A VOYAGE TO HUDSON'S BAY, DURING THE SUMMER OF 1812. Containing a Particular Account of the Icebergs ... Also A Description of the Esquimeaux and North American Indians, Their Manners, Customs, Dress, Language, &c. &c. &c. by M'Keevor, Thomas - 1819

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Cambridge University Press, 2014. Paperback. New. 122 pages. 8.40x5.40x0.40 inches.

London: Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co.. Original UNBOUND copy. Pp 78, 6 exceptionally clean plates. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . Near Fine. Unbound. First Edition.. 1819.

London: Sir Richard Phillips and Co, 1819. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good-. 8vo, 76 pp + 6 plates. In a nineteenth century binding of three-quarter leather and marbled boards, with front joint cracked, partial loss of backstrip, old repair to front hinge. Text and plates very clean. Thomas M'Keevor served as the physician for the second group of Selkirk settlers that set out in 1812 for the Red River Colony in Canada. Arctic Bib. 10643: "The author, who sailed as surgeon on a Hudson's Bay Co. vessel's trip to Fort York, discusses the probably marine origin of icebergs, the nature of polar bears and the appearance and habits of Eskimos and Indians." Includes a three-page "Vocabulary of the Dialects" (described by the author as "a few words of Northern and Chippeway Indian language which I wrote down durng my stay at Fort York") and a one-page list of "a few familiar phrases in the Chippeway language." TPL 910.

London: Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co.. Good with no dust jacket. [1819-1820]. First Edition. Hardcover. Lacking 3 plates. Ex-institutional collection, "Societe de Lecture de Geneve" with rubber stamps on main title. Near contemporary 19th century quarter leather and paste-paper boards. Lettering piece on spine split with small losses. Page dimensions: 214 x 132mm. Page edges dyed red. Some rubbing to joints. Moderate rubbing and wear to edges and corners of boards. Gutters split at endpapers. ; This volume is divided into 8 individually paginated sections, each with their own part title leaf. The imprints on the part titles are either undated, dated 1819, or dated 1820. The volume is lacking 3 plates in total. Lacking two plates from McKeevor's "Voyage to Hudson's Bay" - the frontispiece "Island of Resolution", and the final plate "A Moonlight Scene on the Ice." Also lacking one plate, "View of the Town and Fort of… Read More

M'KEEVOR, Thomas. A Voyage to Hudson's Bay, During the Summer of 1812. Containing a Particular Account of the Icebergs and Other Phenomena which present Themselves in Those Regions. Also, a Description of the Esquimeaux and North American Indians, Their Manners, Customs, Dress, Language, &c. &c. &c. London: Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., 1819. 1st ed. Frontis., 4 plates. Later cloth with gilt-lettered leather spine label. A very good or better copy. Thomas M'Keevor was medical advisor to Selkirk's expedition of 1812 to Hudson Bay. This quite readable narrative is based on the notes he took and cover Indians, icebergs, polar bears.

Salem, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum, 1937. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 209pp. Marbled boards, black spine, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, slipcase. Corners lightly rubbed, spine lettering mildly sunned, contents are clean and some pages still unopened. Slipcase is lightly edge-chipped. One of 481 copies printed on Hazelbourn paper by The Southworth-Anthoensen Press.

Walter Scott, London, 1889 revised edition, Very Good Hardcover / no dustjacket, 79 pages, 5" x 7.5", waterstain on front board, otherwise clean and tight, inscribed by author on ffep.

lvi+342 pages with frontispiece, 6 maps including two folding maps, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial representation of the ship Victoria embossed on front cover with cover and blind stamped ruled edges with original jacket. Edited by Michael Roe. Works issued by the Hakluyt Society, second series, volume 131. First edition.In 1794, Charles Bishop sailed from Bristol as master of the Ruby, a trading ship bound for north-west America. He had instructions to procure otter furs fro the Indians and then to proceed to Canton via japan and sell the cargo. During the years 1794-1802, he rounded South America to reach the Pacific coast, then visited the Pacific islands and the coasts of Asia and Australia. In the Moluccas, he sold the Ruby and purchased the Nautilus; correspondingly, the test is divided into two sections. This narrative is Bishop's journal of his voyages and relates a minor epic of adventure,… Read More

By Olive A. Frederickson with Ben East. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. RARE. 1972 Crown Publishers Inc., NY. The Silence Of The North, The Incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in a merciless winter of the Canadian Wilderness during the 1940's. Adapted as a film in 1981 and directed by Allan King. VG/GOOD $5.95 unclipped dust jacket. USED. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. 209 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.

