LETTERS FROM CANADA, WRITTEN DURING A RESIDENCE THERE IN THE YEARS 1806, 1807, AND 1808; SHEWING THE PRESENT STATE OF CANADA, ITS PRODUCTIONS - TRADE - COMMERCIAL IMPORTANCE AND POLITICAL RELATIONS. by Gray, Hugh - 1971

Toronto: Coles Publishing Co.. Very Good-. 1971. Softcover. Private bookplate on endpaper. ; Coles Canadiana Collection; Facsimile reprint of the London 1809 edition. .

Toronto: Coles Publishing Co, 1971. Reprint. Paperback. 406,8vo,Nf, Facsimile reproductions of the original published in London, 1809, part of the Coles Canadiana Collection.

Toronto: Coles Canadiana Collection, 1971. Paperback. Very Good/No Dj. 8vo. pp 406

Toronto, Canada: Coles Canadiana Collection, 1971. Reprint of 1809 edition. 406 pp. Brown card covers. Light wear along the edges. VG. Trade Paperback.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

GB: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1809. DISBOUND TEXT (No covers). LACKS THE MAP Has three folding tables. Very clean tight text most suitabel to rebind. An 1814 inscription on loose blank at start shows the book was presented to William Graham at Seminary Thorp Arch. . 1st Edition. VG+.

London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme. 1809. 22.5cm, the first edition, [xiii],406p. engraved folding frontis map, folding tables, rebound in grey paper over boards and paper label, heavy foxing throughout, the folds have all been guarded in an early non-acid repair tape (no bleed through), a good sound working copy.(cdn). Lande 281. Morgan p160. Gagnon I-1548. Sabin 28393. Story p679. ' Waterston p24. Gray stayed in Quebec City and Montreal. His letters cover three years travel in pursuit of business and social pleasures. He writes dramatically of the fine air of winter at Montmorency and Chaudiere Falls; sleighs and wagons on ice, the dog sledges on country roads. Gray also describes a emerging intellectual life, politics in the Assemblies and a first growth of journals in Lower Canada. He created controversy by including remarks about British fears that a French army could march into Lower Canada from the United States and be welcomed by the French Canadians. But he reassures potential… Read More

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809. First Edition. Good. Tall octavo, 406pp. Folding map present, though inserted after the Contents. There are (apparently) three folding charts called for, and they appear to all be present here, though it appears that the binder rather lazily kept two of the plates, which had been printed on the same sheet, together, thus creating one very long folding chart (if this is unclear, we will endeavor to explain). There does not seem to be any missing content. Front board and front free endpaper detached, but present. Folding map bears some old repair work, and was re-inserted into the book upside-down. Leather dry, and corners worn. The internal contents are clean, crisp, and bright. A serviceable reading copy in a contemporary binding, which could benefit from some inexpensive structural repair work. In good condition overall. Very important survey of Eastern Canada dating to the eve of the War of 1812. Sabin 28393.

London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme. 1809. 8vo, 22.5cm, (tall copy), the First Edition, [xiii],406p., with engraved folding frontis map, 3 folding tables, in the publishers quarter brown backed light grey original boards, (untrimmed), new paper label, upper hinge broken, otherwise in fine condition in clear mylar wrapper. (Cdn). Provenance: Purchased by ... from Francis Edwards Ltd., 83 Marylebone High Street, for £35.00. Their addressed invoice enclosed. Lande 281. Morgan p160. Gagnon I-1548. Sabin 28393. Story p679. Waterston p25. Gray spent three years in the colony of Lower Canada, possibly in the employ of British timber interests, studying the law, government, rules of commerce and the political situation. Gray came to the conclusion that Canada was worth preserving, but he raised a hornet's nest by expressing doubts that the French Canadians were fitted to receive the benefits of the British constitution' (Story).