Condition Report
Contact Information
Lot 62
McDONALD, Archibald (1790-1853). Peace River. A canoe voyage from Hudson’s Bay to Pacific by the late Sir George Simpson. Ottawa, Montreal & Toronto: J. Durie & Son, Dawson Brow., Adam Stevenson & Co., 1872. FIRST EDITION. RARE.
Sale 1184 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
May 11, 2023
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Own a similar item?
Estimate
$500 -
700
Price Realized
$1,197
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
McDONALD, Archibald (1790-1853). Peace River. A canoe voyage from Hudson’s Bay to Pacific by the late Sir George Simpson. Ottawa, Montreal & Toronto: J. Durie & Son, Dawson Brow., Adam Stevenson & Co., 1872.
8vo. Folding map (a few short tears to map occasionally crossing border or image); errata slip tipped in. Publisher's blue blind-stamped cloth, upper cover gilt-lettered (hinges starting, slight wear to spine ends, spine soiled). Provenance: Collector's bookplate, a few pencil marks
FIRST EDITION of McDonald's rare work describing the 3,000 mile canoe voyage he undertook with Sir George Simpson in 1828 along the Peace River pass. The map, British North America, updates Arrowsmith's map of 1832, and includes routes hand-colored in outline. Graff 787; Streeter Sale VI: 3739; Wagner-Camp 140. RARE: according to online records, only two copies of this work have sold at auction since 1971.