Lot 939
  • 939

Nevins, John B.

Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Description

  • A Narrative of Two Voyages to Hudson's Bay, with Traditions of the North American Indians. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1847
  • Paper
FIRST EDITION, 12mo (139 x 85mm.), iv, 156pp., 4 engraved plates, black morocco, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt edges

Provenance

Frank T. Siebert (rebinding commissioned by Brooke-Hitching)

Literature

Staton & Tremaine Supplement 5352

Catalogue Note

RARE. This is the only copy to appear at auction, being from the collection of Frank T. Siebert offered in May 1999 (now rebound). It includes first-hand observations of the Chippewa, Cree and Eskimo Indians by a surgeon on a Hudson's Bay Company Ship in the summers of 1842-1843.