Catalogue  289
Premières Nations & Arctique / N.A. Indians & Arctic

|136.  BERNIER, Captain Joseph-Elzéar. «Report on the Dominion of Canada Government Expedition to the Arctic Islands and Hudson Strait on board the D.G.S. ‘Arctic’». Ottawa, Government Printing Bureau, 1910.  XXIX,529,(6) p.  (24 cm). Original green cloth; library stamp and small mark of a calling number on spine, still a good copy. Illustrations and 4 folding plates, maps (some in color), portraits and fac-similes. Being the report of the cruise of the Dominion Government steamer "Arctic" in northern waters surrounding arctic lands and arctic archipelago in 1908-1909.    85 $

137.  BOUCHART D’ORVAL, Paul. «Au coeur de la Huronie, sur les pas des Saints Martyrs Canadiens». Montréal, aux Éditions du Calumet Brisé, 1949. 219 p. (19 cm). Illustrations, plans, portraits, cartes et fac-similés. Dos légèrement passé.    25 $

138.  CHARLAND, Thomas-M. «Histoire des Abénakis d’Odanak (1675-1937)». Montréal, Éditions du Lévrier, 1964 (Réimpression facsimilée non datée). 368 p. (23 cm). Illustrations, volume à l’état neuf.    65 $

139.  KANE, Elisha Kent. «Arctic Exploration; the Second Grinnell Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853,’54, ’55. By Elisha Kent Kane, M.D., U.S.N.  Illustrated by upwards of three hundred engravings, from Sketches by the Author» (2 volumes). Philadelphia, Childs & Peterson, 1856.  464 & 467 p.  (22 cm).  Ex-library, calling numbers on spine, missing one folding map and one plate (Glacier of Humbolt). A contemporary account of the Grinnell expedition in search of any evidence of what happened to Sir John Franklin’s expedition several years earlier. Steel plates executed under the superintendence of J.M. Butler, the wood engravings by Van Ingen & Snyder. First edition priced according to condition.    125 $

140.  LE CHEVALLIER, Jules. «Batoche. Les Missionnaires du Nord-Ouest pendant les troubles de 1885». Montréal, L’Oeuvre de Presse Dominicaine, 1941. 310 p. (23 cm). Illustrations et portraits. Dos jauni mais bon exemplaire.    45 $

141.  LOW, Albert Peter. «Report on the Dominion Government Expedition to Hudson Bay and the Arctic Islands on board the D.G.S. Neptune, 1903-1904». Ottawa, Government Printing Bureau, 1906.  XVII,355 p. (23 cm). Original green cloth inscribed "The Cruise of the Neptune, 1903-1904"; small calling number mark on the spine, still a good copy. With multiple plates from photographs. Account of an expedition to patrol Canada’s arctic waters and to establish arctic outposts. Text also provides much historical background, information on arctic whaling and about the Eskimos of the areas visited. Folding map in color in rear pocket.    85 $

142.    MAURAULT, Abbé J.A. «Histoire des Abénakis, depuis 1605 jusqu’à nos jours». Sorel, Atelier typographique de la "Gazette de Sorel", 1866.  III,X,631,(2) p.  (21 cm). Reliure ½ cuir à coins d’époque, plats marbrés. Titre rare et en bel état, seule une petite pièce de papier fut découpée de la page de titre, sans perte de texte.    325 $

143.  MILLER, Polly. «Lost Heritage of Alaska. The Adventure and Art of the Alaskan Coastal Indians». Cleveland & New York, The World Publishing Co., 1967.  XV,289 p. (25 cm). Original decorated cloth. Profusely illustrated, some in colour, map endpapers. With Canadian content.    20 $

144.  RICHARDSON, Major John. «Tecumseh and Richardson. The Story of a Trip to Walpole Island and Port Sarnia». Toronto, Ontario Book Company Publishers, 1924. 124 p. (20 cm). Original green cloth, gilt titles on the upper board; illustrations. With an introduction and biographical sketch of Major Richardson and Great Chief Tecumseh of the Shawnee Indians by A.H.U. Colquhoun, Deputy Minister of Education of Ontario.    25 $|

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