double-columns; original printed
paper wrappers; few tears to wrappers; overall clean and tight.
Peel 1039; not in Casey. The author, a noted historian, went from
Canada West to Manitoba in 1870 with the first Red River expedition
and remained there the rest of his life. He wrote extensively on
the history of Manitoba and the North West. This work relates to
Alexander Henry's visit to the Red River in 1800. It was read before
the Society on May 4th, 1888 as Transaction No. 31.
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