THE JOURNAL OF ALEXANDER HENRY THE YOUNGER 1799-1814 (Two Volumes)
Toronto: Champlain Society, 1988, 1992. Two volumes, scarlet cloth, top edges gilt, bottom edges rough trimmed. (lxxii), 328, xxvi, ads, [3, blank]; (x), 329-781, (1), xxiii, ads, [1, blank] pp. Volume I has 6 plates and 3 maps (one folding). Volume II has 6 plates and two maps. Tidy library label at front (book was withdrawn), else a fine and bright pair, no previous owner marks. "This fur trader was at the mouth of the Columbia River, at Fort George, or as it was previously called Astoria, at the time His Majesty's Sloop Racoon arrived to take possession of the place in 1813. Henry's Journal of the important events that transpired at this crossroads of Anglo-American commercial and political rivalry became for me a rich source of information about the North West Company in which he was serving. ...Later I came to realize that Henry's Journal was also a fundamental document for our understanding of the histroy and native life of the greater northwest of North America, from Lake Superior through Red River, the Upper Missouri River, the Saskatchewan Valley and the Rocky Mountains." - preface. Note: 2.5 kg parcel. extra shipping may be required.; Octavo