Indianapolis: Dog Ear Publishing, January 2013. Trade Paperback. Fine. Slight reading wear to corners, otherwise pristine. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. Not damaged. Suitable for gifting. 163 pages. The 25 authors of this book were volunteers in the first Peace Corps rural community development project in Africa: Sierra Leone, 1965-67. They are also the first group to tell a collective story of Peace Corps volunteers, anywhere. The Peace Corps was in its infancy then, and memories of John Kennedy were strong among the young volunteers. Sierra Leone was also in its infancy in the first few years after independence, before military coups and tribal warfare became common. The authors forthrightly recount their feelings of loneliness and isolation, and their frightening experiences with secret societies and witchcraft, but their uniquely optimistic "can-do" American attitude brought most through a great life experience.

547 pages. Black cloth boards; gilt lettering on spine. Spine detatched on one side. JWSC LLC is listing this property on behalf of a private collector's estate. Documentation on file indicates this book was purchased by the estate in the 1970s from (a UK dealer). Additional photos available.

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1823. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: [viii]ix-xii [1]2-544. FIRST EDITION. Bound in brown half-leather over marbled boards, title in gilt within a red title piece. The first edition of the author's first book. William Wilson (1772-1849) inherited a substantial sum from an uncle, and decided to indulge his passion for travel. He travelled throughout Europe and The Middle East and wrote a series of books. This was his first, and it was the most popular, going through several editions. This is a good copy as all plates, including the frontispiece, have been excised. The boards show moderate wear, heavier at the spine ends. The front hinge is cracked. The text block is mainly clean with a few marks of unknown origin.

Berenstain, Stan and Jan: The Berenstain Bears Go To Camp ( A First Time Book) Random House 1982 First Edition. Number line starts with 1. Ex-lib hardcover library-bound edition Brown cloth boards. Good Condition/ No dust jacket included. A nice find for Berenstain Bears fans.

2 Volumes: xxxii+368 pages with frontispiece, five folding maps and ten plates; ix+[369]-640 pages with frontispiece, two folding maps, six plates, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") issued in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt sailing ship to front cover. Translated by Anthony Mango. Second Series, volumes 138 and 139. First edition.By the early sixteenth century the loosely knit kingdom of Georgia had disintegrated from the strong monarch of the middle ages to a number of small states and principalities. This internal disunity made the Georgians easy victims of the power politics of the neighboring Ottoman and Safavid empires, and by the end of the century the southward drive of the Russians intensified the struggle for military and diplomatic control over the whole of the Caucasian isthmus. As a result of this struggle seventeen embassies were exchanged between the Russian tsars and the Georgian kins ruling in Kakheti during the years 1564-1605. W E D Allen and Anthony… Read More

2 Volumes: Volume 1 subtitled: The Voyage of Christopher Middleton 1741-1742 xii+333 with 8 maps, 3 illustrations including frontispiece, bibliography and index; Volume 2 subtitled: The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith 1746 1747 xv+393 pages with frontispiece, 13 maps, 6 illustrations, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") issued in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt sailing ship to front cover. Translated by Anthony Mango. Second Series, volumes 177 and 181. First edition.The eighteenth century saw a resurgence of hope that a Northwest Passage - that elusive target of European seamen over the centuries - might yet be found. Prompted by the Irish MP Arthur Dobbs, the Admiralty sent the Furnace and Discovery to Hudson Bay in 1741 in search of navigable passage to the Pacific. The expedition was commanded by Christopher Middleton, until his resignation in March 1741 a sea-captain in the service of the Hudson Bay Company. With his actions closely scrutinized by his former… Read More