Voyages and Travels of an Indian Interpreter and Trader
by Long, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Redding, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London, 1791. Includes the errata leaf and the list of subscribers and contains a vocabulary of the Chippewa language. "The author engaged in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1768, and journeyed as a fur trader among the Indians of Canada for nineteen years. His knowledge of the character, customs, and domestic life of the Indians was therefore most thorough and intimate"- Field 946; Howes L 443; Sabin 41878. Professionally rebacked with the original backstrip; minor browning to the endpapers and the usual offsetting to the Armorial bookplate of Earl Fitzwilliam. A lovely wide-margined copy.. First Edition. Contemporary Calf. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Quaker Hill Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 882171
- Title
- Voyages and Travels of an Indian Interpreter and Trader
- Author
- Long, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1791
- Keywords
- Indians
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