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[CANADA] HIND, HENRY YOULE. Explorations in the Interior of the Labrador Peninsula, the Country of the Montagnais and Nasquapee Indians.

Catalogue: Americana from the Library of Arnold "Jake" Johnson
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[CANADA] HIND, HENRY YOULE. Explorations in the Interior of the Labrador Peninsula, the Country of the Montagnais and Nasquapee Indians.

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Lot 72
[CANADA] HIND, HENRY YOULE. Explorations in the Interior of the Labrador Peninsula, the Country of the Montagnais and Nasquapee Indians.
London: Longman, Green, et al, 1863. 2 volumes. Fine three quarters green morocco gilt. Half-titles, 2 maps (1 folding), 12 chromolithographed plates, 1 woodcut plate, numerous woodcuts in the text. Light foxing mostly to plates, abrasion and minor wear at gutter to first half-title, a sound set with stunning plates.
Hind was appointed by the Canadian government to conduct a survey of the Labrador Peninsula: "All that Mr. Hind undertakes, is done so thoroughly that little more could be indicated, to complete the exhaustion of his subject. [His] volumes are almost entirely occupied with incidents of Indian life and character, particularly of the Montagnais, Abenakis, and Esquimaux Indians" (Field). Field 700; Sabin 31933. (2)


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Americana from the Library of Arnold "Jake" Johnson

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